From Elders Homes to Healthy Art

[28/02/2016] The home exchange system allows people to seek out the type of residence that better suits a particular phase of their lives and output. Few people stay in the same home for life. Since the first Homes for the Elderly have opened to house people who wish to live by themselves, be it for comfort reasons or because they want a new space to develop their potential, many are leaving the traditional family unit behind. There is a completely new perspective on life, much more meaningful and bright.

This is leading to an increasing number of Homes for the Elderly and the opening of new Centres of Healthy Arts where people can live and develop artistic, intellectual, spiritual and self-development skills, or simply focus on new services and actions assigned to them. Both centres are equipped with individual homes and laundry and kitchen facilities are shared among all. Each resident participates in day-to-day activities such as cleaning, overall maintenance, cooking, gardening according to their ability. Some focus on the vegetable patches, others are involved in administrative tasks or in the promotion of events and activities they have developed themselves. The centres receive teachers and students, guests and visitors, according to their specialism or purpose. [Report 066]