The document describes a program for caring for elderly residents with memory impairment. The program focuses on treating residents with dignity and respect in a home-like environment. Caregivers see residents as family and activities stimulate memories from residents' pasts using classic literature and poems. The program aims to keep residents healthy, happy and engaged through a variety of social, physical and cognitive activities tailored to their interests.

1. Author: Daniela Simmons

5. Residents live on their own terms, as if they were in
their own home!
Caregivers treat residents as if they were their own
parents!
Families and Guests are welcome at any time and
treated as if they were visiting their loved one at home
– drinks, meals, attention, etc.!
Residents are healthy, happy, clean, beautiful and
smiling!

8. Each neighborhood Consists of 10
Residents
Meals and Social Activities in the
Neighborhood
Residents from the Different
Neighborhoods Visit or “Go Out”

9. Meals at one Table for the Residents, Employees and
Guests
Meals at any time!
Diets? Cooking special meals; no one losing weight!
Residents Taking Part in the Cooking, Serving, &
Cleaning
Refrigerators, Drinks, Snacks, Cookies, Cake, etc.
“Fancy Living” – Ice Cream, Fruit Punch, Smoothies,
Tropical Drinks, Fruit Salad, etc.

13. PRN, “as needed”? Almost never…
Smile Therapy, Pain Assessment
Letters, “Secrets”, Lottery, Singing, Fun
and a lot of RESPECT!

15. Knowing the past professions, hobbies, habits
and preferences of the residents
Making the bed, organizing, laundry,
cooking, baking, cleaning, gardening…
Cognitive Activities – McGuffey Readers
Physical, Social, Entertainment, Outings,
Arts, Spiritual, Parties and Celebrations, etc.
“You Smile, I Smile” Program

16. The program is developed specifically for elderly people with
memory impairment.
Elderly people with memory issues often remember the past
better than current events.
Consists of reading classic poems and stories to the seniors
that they might have learned as children. This activity helps
to stimulate memories and provides enjoyment for both the
caregivers and people afflicted with dementia. The Program
includes Pre and Post Assessment strategies to examine the
social and cognitive effects that interacting with Mcguffy’s
Reading has on seniors with dementia.

18. It consists of:
-a booklet with instructions and leading assessment tools;
-a 7 volume set of McGuffy's Readers scanned onto CD-ROM
that permits making various copies;
-for visual enjoyment, an antique McGuffey’s eclectic third
reader book ;
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- for the residents’ listening pleasure, a McGuffy's reader audio
CD.

21. Selection of Employees – Volunteering,
Education
Management; Participation;
Communication with the Families
Self-Managed Team; Universal
Responsibilities; Shift Exchanges

22. Focused on developing sensitivity to the emotional,
physical and spiritual aspects of daily life in old age; the
importance of knowing specifics of the background,
habits and preferences of elderly people; the interplay
between tradition, innovation and change;
Implementing the great variety of innovative methods
such as Group Relations; Psychodrama, Sociodrama,
Sociometry, etc. in helping and caring for the elderly, as
well as in training employees to be sensible in their
understanding and interactions with the elderly.