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Senior Living Events That Make Each Week More Enjoyable

Written by Morada Friendswood | Nov 5, 2025 5:00:00 AM

Engaging in senior living events, such as tai chi classes and crafts, can improve your health and provide a sense of belonging. You can find opportunities for engagement through your senior living community. 

According to the National Institutes of Health, boredom, depression, and social isolation are closely related. Social isolation and depression can affect your mental, physical, and emotional well-being. The next time you feel bored, consider exploring senior living events in Friendswood, TX.

Engaging in retirement community activities can add joy and socialization to your routine. Spending time with other seniors can enhance your sense of belonging and purpose.

Why is community engagement important, and how can you participate in Friendswood senior events? Read on to find out!

Why Is Community Engagement Important?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in three Americans feels lonely. One in four lacks emotional and/or social support. These seniors face an increased risk of:

  • Premature death
  • Dementia and Alzheimer's disease
  • Obesity
  • High blood pressure
  • Heart disease and stroke
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Depression and anxiety

Community engagement can enhance your sense of belonging. You can make strong social connections, which may boost your mood and quality of life.

Otherwise, social isolation may lead you to make dangerous lifestyle decisions. You may stop exercising or neglect your diet. Surrounding yourself with friends may encourage you to make healthier lifestyle choices.

Attending Friendswood senior events may help:

  • Increase your life satisfaction
  • Encourage physical activity
  • Ease anxiety and depression symptoms
  • Extend your longevity
  • Improve your outlook on life and mood
  • Improve immune system function
  • Reduce your risk of chronic illness
  • Slow cognitive decline
  • Lower your blood pressure
  • Improve your emotional resilience

You can engage with other seniors through your senior living community's lifestyle programs.

What Are the Benefits of Weekly Social Events?

Engaging in social activities may improve your health and overall well-being. Other potential health benefits of spending time with friends by engaging in weekly social events include:

  • Increased happiness
  • Stronger friendships
  • Reduced risk of social isolation and loneliness
  • Extended lifespan
  • Reduced risk of dementia
  • Reduced risk of some cancers
  • Improved memory, thinking skills, and cognitive health
  • Reduced anxiety and depression symptoms
  • Improved mood and emotional resilience

Explore your passions to add new hobbies to your routine. According to UCLA Health, engaging in hobbies may improve your mental and physical well-being. Potential benefits of engaging in hobbies include:

  • Higher levels of happiness and life satisfaction
  • Reduced depression symptoms
  • Improved memory
  • Decreased risk of dementia
  • Better memory, processing speed, and attention
  • Better immune, endocrine, and central nervous system function
  • Reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer 

Senior Living Events in Friendswood

Engaging in retirement community activities can help you connect with other seniors in Friendswood. Here are a few weekly social events that can enhance your resident lifestyle!

Excursions

Your senior living community may host excursions throughout Friendswood, including trips to:

  • Stevenson Park
  • Centennial Park
  • Friendswood Historical Museum
  • Frank J. Brown Heritage Museum and Barn
  • Friendswood Veterans Memorial 
  • Frankie Carter Randolph Park
  • Farmers' markets

Exploring these areas can help you take pride in your home.Snap pictures and create a scrapbook as mementos of your adventures. 

Exercise Classes

Check your senior living community's fitness program for group exercise classes, such as:

  • Pickleball
  • Yoga and chair yoga
  • Weight lifting
  • Resistance band training
  • Barre
  • Aerobics
  • Tai chi
  • Walking and hiking groups
  • Pilates

Participating in these classes may benefit your mental and physical health. Exercising with friends can also increase accountability and motivation. If you're not a fan of group classes, consider going for a walk with friends instead.

Hobbies

You can discover new passions and interests through your senior living community's events and activities calendar. These may include:

  • Mahjong
  • Dance classes
  • Arts and crafts
  • Card games and poker tournaments
  • Baking and cooking classes
  • Bingo
  • Movie nights
  • Potlucks
  • Book club
  • Movie nights
  • Coffee club
  • Birdwatching
  • Art, music, or pet therapy
  • Music lessons

Engaging in different activities can help you meet new people.They may teach you something new! Learning new skills can encourage neuroplasticity, which may help slow cognitive decline

Volunteering

Volunteering can help you take pride in supporting your Friendswood community. You can find volunteer opportunities through:

  • Libraries
  • Schools
  • Museums
  • Places of worship
  • Community choral groups
  • Community gardens
  • Your senior living community
  • Animal shelters
  • Community parks

Volunteering can help you meet other seniors who share your values. It can also boost your self-esteem by renewing your sense of purpose.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who Is at Risk of Social Isolation?

Seniors and individuals who live alone face a higher risk of social isolation and loneliness. Other lifestyle factors that may increase your risk include:

  • Living in a hard-to-reach area
  • Feeling a lack of purpose
  • An inability to leave home without help
  • Mobility issues
  • A lack of transportation
  • Vision or hearing problems
  • Lacking social support
  • Language barriers
  • Separation from friends and family
  • Caring for a loved one who is unwell
  • Major life changes (retirement, death of a loved one, etc.)
  • Feeling a lack of purpose
  • Cognitive or psychological challenges
  • Financial struggles
  • Experiencing discrimination

Reach out to members of your Friendswood, TX community if you're facing these risk factors. Otherwise, consider moving into a senior living community. You can surround yourself with friends and engage in weekly social events to reduce your risk.

What Are Mentally Stimulating Activities for Seniors?

Engaging in mentally stimulating activities may help slow cognitive decline.These can include:

  • Music lessons
  • Learning a new language
  • Card games
  • Board games
  • Crossword puzzles
  • Jigsaw puzzles
  • Continuing education courses
  • Math problems
  • Sudoku

Spending time with friends in Friendswood can also stimulate the mind. 

Discover Friendswood Senior Events

Engaging in fun senior living events can enhance your sense of purpose and belonging. You can find more retirement community activities at Morada Friendswood.

We offer restaurant-style meals through our dining program and exercise classes through our senior-specific health & fitness program. Enjoy events and activities, including trips to farmers' markets, free concerts, and the Classic Car Show. Contact us now to schedule your tour of Morada Friendswood.