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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464226103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-317-84043-7; 1-317-84044-5; 1-315-82629-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (133 p.)
• Collana: Activities, Adaptation & Aging ; ; Volume 6, Number 3
• Altri autori (Persone): CookJane D
• Disciplina: 790.1/926
• Soggetti: Older people - Recreation - United States; Older people - Institutional care - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Concrete directions for programming and reasons for developing and refining such programs.