Resident Evil

monotonous and rigid structure commonly found in nursing homes today. Above all else, St. John’s has returned to their residents two of life’s pleasures often take for granted, autonomy and the freedom to make choices. They have united the elements of medical and emotional care despite the challenge of time in an attempt to restore meaningful purpose to the lives of the residents. Admittedly, this model is not void…

Acceptance Never Ends Even in a Nursing Home: The Purpose of Popularity Amongst Residents at Montgomery Care Center Coffee and News Activity Group Setting I walk through the doors of the Montgomery Care Center. Inside there is a small living room to the right with typically one resident watching television and to the right, a window into an office. I wave at the woman at the desk and then sign in at the visitor’s book. I then head right at the end of the hallway and make my way down the…

small community. Many bonds are forged in the lower classmen housing and these often times harbor everlasting friendships that stand the test of time. However, this is not always the case. Especially in freshmen housing, many quarrels arise between residents as well as RAs. In attempt to steer away from such hazards, I am in search of a plan of action that would build and improve the community in the dorms. Some of the problems that currently exist are resistants not obeying their resistant…

and I didn’t know where to put our trash. My RA’s goal was to help put all of these at ease and to make my transition a little easier. By helping the students acknowledge all of their resources, and by helping them solve their everyday problems, Resident Assistants are a prime example of the department of Housing and Residence Life mission. They also are a large contributor in establishing…

Asking for their names and aiding them with simple tasks that I could achieve from the front desk was a great way for me to slowly get to know these wonderful people. Asking residents, “How are you doing today?” or even the staff, “How can I help?” allowed me to get more involved within the system. One thing I did notice about my first gut reaction was that if I would walk by someone who looked dirty, I continuously found myself…

Before starting my practicum at Lutheran Social Services I already had researched information regarding those within the elderly. I wanted to explore seeing ways I can offer my services for those within this population before taken such action. I honestly wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to apply doing “inform scientific inquiry” without knowing how to do this in an effective way or back up the information I had gathered. So overall, what I had thought about this competency was that I had…

housing agency. I have been assigned to interview all of the resident 's of this building to determine the social need of the residents. This public housing agency cares sincerely about their resident and want to make sure that they are doing the best they can at meeting the needs of the residents. May I ask you a couple of questions? Social work roles: The text was not clear about the roles of the social worker, beside to interview the residents. However if I had to guess what the social…

Tablemate, a product produced by VitalTech has effectively given St. Peter’s residence a more social, pleasurable, and comfortable dining experience. A critical part of the design process was understanding that many residents are sometimes forced to leave their homes and live at St. Peter’s due to their disabilities, this gave us the idea of what experience the device should provide in the final product. The final decision was to give the ladies at table two a dining experience that would feel…

As of right now, we have two amazing high school seniors interviewing residents in their homes. It has been left up to the interviewee what they wish to discuss and, out of the five interviews that have been completed thus far, there has been no two stories that have been alike. One woman discussed the adoption of her daughter…

neighbors, and everyone spoke English. This was before the mid-1980’s became a large resettlement location for refugees, because of affordable housing, and access to jobs in Atlanta. By the year 2000, the census showed that one third of Clarkson’s resident were foreign born officially classifying it a super diverse community. Clarkston is now looked at for examples of the struggles and successes of a super diverse community trying to come together. This hardship is mainly outlined in the book…