The Java Music Club in Assisted Living Kinvillage Campus of Care – Delta, British Columbia, Canada For 30 years KinVillage, in the heart of Tsawwassen, South Delta, British Columbia has provided seniors and others with a wide range of...
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Java Music Club Facilitators Village by the Station, Good Samaritan Society, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada Michelle Rolston, Andrea Jones, Suzanne (SZQ) Lionello Village by the Station is a unique community offering seniors multiple levels of support and the opportunity...
How to Demonstrate Empathy Residents will often provide the most valuable information about what is going on for them through their voice and body language, rather than what they say. Using active listening skills, a group facilitator can help...
This was written by a spouse of one of our residents. He brings his wife to the Java Music Club religiously and as you can see from his poem it seems to make his whole week! He shared it...
Many older people with Alzheimer’s dementia and behavioral symptoms can be withdrawn from chronic antipsychotic medication without detrimental effects on their behaviour. A subgroup of the international healthcare research organization the Cochrane Collaboration, recently tracked what happened when people...
Those living in long term care communities such as care homes, assisted living and retirement homes face numerous barriers to feeling a sense of inclusion and belonging. It is hard to imagine what it is like living in a...
I came across a recreation assessment form in which a resident wrote: “Please don’t throw balloons at me!” Nothing else. No favorite hobbies, no where I grew up, what I like to be called, or favorite foods. Why would...
The Journals of Gerontology released a study in 2012 that examimed those over the age of 65 living with multiple chronic conditions. What they found is that those with a purpose in life and positive relations with others had...
Meeting the mental health needs within the long-term care sector is an increasing concern. Studies reveal that 44% of those living in long term care have symptoms of depression yet only a small proportion actually receive an evaluation by...
The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) Annual Conference will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 7-9, 2013. The mission of ALFA is to advance quality of life for seniors and their families and ensure a future of...