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REACH out through home delivered recreation services
Therapeutic Recreation Journal
|December 11, 1986
Summary
Therapeutic recreation professionals can enhance elderly home health care. The REACH program demonstrates successful recreation and exercise activities at home, improving participant well-being.
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Therapeutic Recreation
- Home Health Care
Background:
- Home health care for the elderly is expanding.
- Therapeutic recreation services are needed in home health care.
- Professionals must adapt to meet this demand.
Purpose of the Study:
- To address the need for therapeutic recreation in elderly home care.
- To describe an exemplary program, REACH (Recreation and Exercise Activities Conducted at Home).
- To analyze program benefits, challenges, and implications.
Main Methods:
- Program description of REACH.
- Analysis of participant benefits.
- Discussion of encountered problems and programmatic implications.
Main Results:
- The REACH program offers benefits to elderly participants.
- Specific challenges were identified during program implementation.
- Programmatic implications for future services were discussed.
Conclusions:
- Therapeutic recreation is a vital component of home health care for seniors.
- The REACH model provides a framework for similar programs.
- Expansion of these services is recommended.