Table Of ContentInnovations in Activties
for the Elderly
Edited by
Jane D. Cook
Innovations in Activities
for the Elderly
Proceedings of the 1984 National Association
of Activity Professionals Convention
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 As
sociation, 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 Amer
ican University, Washington, D.C. She has been trained as an in
structor of the basic 36-hour course for activity coordinators and has
assumed a role in teaching that course in several states. She current
ly 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.
Innovations
in Activities
for the Elderly
Proceedings of the 1984
National Association of Activity
Professionals Convention
Jane D. Cook
Editor
|J Routledge
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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 & aging, volume 6, number 3, spring
1985”—T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographies.
1. Aged—United States—Recreation—Congresses. 2. Aged—Institutional care—United
States—Congresses. I. Cook, Jane. Q. Title.
GVI84.N29 1984 790.1’926 84-28996
ISBN 0-86656-389-X
Innovations in Activities for the Elderly
Activities, Adaptation & Aging
Volume 6, Number 3
CONTENTS
FROM THE GUEST EDITOR 1
Jane D. Cook
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
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 53
REACH 54
Reality Therapy in the Convalescent Home 55
Sally Vogt
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
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 fora Men’s Club 101
Planning for Meetings 101
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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EDITOR
PHYLLIS M. FOSTER, Activities Program Consultant. Littleton, CO
EDITORIAL 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, Wl
ELIZABETH SQUIRE DEICHM AN, EdM, OTR, President, Potentials Development for
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 A Hospital
for 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
EVALYN 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, University 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, Activiry 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, University of
Denver, CO
MAX SHIRLEY, PhD, Retired Chairman, Department of Recreation & Leisure
Education, Universiry of Northern Colorado, Greeley. CO
MARILYN STRIFFLER, MS,/lcf/v/7y 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
