Wednesday, November 3, 2010

How To Make Visits with the Elderly Enjoyable

Simple opening questions
-          Tell me about yourself
-          Where are you from?
-          Look around the room to see if there are any photos and if so ask them to
tell you about them
-          What hobbies do you/did you enjoy?
-          What are your favorite books or movies?
-          What is your family like, do you have brothers and sisters, tell me about them?
-          What is/was your husband/wife like ?
-          What legacy would you like to leave?
-          What do you wish you knew at my age that you know now?
-          What role does Judaism fill in your life?
-          How did you celebrate the holidays growing up?
-          (insert holiday) is coming up, how did you celebrate growing up ?

From Nancy Ludin, Executive Director of the Jewish Pavilion

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