The Last Place: Diary of a Retirement Home

Elenor, a resident of Pyesbyterian Homes in Evanstan, Illinois

Many people grow more isolated as they age—friends and partners pass away, family members and kids get distracted by their own lives. To many of us, nursing homes are a place where we too might end up—they’re a bit of mystery that we visit from time to time, a world apart. We traveled to Presbyterian Homes, a senior living community in Evanston, Illinois and gave a group of residents tape recorders and kept audio diaries of their lives in retirement.