Sam
Let's discuss "Sam" for a moment. Sam came to the nursing Home with an amputee, bad diabetes and COPD. He has some mild confusion and has lived at the VA for the last three months since the amputation. Sam was born in late 1929.
His social history includes an avid crossword puzzle fan, doing the daily puzzle in the daily paper. He puttered about his house, fixing things and doing all the "traditional" husband projects and tasks. He mowed the lawn, washed the cars, took the trash out, walked the dog and enjoyed a good barbecue with his family. He also enjoyed fishing and is a former Navy lieutenant. He enjoyed his job, but did not have a "best friend". He went to social events planned by his wife and enjoyed family gatherings. When he was younger he would stop and have a drink with co-workers on Friday evenings before returning home.
He has four children and a wife who visits twice a week for the day. So based on your current activities and what you have on your calendar, where would Sam fit in? Would he be going to a whole bunch of activities? Would he be coming to Bingo??? How about Men's Club????
What do you think? Post your comments here.......
posted by Kathy @ 2:35 PM
1 Comments:
At March 1, 2005 at 11:44 AM,
Kathy said…
As you can tell, or not, Sam is a very quiet and loner type person. It is rarely that he socializes on his own and only does so at the encouragement of his wife. So the only time you might want him to come to group programs would be with his wife.
He would enjoy making sure that he gets the paper daily, has a sharpened pencil or two, maybe some extra crossword puzzles. He could be offered opportunities to "Help Out" activities with special projects. He might even like to garden on his own or at least start the seeds. He would not enjoy group programs on a regular basis but may want to come once a month to the "theme party" that you know that you have!
Twice a week invite his wife to bring him to an activity so that he can be with her. Supply with materials for individual activities, encourage to "help out" and putter around.
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