Utah Deaf Senior Citizens
Compiled & Written by Jodi Christel Becker
Edited by Valerie G. Kinney
Published in 2013
Updated in 2025
Edited by Valerie G. Kinney
Published in 2013
Updated in 2025
In 1983, shortly after the Utah Community Center for the Deaf opened in Bountiful, Utah, a group of Deaf senior citizens gathered to enjoy their golden years. These seniors had a talent for working with ceramics and paints, which they further developed. Their finished work was greatly appreciated and admired by all who saw it. The Deaf Senior Citizens of Utah is the only organization that focuses on helping older adults make the most of their later years by transforming them into golden years.
Senior Deaf Citizens of Utah, 1980s
Today, the Robert G. Sanderson Community Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Taylorsville, Utah, offers the Deaf Senior Citizens program to its members. This program provides recreational, educational, nutritional, medical, sociable, and dramatic/mime activities to senior citizens who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing. The program offers field trips, holiday celebrations, and classes such as oil painting, sewing, arts and crafts, and workout courses, which help improve their creative abilities and keep them fit.
- 1970's - Deaf Senior Citizens of Utah
- 2004-2005 - Senior Citizens of Salt Lake (SCSL) & Card Club
- 2006-2007 - Deaf Seniors of Utah (DSU)
- 2010-2011 - Salt Lake Deaf Seniors (SLDS)
- 2012-2013 - Wasatch Deaf Seniors (WDS)
