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home visits
A visit to a hospital or a nursing home can involve more than singing holiday songs, and can be more fun for both the visitors and the residents.
Here are suggestions to help make those visits and programs successful from Janette Newhouse, Virginia Tech Extension specialist in adult development and aging.
“The program will most likely be successful if it helps the residents feel useful, important, and accepted,” she said. One of the keys is to have the help of the residents when planning and running the event. The programs need to fit the skills, interests and physical abilities of the audience.
Once they are planned make sure they are announced beforehand on posters and invitations so the residents can anticipate and plan for them.
“An enthusiastic leader, who radiates energy and liveliness, will help a program be successful," said the specialist, who is a member of the faculty of Virginia Tech’s College of Human Resources.
Ms. Newhouse suggested that the events should include breaks from group activities for friendly conversation and individual visiting between the residents and the visitors.
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