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GWEN IFILL (Newshour): Now we continue our occasional look at aging and the challenges of long-term care.
Tonight, Hari Sreenivasan reports on a push to make New York City more livable in later years.
HARI SREENIVASAN (Newshour): It's 9:30 in the morning in East Harlem, New York City, and the Thomas Jefferson Pool is springing to life.
WOMAN: Take the plunge. Come on.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Several dozen seniors have come to take the plunge, and take part in the pool's senior swim hours; 72-year-old Maria Pacheco, who takes attendance, comes three times a week.
MARIA PACHECO: People socialize. And being around people their own age -- our age, I should say -- you are not self-conscious of who's looking. And here, nobody's comparing you to anyone else.
HARI SREENIVASAN: The Jefferson Pool was the first to offer the senior swim hours. Now there are 15, with more than 1,000 seniors participating. It's Pacheco's third summer here at Jefferson. It helps keep her days busy.
"Top 10 U.S. Cities for Successful Aging" by Jason Kane, PBS Newshour 8/28/2013
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