A Senior Citizen's Prom is a great way to help out the elderly in your community. It's just like prom at a high school with food, dancing, music, and prom king and queen. You can get a group of friends to come together and organize it, informing assisted living centers, churches, and other places where senior citizens could be presented with an oppertunity to attend. Your group of friends could also dance with them to get to know the members of your community.

My grandparents are two of my closest friends; I can truly talk to them about anything and everything!
I love to listen to their incredible stories from their past.
Other things that I enjoy doing with my grandma and grandpa are:

Interviewing them on camera so I can record all of their fascinating stories and thoughts and opinions
Take walks up the street (it’s good for their health and gives you a chance to spend time with them)
Go out to eat (it seems simple but you’re bound to talk and laugh and it always puts a smile on their, and your, face)
Take them to the library (even if you’re not a book worm like me, you can pick a book or two out about something you don’t already know and learn together)
Etc…

There are so many different things that you can do with your grandparents and can obtain a whole new understanding about life from them!

Hi!

Older adults love to talk about their childhood and past - and doing so is good for her mental health, too! Ask her to tell you stories, like when and how she met your grandpa, or what she remembers about her favorite teacher. It'll be fun for both of you, and you just might be surprised.

Otherwise, you can talk about anything- older adults certainly have a different perspective, but they have opinions on everything too, and want people to listen.

~ C
(ps- my great-grandma is 100, and she's the coolest person I know)

when i was little i was abused by my father i was burned beat wit switches choked no 1 feels the pain i do i was raped 2 i tried 2 run away but he saw me now im a mother at the age 16

my mother was killed by him i screamed my but off i called the cops no one belived me until now u guys can laught but its true and haemful wat dad does that to his only child

by Jinay thomas a.k.a. Escalante

I was talking to one of my coaches who is an EMT and she said that many people that she works with are elderly people. It's because she said the reason why was because the elderly people who have no one to come and visit them get completly neglected. They might not take a shower for a week! Many times they get sick and can be helped if they get immediate response. But, since they aren't properly taken care of, it is usually too late for them and they die. It is sad how the elderly people are treated and there should be shown more respect and proper care in the last years of their life.

Maybe you could talk with her about all the changes she has seen in the last 96 years of her life. She has seen the world go from basically horse and carriage to rockets to the moon. You could ask her about famous poets or authors that she has read, etc. Pull out picture albums and let her tell you the stories that go with the pictures, people in them. Ask her what it was like when she was a teenager or at different periods in her life.

Like Afinger, I too did performances at retirement homes throughout New York City. In 5th grade, my class and I performed "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat" in front of 200 seniors! Even though many fell asleep, it was worth it to see their faces.

Hi everyone! I stay with my Great Grandmother sometimes so my Grandmother can go out to eat with her friends and I was wondering if anyone knows some good topics I could talk to her about?
p.s. she's 96

I think this is a great idea and i would loovvve to help. Please give me a call. I would be very excited to volunteer.

I am part of this great organization called GlamourGals that has teenage girls go to nursing homes and give complimentary facials and makeovers to elderly women in an effort to help them look and feel great about themselves. This is a great way to bridge the generational gap between the elderly women and teenage girls, as the makeovers provide an excellent way for both parties to exchange stories about their lives. I have given many makeovers before and there is really nothing like it! I love the feeling of helping to make someone feel better about herself, and the smile on the elderly woman's face after she sees her new makeover is really quite something. To learn more about GlamourGals, go on www.glamourgals.org.

When I was in middle and high school, I'd visit senior citizens homes with my chorus. We'd practice for months, often preparing some songs that were popular back in the 50s and 60s so the seniors knew the words. Then, we'd go to the nursing homes and perform. It was a lot of fun, plus the seniors loved it!! It really felt great to see them smiling, plus it was cool talking to them as well - It's always really interesting to hear about what life was like back then (especially becasue I can't even imagine living without my cell phone!)