By Cynthia Herron
Personal Support Workers
work with a variety of healthcare professionals in their daily work lives. Lately we have been in communication with
bloggers/healthcare professionals who will from time to time guest blog for us.
Today our guest blogger is
Lloyd Drayton, who blogs at Recreational Therapy Jobs. His article (which starts below) was
originally posted on December 3rd 2013, on
Recreationaltherapyjobs.blogspot.com. It
is an enlightening article that we highly recommend. We also recommend that you follow his
blog. Here is the article:
Recreational Therapy Key to Living Engaged Lifestyles
for Seniors
By Lloyd Drayton
There are many seniors living
across the country. For many of them, there is a serious issue of living
under-stimulated lives. Many are in situations where this
under-stimulation is leading to their physical, mental and emotional
deterioration. For those seniors in this situation, there is hope.
Many senior homes or community-based senior services are bringing in
recreational therapy programs. These new programs are helping their
seniors to lead engaged and active lifestyles.
Recreational Therapy is a
useful tool in helping seniors embrace healthy changes in their lives, or to
recuperate from health setbacks. It is especially good for seniors who
don’t want to leave their home for whatever reason. For those seniors,
recreational therapy services can be delivered in the comfortable and familiar
surroundings of their home.
Living a continuously active
lifestyle, as we get older will slow down the aging process and mental
deterioration. For many seniors this means that recreational therapy will
have to play a significant role in their later lives.
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