Innovations in activities for the elderly : proceedings of the 1984 National Association of Activity Professionals Convention / Jane D. Cook, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cook, Jane D.

Series:

Activities, adaptation & aging ; v. 6, no. 3.

Activities, Adaptation & Aging ; Volume 6, Number 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Recreation--United States--Congresses.

Older people.

Older people--Institutional care--United States--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Concrete directions for programming and reasons for developing and refining such programs.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; FROM THE GUEST EDITOR; Keynote Address; The Settings in Which You Work; Goals of This Meeting; Goals 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 HomeIntergenerational 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"" ProgrammingThe 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

Notes:

"Has also been published as Activities, adaptation & aging, volume 6, number 3, Spring 1985"--T.p. verso.

First published 1985 by the Haworth Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-84043-7

1-317-84044-5

1-315-82629-1

9781315826295

OCLC:

874175440