retirement communities

"In his old age Grandpa has become confused. He believes he is back in World War II, when he was an RAF Spitfire pilot. Only one person can understand him: his grandson Jack. When Grandpa is sent to Twilight Towers--an old folk's home run by sinister Matron Swine--it's up to Jack and Grandpa to plot a daring escape. Little do they know, the wicked Matron is on to them ... "--Dust jacket.

Holly Mathews lives at a retirement home for the super wealthy that her mother manages on expensive Mercer Island, but when she meets Malik Buchannan, grandson of one of the residents, she allows him to think that she just visiting, so he will accept her as belonging to his A-list world--it is just supposed to be a summer fling, but soon she finds herself falling in love.

While visiting his grandparents' retirement community in Florida, ten-year-old Adam "Melonhead" Melon, accompanied by his best friend Sam, invents the Alligator Distractor.

Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, the Were-wolf, the Mummy, and others living at the Rest in Peace nursing home, break out and head for Transylvania when Dr. Frankenstein's granddaughter Tiffany enlists them in a quest to save the family castle from being torn down to make way for luxury condominiums.

The residents, staff, and neighbors of the Pine Haven retirement center (from twelve-year-old Abby to eighty-five-year-old Sadie) share some of life's most profound discoveries. What they eventually learn about themselves and one another will transform them all.

Rodney Rothman recounts the experiences he had after retiring at age twenty-eight and moving in with an elderly piano teacher at a retirement community, describing his struggle for acceptance from the senior citizens in his community and his efforts to the typical activities of retirement.

Ellen Fremedon, facing a dreary summer volunteering at a local retirement home, finds her interest piqued when she meets Mr. Martin, a blind and crude old man whose crankiness exceeds even Ellen's.