December 4, 2024
Do You Really Know Your Residents? Intergenerational Programs Can Help!
How well do you really know your residents?
In this Senior Living Minute, Jack York highlights how intergenerational programs can strengthen relationships between seniors and staff. Often, staff members discover fascinating stories about residents only after they are interviewed.
Learn why creating intentional programs to capture life stories can deepen connections and enrich community culture.
Transcript: Do You Really Know Your Residents? Intergenerational Programs Can Help!
The number of times that I interview someone for 45 minutes or so, and there’s always somebody from the community sitting there with me, but what’s amazing is that staff members will listen to the interview and realize they never really knew this person.
It makes me think—why don’t we do more of this in our communities?
There are so many high school students needing community service hours. Imagine if we paired them with residents to document their stories and then had a big assembly at the end of the year to share them.
This intergenerational approach isn’t just fun; it’s a way to ensure we truly know the people we serve.