Innovations in Activities for the Elderly. Proceedings of the 1984 National Association of Activity Professionals Convention

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2 Innovations in Activities for the Elderly Proceedings of the 1984 National Association of Activity Professionals Convention

3 About the Editor Jane D. Cook is an activity consultant and editor of Scrapbook Pages, a bi-monthly large print publication written primarily for shut-in elderly. Her experience in the long term care field began in 1971 when she was employed as an activity coordinator in a SNF/ ICF facility in Falls Church, Virginia. After more than seven years in that position, she joined the staff of American Health Care Association, Washington, D.C., where she was staff representative for the Section of Activity Coordinators. While employed there she served as editor of Sharing and Caring and Senior American. She wrote several booklets relating to activities and volunteer training. Mrs. Cook is a Liberal Arts graduate of Penn State University and has completed graduate level work in communications at American University, Washington, D.C. She has been trained as an instructor of the basic 36-hour course for activity coordinators and has assumed a role in teaching that course in several states. She currently is on the faculty of the Leisure and Aging Management School, sponsored annually by the University of Maryland and other groups interested in recreation for the elderly. Mrs. Cook is Chairman of Education for the National Association of Activity Professionals and a charter member of that organization.

4 Innovations in Activities for the Elderly Proceedings of the 1984 National Association of Activity Professionals Convention Jane D. Cook Editor I~ ~~o~~~~n~~~up LONDON AND NEW YORK

5 First published 1985 by The Haworth Press, Inc. Published 2013 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business ISBN: (eisbn) llltiow.iiions in Activities forth~ Elderly: Procudiflls of tile 1984 NlllioMI Association of Activity Professionals Conwntion has also been published as Activitiu, Adllptation & Agifll, Volume 6, Number 3, Spring by Taylor & Francis. All fiahls reserved. No put of dua work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electroaic or mechanical, includinj photocopying, microfilm, and recordijii, or by any information atorapand retrieval system withous permission in writina from Che publisher. Ubrary or Conaress Catalo&l In hblleatlan oat. National Association of Activity Professionals (U.S.). Convention (2nd : 1984 : Denver, Colo.) Innovations in activities for the elderly. "Has also been published as Activities, adaptation A aains. volume 6, nu~ 3, spring 1985"-T.p. verso. Includes bibliojraphies. 1. AJed-Unitecl States-Rec:rcation--Coqressel. 2. Apd-lnstitutiooll care-united States-Congresses. I. Cook, Jane. U. Tide. GVJ84.N ' ISBN X

6 Innovations in Activities for the Elderly Activities, Adaptation & Aging Volume 6, Number 3 CONTENTS FROM THE GUEST EDITOR Jane D. Cook 1 Keynote Address 3 Edith M. Sherman The Settings in Which You Work 3 Goals of This Meeting 4 Goals of Your Association 5 Improving Programming With New Ideas 6 The Use of Community Resources 7 Interdisciplinary Teamwork 9 Sister Patricia Murphy Into Aging-A Simulation Game 13 Joanne Williams Networking: How to Use What You've Got to Get More of What You Want 17 Jacqueline M. Bean The Difference an Idea Makes: The Art of Brainstorming 25 Kimberly Chaffin A Sample Session 28 Session Follow-up 28

7 Residents in the Giving Role 31 Joan Betzold Early Visits 33 A Resident-Built Surprise 33 Speaker's Bureau 34 Making Connections Between the School System and the Nursing Home 37 Ruth Perschbacher Intergenerational Mixing 43 Karen D. Schelinder The Day Room Program at Westmoreland Manor Nursing Home, Waukesha, Wisconsin 47 Jacqueline Brunner Stated Objectives of the Day Room 47 Stated Role of Floor Aides 48 Day Room Schedule 49 Utilization Review Board Study 49 Effect of the Day Room on Residents 50 Effect of the Day Room on Nursing Home Administration 52 Effect of the Day Room on Families and Nursing Home Placement 52 Summary REACH 54 Reality Therapy in the Convalescent Home 55 Sally Vogt 53 Programming for Optimum Health and Wellness 61 Mary S. Simper Physical 62 Emotional 63 Mental 63 Spiritual 63 Innovative "Resident Volunteer" Programming 69 Dennis Goodwin

8 The Good Samaritan Program: Patients as Volunteers 73 Jan Seville Veteranship for Nursing Home Residents: Integrating Residents Into Volunteer Services 79 Lyndon S. Drew Resident Volunteers 80 RSVP of Wichita, Kansas 82 Homebound 83 Veteranship 84 The Activity Coordinator as Environmental Press 87 Edward F. Ansello Activities and Life Satisfaction 87 Conclusion 96 Organizing a Men's Club 101 Marian Bentel Audrey Lasher Reasons and Needs for a Men's Club 101 Planning for Meetings I 01 The Meetings and Their Content 102 Values of Men's Clubs 104 Art Therapy With the Institutionalized Older Adult 107 Madeline M. Rugh Portraits 110 Conclusions 120

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10 EDITOR PHYLLIS M. FOSTER, Activities Program Consultant, Littleton, CO EDITORL4L BOARD LaVERNE CAMERON, Retired Manager, Education & Resident Care Services, Ontario Nursing Home Association, Ontario, Canada JANE D. COOK, BA, Former Staff Representative, Section of Activity Coordinators, American Health Care Association, Washington, D. C. JOLEEN S. CURLEY, COTA, Activities Consultant, Madison, WI ELIZABETH SQUIRE DEICHMAN, EdM, OTR, President, Potentials Development fo r Health & Aging Services, Inc., Buffalo, NY ALICIA CLAIR GIBBONS, PhD, RMT, Director of Music Therapy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS FRED GREENBLATT, MTRS, Director of Activities, Jewish Home & Hospital fo r Aged, Bronx, NY LAURA HARVEY, MA, Instructor, School of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C. WILLIAM A. HINES, MD, Geriatrician, Kittredge, CO EVAL YN P. HOOVER, MA, Director, Glenrock Senior Center, Glenrock, WY M. JEAN KELLER, EdD, MTRS, Recreation Consultant, Recreation Technical Assistance Office, Institute of Community & Area Development, Unil ersity of Georgia, Athens, GA OSCAR KURREN, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI ELLEN LEDERMAN, MS, OTR, Occupational Therapist, Bright Horizons Center. Pompano, FL LINNEA M. MOE, COTA, Activity Consultant, Evergreen, CO MARIAN PALMER, RMT, Music Therapist Consultant to Geriatric Programs. Dublin, OH MADGE B. SCHWEINSBERG, BA, Activities Director, Activity Therapists Association, Illinois Activity Professionals Association, Evanston. IL EDITH M. SHERMAN, PhD, Retired Director, Institute of Gerontology. Unit ersity of Denver, CO MAX SHIRLEY, PhD, Retired Chairman, Department of Recreation & Leisure Education, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO MARILYN STRIFFLER, MS, Activity Coordinator, Columbine Care Center, Fort Collins, CO JOAN M. THYS, RN, BSN, Geriatric Rehabilitation Clinician. Geriatric Medical Clinic, Denver, CO JOANNE WILLIAMS, Retired Activity Consultant, Author, Speaker, Roseville, CA

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14 FROM THE GUEST EDITOR Activity programs in nursing homes and retirement homes are as broad in scope as life itself. What kinds of events will result in the greatest sense of satisfaction for the nursing home resident? Obviously, the answer to that depends on the individual resident. It is a great mistake to think of nursing home residents as a homogeneous group. The longer people live, the more unique they become. Obviously the widow of a mid-west farmer and the retired professor of microbiology will gain a real sense of satisfaction from quite varied activities. The activity coordinator is working with the most diverse population that exists. What, then, does the activity professional want to learn and experience at an annual conference devoted to his field? It is difficult to find a subject area that has absolutely no relevance to activities. Some knowledge of the whole area of health, both physical and emotional, is vital to the activity coordinator who will carry out his role successfully. So, too, is an understanding of the gratification a person receives from learning new information and developing new skills, from helping others around him, from social interaction with friends his own age as well as those of different generations, from a spiritual relationship and sense of an Almighty presence. To put together the program for the second annual convention of the National Association of Activity Professionals, we turned to the activity professionals themselves and asked, not so much what they wanted to learn, but rather what did they want to share with their 1985 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 1