What do you do with your elders?

I voted for them pursuing their interests. Usually during adulthood my sims are focused on their family and career, so mid-way through being an elder I retire them and let them spend their days reading, skilling up, doing what they love etc. I suppose this choice is very similar to making their last days as happy as possible, but since I usually play with full households I can't have my full attention on them.

@coco There doesn't seem to be much difference between the two options since both keep the elders happy :)

It would be fun sending an elder to university! I should do that sometime, for something different.

@coco Since John and Jordan only a minimum of 8 days as elder in my current save, I am seriously toying with the idea of sending them to uni so I can play with them a little longer :)

I've been plenty guilty of just giving them the boot but recently in the last yr, it's been my quest to change how I play. This is one of the things I'm changing. It depends on how attached I am to the sim but most of the time, they end up as live-in help for whatever. All of my sims have a hobby of some sort though, no matter age.

Valentina, the sim in my avatar turned out to be pretty special to me for whatever reason... I really enjoy having her around. She gets posted about more than the current heir on my blog. Her hobby has been nectar making so when the family moved for generation 6, I built her a basement for her nectary. In her bedroom is a hot pink rocking chair because elders love their rocking chairs. She wants more grandchildren but I've decided on only one child for generation 7. During her generation (Gen 5), she ran a daycare with the help of a sim bot her mother got her. She had 7 children with all different fathers (two sets of twins). I'm sad she will be passing soon any day now. Last night, I treated her to a spa day and ice cream after. Everyone was too busy to join her. Such a sweet sim despite having the evil trait! :)

Screenshot spam below for those interested.

@mikezumi 8 days isn't long at all, just think... you could have John meeting up with his brother there. :wink:
@simplyjen Those pictures are gorgeous. Your sim has had a very interesting life!

@SimplyJen Valentina looks great as an elder! :) Sorry that she is reaching the end of her time :'( I always find it hard to play when my sims' life bars are full because I know that it could happen at any time but I push forward (or I would have to quit the game and I am not doing that!).
It sounds like you have given her a lovely life :)

@coco They wouldn't be brothers but it would be funny to see! I will need to decide before their time is up and you will see my updates if I do decide to go with it :)

I realized I lied in my OP! My SS is an elder and she is always made to work hard as a nanny/live-in help. Her case is different, though, because she is immortal and what else is she going to do with her time? ;)

I also like the idea of University for an elder. Something I've never thought of before...

@Mikezumi Thank you :) 8 days for elder? And I thought my 14 days was short. :p All though with the extra time they can roll for, it does add up sometimes. I've modded the game so they really have to be lucky after 14 days to beat death.. I do feel bad about it sometimes. :s
@coco Thank you :) It's nice letting them enjoy their retirement doing what they love to do best. It is very hard to keep tabs on everyone in a full household.