PDF-(BOOK)-Total Engagement: Activities for Growth and Expression in Older Adults (Volume

One of the secrets to wellbeing in our later years is continuing to remain engaged with life through meaningful activities Total Engagement promotes successful aging and life satisfaction with a unique collection of activities created to stimulate growth curiosity and enjoyment through selfdiscovery and creative expression Designed especially for older adults as well as adult with special needs the holistic activities in this book help strengthen physical and cognitive abilities often both at the same time They promote wellbeing by meeting essential human needs for physical mental and emotional engagement and they recognize the supporting role of the environment and social connections in fulfilling these needs Focusing on the unique benefits derived from the expressive artsincluding dance drama music language arts and visual artsthese 71 innovative activitiestransform familiar routines in novel and enjoyable wayscan be adapted to the needs interests and abilities of participantsinclude Connections to other expressive arts for 140 more creative variationsoffer the chance to try new experiences in a supported environmentstimulate neuronal activity in the brainimprove physical strength coordination and flexibilityaccommodate individual agerelated limitationsincorporate technology multisensory stimulation and intergenerational options for added enrichmentActivity professionals and nonprofessionals within congregate care or community settings can learn how to facilitate activities that help adults resist becoming disengaged due to losses associated with aging or disability and enjoy the satisfaction and success of remaining engaged flexible and resilient in late lifeWhat makes an activity holistic A fingerstretch exercise promotes joint flexibility and fine motor skills but the same result is achieved with a knottying activity that is more interesting and engaging because itis tactileproduces a satisfying resultcreates a new skillpromotes procedural memory and problem solvingfosters neuroplasticity. Marlette B. Reed, . BEd. , MA. Annette M. Lane, RN, PhD. Sandra P. Hirst, RN, PhD, GCC. What does existential mean?. Pertaining to purpose and meaning. Personhood: what it means to be human. . -the bigger issues of life – and death – as they pertain to who one is: Who am I? What does life mean? Will I cease to exist after I die?. Outreach & Prevention. Jody Bechtold, LCSW, NCGC-II, BACC. Why Focus on . Older Adults?. Source: A Profile of Older Americans: 2003, Administration on Aging, HHS. Changing Demographics: . More . Elderly. Shawn M Lang, Director of Public Policy. CT AIDS Resource Coalition. HIV/AIDS and Older Adults. What are HIV and AIDS?. H. uman . I. mmunodeficiency . V. irus. A. cquired. . I. mmunodeficiency . D. Jane Menzies, Assistant Head of Social Services. Norrie Moane, Operations Manager, Signpost / CHL. Why are we having this discussion?. The vision. The challenges. The role of services in achieving. Why do this?. UK Physical Activity Guidelines. UK-wide . Global evidence of the health benefits . Life course . Recommended amount for health benefit. Why do we need guidelines for older adults?. Physical . activity levels are . Between 1950 and 2000, the older adult population grew almost 200%.. It is expected to reach 14.6 million people by 2050, which will represent 25% of California’s population.. Healthy Aging. Nutrition . The graying of the disease . Extenuating vs Mitigating . Factors. Celia J. Maxwell, M.D., FACP. Associate Dean for Research. Howard University College of Medicine. CDC . Campaign . “. prevention IS CARE”. Melissa Mattson . and . Diane Mortimer. Objective 1. List at least three ways recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) differs between older and younger adults. . How is TBI different in older adults?. What is loneliness like for older adults?. Being Alone. Loneliness defined. Loneliness is the subjective feeling of being alone. It is “the distress that results from discrepancies between ideal and perceived social relationships.” . EXHIBIT 1. Note: Differences between US and all other surveyed countries except AUS were statistically significant at the p < 0.05 level.. Data: Commonwealth Fund 2021 International Health Policy Survey of Older Adults.. Tier 3. Psychosis. What is psychosis?. ‘Some loss of contact with reality’. This might involve hallucinations or delusions’ (NHS). Hallucinations – hearing voices/ seeing things/ sensation that someone is touching them/ experiencing smells that are not there. Tier 3 . Contents. Definition . The potential methods that can be used . The risk factors and warning signs in older adults to look out for . How to respond if an older person reports an attempt at self harm. Tier 2 . Eating disorder . An eating disorder is when the person has an unhealthy attitude to food which can over their life and make them ill.. It can involve eating too much or too little, and/ or becoming obsessed with their body and shape. What is trauma?. Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-bein.