An Introduction to Community Health 7th Edition by James McKenzie,Robert Pinger,Jerome Kotecki

Exercise 9

Make arrangements with a local long-term care facility to visit one of their residents. Make at least three 1-hour visits to a resident over a 6-week period of time. Upon completion of the visits, write a paper that answers the following questions: What were your feelings when you first walked into the facility?
What were your feelings when you first met the resident?
What did you learn about the elderly that you did not know before?
What did you learn about yourself because of this experience?
Did your feeling about the resident change during the course of your visits? If so, how?
If you had to live in a long-term care facility, would you be able to adjust to it? What would be most difficult for you in your adjustment? What character traits do you have that would help you adjust?