They could be from a woman looking for an assisted living facility for her father who has dementia, or a grandmother who needs a ride to the grocery store.
The Rath center and The Lakeland Senior Hub are trying to fill a gap. The Rath center is the model for senior support in Lakeland, but it’s not a full activity center.
More than one-fifth of Lakeland’s 112,640 residents were 65 or older, according to the 2020 U.S. Census. Yet while there are robust senior centers in St. Pete, Clearwater, Winter Haven, even in rural towns in Montana, Lakeland still doesn’t have one…