Eastern Kentucky University, a group of students pulled up the chair in the lobby of the Imperial Palace in the morning, the residents of the surrounding cold, late October afternoon.
"Are you in the the journey fun of it?" A young woman asked the elderly woman. Initially, watching the residents overwhelmed, her answer is short-term in a quiet tone. But goes on in the afternoon, half a dozen or EKU students and women to discuss the vote, health care, and even tattoos and body piercing.
Lobby, students and residents in other areas of the painting. Down the hall, several male EKU students asked the veterans of World War II, he visited the country during the war.
"What is your favorite stop it?" One student asked residents, who have been pilots.
"When I returned home, he replied."
EKU student service learning project as part of in their class access to senior health care institutions, according to coach Shirley Jones. The topic of the class is the advanced treatment of adult entertainment.
This is a first class, Imperial Palace, and residents in the morning, but the class cooperation with the Madison County Magistrate Center and Madison building in the past time.
In the beginning of the course, students are instructed to write 10 things concerning older.
"About half of these things are negative," Jones said. "... However, as the semester progresses, you will see (students) to learn, the elderly in their 80s and 90s.
Many of her students, including senior citizens, retirement and long-term care facilities, including work and pursue careers.
"On the contrary, their faith, life does not end at 50," Jones said with a smile.
Every student with a morning Pointe residents, ideal, but sometimes more than one student is a resident of the matching. They visited the facility in the fall semester, once a week.
"They must have a program of activities day," Jones said. Like reading and crossword puzzles, students must learn the interests of their senior friends, in order to better prepare for their meeting.
Subsequently, students write journal entries on the matters discussed, they are still with their senior buddies. They write their conversations, activities, interactive process for them and their emotions and behavior of senior friends.
Rich life in the morning Pointe, Director Maria Fosdick said she was glad to have the EKU students with her residents.
Fosdick said: "This is just a good time, they can mesh with each other,".
Fosdick said, some residents have been shy and slow to warm up the students, but she saw a few open up more access to continue.
A the residents very special, always let her former student of the candy dish once a week.
"I always asked her, 'Do you have a good story ready?" Fosdick said.
Jones said her students have personal experience with the elderly. Began to talk about the aging process of the semester, recently lost a student, grandparent suffering from senile dementia especially difficult, "Jones said.
"Through this semester, students learn the process of aging, and death and dying," Jones said.
Although some of her students have found that the class, their career interests in other places, some young adults is very pleased to be able to continue to work for the elderly.
One student in particular, have learned a lot from her new friend, Jones said.
"Her friends told her, age is just a number," Jones said.
No comments:
Post a Comment