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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8506302.stm

As if our treatment of the elderly in the West wasn't patronising enough...

Good grief.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:
As if our treatment of the elderly in the West wasn't patronising enough...

"Play areas for older people are already popular in China and parts of Europe."

It's a good idea.

What the..... my gramps would rather be caught dead then at such a place.

I don't see the issue. At trails here you'll frequently see bits of exercise equipment for the younger. This is a bit for the older. Respect your elders wussies, THEY VOTE!

MeanGreenStompa wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8506302.stm

As if our treatment of the elderly in the West wasn't patronising enough...

Good grief.

I dont see a problem. I remember adults playing on swings when I was a kid back in the 70's noone cared. Sat on a few myself as a younger adult, its very relaxing. However any adult in a playground is automatically questionable in todays paranoid society, in label Britain its just not wise to go to a playpark for a quiet think and relax even at night.

Adding to those who want a de-stress you have 'second childhoods' mostly professional men in their 50's to 60's who want to recapture some joy in their lives, and courting couples of any age. How many times have we seen adverts or films including adult couples meeting in a playpark. Quite a bit from memory, see this recently? No.

If the film Buster is to beleived the Great Train Robbery was planned out by the gangters sitting on a playground roundabout. If this wasnt true it still did not look incredulous, ironic maybe, but not incredulous.

o_O

I don't understand the surprise. This parks are pretty common in Spain. In my city there a couple in each neighbourhood. It helps older people to work a bit in mobility with soft exercises. This is not to let them playing there like kids. This is to allow them to be a bit fitter.

I don't think that sitting on the sofa watching gakshows on TV, or looking how buildings are built from the fence (it's a national sport for our elders LOL) is a better option than this.