The three main things plaguing todays elderly are: loneliness, helplessness, and boredom. An Elder-centered community commits to creating a human habitat where life revolves around close and continuing contact with plants, animals, and children. It is these relationships that provide the young and old alike with a pathway to a life worth living. This community creates opportunity to give as well as receive care, imbues daily life with variety and spontaneity interactions and happenings that can take place. An Elder-centered community is a never-ending process. Human growth must never be separated from human life.