Amelia Glaser

Activity
Implementation
 Agenda

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Introduction/Background

Planning: Outline: First

objective

Proposed implementation

Evaluations

Pre-evaluation

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 About Me
• I will be graduating with my Bachelors of Science in Public
Health.
• My areas of interest include Epidemiology, Child and Maternal
Health, and Women’s Health.
• I believe my life’s calling is to be a voice for the
underrepresented in society and to encourage others to live a
healthy and a prosperous life.
• I plan on becoming either an Epidemiologist or a Public Health
Nurse in which I will run my own medical clinic providing care to
lower income and minority individuals.

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 About The fellowship Home
Purpose: “We aspire to create senior living environments
where people experience the gift of being seen, known, and
heard; where people are inspired to live their best life, do
their best work, and invest their resources for the best
returns.” (Fellowship Home, 2023)
Mission: “We exist to serve our seniors like we would want
our own family to be served.” (Fellowship Home, 2023)

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 What is the Fellowship Home?
• Values:
• Serve: “We believe in having a servant’s heart: therefore, we serve residents and
employees as respectfully, compassionately, and thoroughly as we would want our
own loved ones to be served. We value ALL interactions with residents and by
partnering with them to understand and analyze their needs, we build solutions they
love.
• Trust: “We believe in building trust: therefore, we will act with integrity and honesty,
always doing what is best for residents and The Fellowship Family, even when no
one is looking. WIN We believe in planning to win: therefore, we will continually
search for a better solution and we will go beyond the expected to provide
unparalleled experiences by consistently preparing for scenarios that impact
members of the Fellowship Family.

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 What is the Fellowship Home?
• Values:
• Joy: We believe in creating and maintaining a positive work environment by
spreading joy and valuing fairness, making each moment count. We will be grateful,
positive, hospitable, and we will build up others-seeking every opportunity to
positively impact the perspectives of those around us.
• Grow: We believe in the importance of stewardship through growth: therefore, we will
support opportunities for the professional growth of our team and the expansion of
the Fellowship Family brand so that more senior adults can enjoy the benefits of our
services while employees are offered the opportunity to achieve personal and
professional success.

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 What is the Fellowship Home?
• An assisted living community combining Southern hospitality and contemporary style.
• The Fellowship Home has been owned and operated since 1978.
• The Fellowship Home is a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated provider of premier
quality senior living services.
• Residents enjoy a home-like atmosphere, spacious living areas, access to concierge
services, and various recreational and social amenities that enrich the residents quality of life.
• The Fellowship Home is a short distance from Lake Sinclair, shopping, and medical facilities.
• The Fellowship Home at Meriwether was founded in 2018 and includes walking paths, front
porch, dining rooms, a salon, a library, theater room, an activities room, and housekeeping.
• There is also transportation for weekly shopping trips, eating out, banking, and other outdoor
activities. There are also devotionals, worship services, and fitness and wellness programs
designed to strengthen the body and mind.

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Introduction, Key Responsibilities
While interning at the Fellowship Home my activities performed
included: being a concierge in which I handled the desk and
administrative duties. I professionally answered the phone
concerning any questions families and healthcare providers had.
I later helped out the activities directors lead arts and crafts,
Bingo, exercise, the outing to Kroger, and Happy Hour.
As an intern at the Fellowship Home, I recognized a need for
more activities that would promote socialization and the
emotional well-being of the residents.

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 Public Health Issue
Public health is defined as: “The science of protecting and
improving the health of people and their communities.”
(CDC, 2023)
This work is accomplished by promoting healthy lifestyles,
and researching disease and injury prevention.
A concern with the protecting entire populations health.

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 Determining the First Objective
• Activity implementation falls under a Public Health issue since loneliness and
depression are common in the elderly population.
• In 2019, nearly forty percent of the residents surveyed in a Polish nursing home
were affected by loneliness. Trybusińska, D., & Saracen, A. (2019). Loneliness in the
Context of Quality of Life of Nursing Home Residents. Open medicine (Warsaw,
Poland), 14, 354–361. https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2019-0035
• Public Health Concepts:
• Research Methods and statistics-Data analysis, qualitative data and quantitative
data. Survey creation.
• Personal Health and fitness.
• Social determinants of health

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 Project
• I decide to do activity implementation since there was a need to increase the
resident’s autonomy, social interactions, and the mental health of the residents.
• My role: I created a survey with forty three questions that would gauge the resident’s
activity interests and areas for improvement.
• Planning: Drafted a survey, interviewed a resident as a trial run, and revised the
survey.
• Implementation: The survey results were entered into an Excel Spreadsheet and
printed out and placed in a resource binder for the current activities directors and for
future interns to utilize.
• Evaluation:
• Qualitative and quantitative data

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First Objective
 First Objective
• By December 1st, 2023, increase by five
percent the number of residents who
participate in activities.

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 Proposed Implementation

Aug 2023 October2023

Observed a need and addressed a All residents surveyed.
need for the implementation of Activities implemented, fall
more activities. Began to meet crafts.
residents.
Project idea suggested. Research
on surveys available and the Nov 2023
creation of surveys. Trial run of
first survey and revision. Two
Sep
thirds20XX
of residents interviewed.
Analyzed
Survey
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Sources Utilized For Survey Creation
Google and my own

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 Example Survey Questions
• Do you enjoy activities that include painting, acrylics, water colors, and drawing?
• Would you be interested in art classes?
• What is your favorite card game?
• What is your favorite board game?
• Where in the Milledgeville community would you like to visit on outings?
• Parks (Yes or No)
• Movie Theater (Yes or No)
• Restaurants (Yes or No)
• Museums (Yes or No)
• Cultural Festivals (Yes or No)
• Botanical Gardens (Yes or No)
• Art Galleries (Yes or No) 16
 Example Survey Questions Continued
• Would you participate in a field day? (Yes or No)
• Would you participate in a picnic? (Yes or No)
• Would you enjoy going to a ball game/sporting events?
• If yes, which sports?
• Do you like to spend time outdoors? (Yes or No)
• Do you like to fish? (Yes or No)
• Do you like to go walking, biking, or hiking?
• Would you be interested in a weekly afternoon game day?
• If we were to create a club based on your interest(s), what type of club would you
join? (Example book club, gardening club, bible study, etc)
• Would you like to have guest speakers?

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 Example Survey Questions Continued
• If you would like to have guest speakers, which type would you enjoy? (Example
Comedian, Motivational Speaker, and/or Historian)?
• Do you like going to concerts? (Yes or No)
• What type of music and /or who would you want to see in concert? Who would you
like to be brought here? (artist/band). Opera, musicians, piano players, and/or
guitarists?
• Do you enjoy scrapbooking? ( Yes No)
• Do you enjoy crossword puzzles, Sudoku, and/or puzzles? (Yes No)
• Would you like therapy dogs to visit more often? (Yes No)
• Would you enjoy a cultural food party? (Yes No)

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 Survey Questions
• Do you enjoy and/or would you like to see more of:
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Bingo
•
Happy hour
•
Shopping
•
Dancing
•
Singing/Sing-alongs/Karaoke
•
BBQ
• Exercises
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Social activities
•
Movie Nights

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 Survey Questions
• When would you be able to participate?
•
Days
•
• Afternoons
•
• Evenings
•
Weekends
Existing Activities Program

• Do you feel the existing Activities Program adequately meets your needs?

• ☐ Yes ☐ No

• Comments__________________________________________________________ 20
 Survey
1 – Leisure Interests & Activities Yes No Feedback
Are you aware of our daily activities
provided?
Do you get a monthly copy of our
‘Activity Calendar’?

Would you like your input on

activities to be asked monthly?
Would you like any of our activities
to be more frequent?
Are you satisfied with our
community outings?
Do you have a favorite activity? E.g.
gardening, massage. 21
 Survey
1 – Leisure Interests & Activities Yes No Feedback

Are you encouraged by staff to

participate in activities?

Is your family/primary carer

encouraged to accompany you on
community outings as a volunteer?

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 Survey
3 – Choices & Decision-Making Yes No Feedback

Are you encouraged to participate in decisions

about activities and services provided?
Are alternative therapies available? E.g.
aromatherapy, music therapy.
Do you perceive the community involvement
available as adequate?
Do you have an alternative activity if the one on
the calendar does not appeal to you?
Is staff available to take you shopping
occasionally?
Do you have the opportunity to express your
views and concerns openly? (without fear of
retribution) 23
 Survey
3 – Choices & Decision-Making Yes No Feedback

Are you able to request or suggest a community

outing?
Do you choose to participate in activities that
appeal to you without pressure from staff?

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 Activities Led/Participated In!

Happy Hour October Outing Education

Trick-or-treating with
Music Trivia Kroger
Pre-schoolers. November,
Could the Shopping Crystal
resident’s Not as successful Trips!
guess ten but improvised. Law and
popular Strategy used Dementia
Pumpkin decorating for the Education
songs from
the resident’s for family
twenties, safety! members!
thirties,
forties, and
fifties?

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 Breast Cancer Infographic

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 Infographic Created

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Dementia Education
 What I learned:
• Alzheimer's Association:
• Dementia is an overall term for a particular group of
symptoms. The characteristic symptoms of dementia
are difficulties with memory, language, problem-solving
and other thinking skills. Dementia has several causes
These causes reflect specific changes in the brain.
Alzheimer’s disease is one cause of dementia. The brain
changes of Alzheimer’s disease include the
accumulation of the abnormal proteins beta-amyloid and
phosphorylated tau, as well as the degeneration of
neurons. The brain changes of Alzheimer’s disease are
the most common contributor to dementia.
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 What I learned

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 More Activities
• Led Exercise
• My perception the first time
• The more I led exercise, I became comfortable and adequate
with leading this.
• Resident’s answered flu shot and COVID-19 questionnaire
with my assistance.
• Issues dealt with: COVID-19 and Flu Shot Implementation
(Problems)

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 Overall Impact
• Skills gained
• Microsoft Excel.
• Surveying.
• Leadership and team work.
• Patience, compassion, and empathy.
My impact:
Increased resident participation. Creation of a binder with the resident’s
activities interests.

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 My takeaway
I was able to help decorate the facility for fall and Christmas!
Decorating was wonderful since a resident who normally keeps to
herself came out and the decorations add a cheeriness to the
Fellowship Home. The resident’s appreciate the decorations and
the residents enjoy watching the decorators decorate.
The interactions I have had with the resident’s are special and I will
always remember their graciousness and a zeal for life.

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 To my supervisor, the
activities directors, and my

Thank you
coworkers for your guidance
this semester! Y’all were a
pleasure to work with.

Questions or Comments?