Linking Long-Term Care Residents with Elementary Students via a Pen Pal Program

Autor:	Holly Way Kiernan, Nicole G. Cote, Pearl M. Mosher-Ashley
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Rehabilitation nursing Long-term care Writing skills Nursing Age groups Residential care Context (language use) Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Gerontology Health Professions (miscellaneous) Care facility
Zdroj:	Activities, Adaptation & Aging. 27:1-10
ISSN:	1544-4368 0192-4788
DOI:	10.1300/j016v27n01_01
Popis:	This paper profiles the Pen Pal Program at Clifton Rehabilitation Nursing Center, in Somerset, Massachusetts, a program that pairs residents of the Clifton long-term care facility with students from South Elementary School. Program participants are gaining a better appreciation and understanding of each other's generations through weekly written correspondence. The Pen Pal Program enables residents to interact with young people in a meaningful way and allows residents to contribute to the “future of their community.” In turn, the students develop better writing skills in the context of a real-world activity. Students and residents also develop a bond that is physically joined by letter writing and is emotionally uplifting. The benefits of the program can be seen in both age groups' willingness to continue corresponding even when the formal program ends. The Pen Pal Program is an excellent model of an intergenerational program for a residential care facility.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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