Description
Concrete directions for programming and reasons for developing and refining such programs.
Table of Contents
ContentsThe Settings in Which You Work
- Goals of This Meeting
- Goal of Your Association
- Improving Programming With New Ideas
- The Use of Community Resources
- Interdisciplinary Teamwork
- Into Aging-A Simulation Game
- Networking: How to Use What You’ve Got to Get More of What You Want
- The Difference an Idea Makes: The Art of Brainstorming
- A Sample Session
- Session Follow-up
- Residents in the Giving Role
- Early Visits
- A Resident-Built Surprise
- Speaker’s Bureau
- Making Connections Between the School System and the Nursing Home
- Intergenerational Mixing
- The Day Room Program at Westmoreland Manor Nursing Home, Waukesha, Wisconsin
- Stated Objectives of the Day Room
- Stated Role of Floor Aides
- Day Room Schedule
- Utilization Review Board Study
- Effect of the Day Room on Residents
- Effect of the Day Room on Nursing Home Administration
- Effect of The Day Room on Families and Nursing Home
- Placement
- Summary
- REACH
- Reality Therapy in the Convalescent Home
- Programming for Optimum Health and Wellness
- Physical
- Emotional
- Mental
- Spiritual
- Innovative “Resident Volunteer” Programming
- The Good Samaritan Program: Patients as Volunteers
- Veteranship for Nursing Home Residents: Integrating Residents Into Volunteer Services
- Resident Volunteers RSVP of Wichita, Kansas
- Homebound
- Veteranship
- The Activity Coordinator as Environmental Press
- Activities and Life Satisfaction
- Conclusion
- Organizing a Men’s Club
- Reasons and Needs for a Men’s Club
- Planning for Meetings
- The Meetings and Their Content Values of Men’s Clubs
- Art Therapy With the Institutionalized Older Adult
- Portraits
- Conclusions
- Reference Notes Included
