What Will Nursing Homes Be Like in 40 years

Kickin' It at the Nursing Home! 

What do you think of when you think of nursing homes?  OOOPS, sorry, I guess it is called Assisted Living now.  Whatever - Same thing to me.

To me, a nursing home is where the older generation go to live out their final years of their life.  I have been to several nursing homes, mostly to visit older family members who were there.  This is what I saw in these places:

1.  Lots of checkers and dominoes being played.
2.  Mostly 40's swing or band music, old country music or some 50's pop music.
3.  Lots of sitting around and watching TV and reading. 
4.  Lots of sleeping.
And that is about it.  Seriously!  They looked like boring, depressing hospitals.  That was my impression.

So what will these places look like in another 40 or 50 years, when our generation starts being confined to these "Old-Folks Homes" by our kids?  I hope to God it isn't like what I have seen before.  I want things to do.  I want Active!  I want parties!  I want dancing and loud music! 

Here is what I hope they will be like:
1.  Lots of Motley Crue, Snoop Dogg, Disturbed, Van Halen and Dropkick Murphy's playing on the stereos.  Think about it, this is the music we grew up on.  This music will be "Classic" by the time we are all in the Nursing Home.  Can you imagine a bunch of 80-year olds banging their heads to the Crue?  I hope it happens!
2.  Parties!  Just because you get old doesn't mean you have to slow down living.  As long as I can, I want to dance and have fun.  Crank up the music and dance.  Heck, I could even dance in a wheelchair if I had to.  Why not build a bar into the nursing homes?  Just a thought.
3.  Forget Checkers and dominoes-- They will be playing games like Pictionary, Would You-Could You, and all those risque games they sell in Spencer's.
4.  TV and movies - Think of the movies that are popular now because those will be popular in the nursing home.  Hangover, Get Him to the Greek, Jason Statham action movies, etc.  Could you imagine your Grandpa every watching a movie like The Hangover? 

I don't know why, but I just see it as a fun, raucous place.  Maybe our generation will revolutionize the Nursing Home and make it "Cool" to be there!