My interaction with an older adult was taken place at the Sun Terrance Facility in Sunnyside, WA. I wanted to do a nursing home or retirement home, close to where I live because I also do my hours for my practicum every weekday. So, because I have lived in Sunnyside my whole life, I use to live next to Sun Terrance and I took this opportunity to explore the facility a little better while doing my hours there. Me starting there at the facility was not easy. I cannot remember the exact dates, but I went in one day and talked to the clerk and asked her if I could do my hours for my university’s assignment and she said Yes, I will let Lupe (Life-Enhancing Director) know, she got my information and I said ok thanks. I waited for her to call back
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Life-enhancing activities for our senior living residents are offered every day, many of which are designed for groups in order to bring everyone together to share their lives in an active way. I have been a part of this portion because I volunteered with Lupe for my hours in the activities room. She has a big calendar hanged up in the hall for the residents to see and I think that is great to let them know what is going on that day. They have trips to like Dollar Tree, Walmart and restaurants. They have activities like movies and popcorn, bingo (nickel bingo), they do exercises, bible study and more. I have been there for some activities they have planned during my days attending Sun Terrance, I also got to help and make the Event calendar for December. I will attach some images to the file and show the activities they had in November and will have in December. I like the way they word the activities on the …show more content…
Robert was married for 55 years (November 23, 1958), but his wife passed away. Robert has four boys the oldest 59 and the youngest 52-years-old. Robert’s highest education level was 8th grade. He now is retired, but since the age of 5 up to 18 he worked with cows/milking them. He then went to do service for 18 months; he was an ambulance driver. Then, married his childhood friend in 1958. He did trucking for 31 years and he thanks God for protecting him because he has never been in an accident nor did he get tickets, driving over 3 million miles. He shared with me that he never smoked neither did he try beer “Up till now I have never known what beer tastes
Life-enhancing activities for our senior living residents are offered every day, many of which are designed for groups in order to bring everyone together to share their lives in an active way. I have been a part of this portion because I volunteered with Lupe for my hours in the activities room. She has a big calendar hanged up in the hall for the residents to see and I think that is great to let them know what is going on that day. They have trips to like Dollar Tree, Walmart and restaurants. They have activities like movies and popcorn, bingo (nickel bingo), they do exercises, bible study and more. I have been there for some activities they have planned during my days attending Sun Terrance, I also got to help and make the Event calendar for December. I will attach some images to the file and show the activities they had in November and will have in December. I like the way they word the activities on the …show more content…
Robert was married for 55 years (November 23, 1958), but his wife passed away. Robert has four boys the oldest 59 and the youngest 52-years-old. Robert’s highest education level was 8th grade. He now is retired, but since the age of 5 up to 18 he worked with cows/milking them. He then went to do service for 18 months; he was an ambulance driver. Then, married his childhood friend in 1958. He did trucking for 31 years and he thanks God for protecting him because he has never been in an accident nor did he get tickets, driving over 3 million miles. He shared with me that he never smoked neither did he try beer “Up till now I have never known what beer tastes