How to make your care home fun : simple activities for people of all abilities / Kenneth Agar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agar, Kenneth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing homes--Recreational activities.

Nursing homes.

Older people--Recreation.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the need for activities for elderly people in care and offers a practical programme of entertaining activities that can be used in nursing and residential homes, day centres, rehabilitation centres and hospices. As well as suggesting a programme of activities, it also advocates that 'activity nursing' should be integral to care.

Contents:

FRONT COVER; How to Make Your Care Home Fun Simple Activities for People of All Abilities; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 The Care Homes Sector; 3 How Old is Old?; 4 Why Activities are Needed; 5 The Activities Organiser; 6 Arranging the Programme; 7 Activities; 8 Talking and Listening; 9 Keep Moving; 10 Role Play; 11 Reminiscence; 12 Everyday Occupations; 13 Music; 14 Arts and Crafts; 15 Discussions and Debates; 16 A Miscellany of Informal Activities; 17 Gardening; 18 Cookery; 19 Going Out; 20 Activities for People with Dementia

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612059520

9781282059528

1282059521

9781846428814

1846428815

OCLC:

437090047