The Rockwood Retirement home was a success! Everyone who participated, though it was only 4 people (two of which were residents), thoroughly enjoyed our project. The main thought that continued to pop up throughout our visit was how much our project was like their daily puzzle! Even people who walked by would comment on how creative and fun it was, even if they didn't want to participate themselves. We were set up right next to the puzzle and I believe that at any given time during the 3 hours we were there, more people were working on the puzzle than participating in our 'create your own puzzle' project, so to speak. Nevertheless, even due to the lack of overall participation, the project was a huge success and our participants were thrilled to receive their finished works. I believe that I would do this project again, and if we were to do this again there are a few things I would do differently before administering the project. First off, I would go on a weekday. One of the activities directors, Dana, told us that she would have found more people who would've been interested in participating if we had gone on a weekday because residents normally, to use her words, "Go out and party during the weekend". I would have liked to have more participants, so going on a weekday would accomplish this. Next, we wouldn't bring so many supplies. Most of the supplies remained in the corner of the room and with how few people participated, we brought far too much. There were a lot of requests for dark green, of which there were only a few tiles, but there was really nothing we could do about that unless we sorted each box into a different colour. The residents were very interested in us as well, asking us what we were studying at Whitworth and why we decided to go to Rockwood for a project. One person in particular, Doris, was very sweet, and told us about her time in college at WSU. She became a registered nurse and was very confident in her knowledge. Overall, I believe that doing this project again would be a great idea; the residents loved the project and if we had gone on a weekday more definitely would participate!
Monday, December 12, 2016
Rockwood Retirement Part 2
The Rockwood Retirement home was a success! Everyone who participated, though it was only 4 people (two of which were residents), thoroughly enjoyed our project. The main thought that continued to pop up throughout our visit was how much our project was like their daily puzzle! Even people who walked by would comment on how creative and fun it was, even if they didn't want to participate themselves. We were set up right next to the puzzle and I believe that at any given time during the 3 hours we were there, more people were working on the puzzle than participating in our 'create your own puzzle' project, so to speak. Nevertheless, even due to the lack of overall participation, the project was a huge success and our participants were thrilled to receive their finished works. I believe that I would do this project again, and if we were to do this again there are a few things I would do differently before administering the project. First off, I would go on a weekday. One of the activities directors, Dana, told us that she would have found more people who would've been interested in participating if we had gone on a weekday because residents normally, to use her words, "Go out and party during the weekend". I would have liked to have more participants, so going on a weekday would accomplish this. Next, we wouldn't bring so many supplies. Most of the supplies remained in the corner of the room and with how few people participated, we brought far too much. There were a lot of requests for dark green, of which there were only a few tiles, but there was really nothing we could do about that unless we sorted each box into a different colour. The residents were very interested in us as well, asking us what we were studying at Whitworth and why we decided to go to Rockwood for a project. One person in particular, Doris, was very sweet, and told us about her time in college at WSU. She became a registered nurse and was very confident in her knowledge. Overall, I believe that doing this project again would be a great idea; the residents loved the project and if we had gone on a weekday more definitely would participate!
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