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Author Cook, David

Title Innovations in Activities for the Elderly : Proceedings of the National Association of Activity Professionals Convention
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (133 pages)
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
Summary Concrete directions for programming and reasons for developing and refining such programs
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Subject Older people -- Recreation -- United States -- Congresses
Older people -- Institutional care -- United States -- Congresses
Older people -- Institutional care
Older people -- Recreation
United States
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317840442
1317840445