The purpose of this report is to propose an intergenerational community center that will provide a safe and healthy place where people of all ages can participate in programs that will increase quality interaction between the young and old to enable them to share …show more content…
Thus, it would be beneficial to all three generations to have an intergenerational care center close to their children’s schools that could provide before and after school care and older adult day care.
The author proposes the building of a new intergenerational community center on the property adjoining our local Brownwood Assisted Living (AL) facility. This facility is close to our local elementary and middle schools making it easier to provide transportation between the schools, Supportively, Generations will provide an integrative solution to comfort parents who are worried about leaving their 11-14-year-old children at home alone for those whose traditional after school programs ended after fifth grade graduation. The intergenerational community center will house an auditorium/gymnasium, a cafeteria/culinary lab, a