1. Brad Cook

2.  Great Grandma
 Alzheimer’s 2009
 Life Changing
 Hard to understand
what was going on

3.  Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
 18 million worldwide with disease
 More than 50% of residents in a Nursing
Home or Assisted Living have a form of
Dementia or Alzheimer’s
 Seven Stages
› Hard to specify, Overlapping stages
› Care needed, symptoms, and behavior all
depends on the patient’s current stage of
the disease

4.  Calling and talking with owners,
managers, and employees of the
centers
 Comparing and contrasting different
centers
 Explaining why I was interested in
volunteering

6.  Memory Clinic
 Friendly Environment
 Location
 Project Facilitator
 It’s an Assisted Living Center, NOT a
Nursing Home
› Independence
› Comfort in knowing there’s help

7.  Ruth Payne
 Activities Director
 Mother stayed at
Cameron Hall
 Activities Director
 10 years of
experience

8.  Bring happiness into the resident’s lives
 Show the Senior Citizens that teenagers
do care about them
 Invest into the resident’s lives
 Volunteer work
 Make friendships
 Learn from Elders
 Participate in Activities

9.  Volunteering at Cameron Hall and
making an impact in the lives of the
residents
› Helping clean, talking with residents,
participating in activities/events, serving
meals, etc.
 Ultimately, I will be presenting Cameron
Hall with a scrapbook, so that they can
look back and reminisce on the past
year that I have been with them

10.  Mostly common sense, although often
overlooked
› Touching person’s hand or forearm when
talking to them
› Talking loudly and clearly (it’s not rude)
› Cleanliness and sanitary
› Never put yourself in a “situation”
› Be patient, some residents can be very
repetitive

11.  Coordinate and participate in Activities
with residents, such as:
› Parties, dinners, games, crafts, etc.
 Talking with residents
› Having someone to talk to makes a huge of
difference
› Listening to stories about their life
› Simply having company

15.  Keeping priorities set straight
 Finding the right place to go
 Having patience with the residents
 Not doing well with spur of the moment
plans and decisions
 The death of my Nana

16.  Attend Point University to run Cross
Country and pursue a career in Middle
Grades Education
 Continue volunteering at Cameron Hall
 Form a club in college at which we will
also volunteer at a local Nursing Home

17.  I would love to pursue this further,
however only as a volunteer
 I have gained a huge amount of respect
and patience for all Senior Citizens.
 All you have to do is listen, and you can
learn so much
 Amazed at the impact Cameron Hall
has made in my life
 Thankful for such a life changing
opportunity

18.  Are there any questions?