These pros offer a variety of lessons and tournaments. Recreation for Seniors Senior Citizen Center Albuquerque, one of the most attractive retirement communities in the rapidly growing Sunbelt, has a senior population that ranges from the impoverished frail and the elderly homebound to comfortable and vigorous pensioners. A major DSA goal is to see that senior citizens, especially the aged poor, get the services they need and deserve. To meet this and other objectives, DSA offers a broad assortment of programs, including many recreational services, to enhance socialization and provide enriching experiences and fun. These activities are provided by the DSA working in coordination, when indicated, with the Housing Authority, various community agencies, UNM, and other educational institutions, Boys and Girls Clubs of Albuquerque, the county and city parks and recreation departments, the Arts Council, many public schools, and a variety of other organizations that provide senior citizens with leisure activities.
Activities take place in the six city-funded senior centers.
It is difficult to determine whether we are meeting the recreational needs of our elderly population. Inadequate transportation to and from centers and other facilities has been a persistent problem that increases as Albuquerque continues to grow in size and as a retirement community. The population growth has led to overcrowding in the senior centers. We must also increase homebound recreational planning for those who cannot leave their homes. Albuquerque's DSA is widely recognized for its pioneering effectiveness and resourcefulness in meeting senior recreational needs despite space, funding and staffing limitations.