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  • Intergenerational Kit

by Kathryn Kilpatrick, MA, CCC/SLP

$30.00

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Are you looking for ways to enhance conversations, provide interesting activities for intergenerational programs or need a unique gift? These products were created to enhance the quality of time that families, friends and caregivers spend with older adults. Suggested uses for speech and language pathologists and activity professionals are provided with each of the items. Includes Time Well Spent and Connecting the Generations.ing the Generations.

  • Time Well Spent — Time spent with an older adult should beTime Well Spent  meaningful and sometime it is difficult to think of what to say and do during visits. Time Well Spent provides the family member, friend, caregiver and volunteer with lots of ideas! Therapists and activity professionals can find many creative ways to use this resource in their programs and make recommendations for enhancing visits time after time.

    Time Well Spent has 8 chapters filled with fun, meaningful activities that inspire communication with conversation starters, things to do, puzzles and ideas children can implement. Chapters include things to do for spring, summer, winter, fall and ideas for areas of interest such as food, hobbies and leisure, entertainment as well as friends and family. View Sample Pages

  • Connecting the Generations: Your Story - My Story — EveryoneConnecting the Generations  has unique thoughts, opinions, and life experiences to share. Age does not matter! Connecting the Generations (through questions that serve as conversation starters) creates opportunities for several generations to share stories. When just chatting, the answers may surprise you. Excellent for intergenerational sharing and provides a wonderful way to begin creating a life story. There are so many precious memories, powerful wisdom and humor in each of our lives and it is important that those stories are shared and passed on to future generations. View Sample Page

HOW TO USE

  • Keep the open booklet on a table to use when family or friends visit.
  • Have a grandchild begin to use the questions to gather some memories of a grandparent.
  • Use as a conversation starter tool for volunteers who are making visits to long-term care facilities or someone who is homebound.
  • Use as part of an intergenerational program – post the responses to a particular question of several of the residents and guess who that the person might be. Consider recording the responses and passing them along to family members
  • Post them by the door or elevator in your facility so visitors have some conversation starter ideas for their visit.
  • Use them as conversation starters in a facility while you are waiting for the meal to be served. Highlight a staff member and resident of the day and have them share their answers with the group. Share answers during the meal or have a gathering after it is over for those who would like to tell some of their stories.
  • Great gift idea for a reunion, birthday, long car trip or new resident of your facility.