never heard of diversional therapy before so i looked it up and found possibly the worst wikipedia page i've ever encountered? lol
would you mind talking a bit about what it is you do? and is diversional therapy only a thing in australia/aotearoa? or does it exist other places, too, that you know of?
thanks for sharing about pigeons and cowies, regardless :)
oh boy i didnt actually realise diversional therapy was specific to nz/aus! i hope its just called something else in other places lol
basically, i hang out with residents in a retirement home! most of the people i work with have dementia and/or physical disabilities, and my job is to make sure they are all socialising, being creative, getting active, fulfilling their spiritual needs, all that stuff.
every month i come out with a new calendar detailing what activities are going to be on and when, and then i run those activities! (after spending half an hour locating everyone and bringing them to the meeting place lol) every day i start off by gathering everyone in the lounge and we read the morning paper together :) but the rest of the day depends.
like, yesterday it was 9:30am newspaper reading, 10:45am chair yoga, 1:30pm card games and 2:30pm BIIINNGGOOO(i love bingo.) but we do alllll sorts of stuff! we have church services, make art, go for walks in the garden, go out to museums, have happy hour... heaps and heaps of stuff! i ran a jewelry making class not too long ago and it was sooo much fun... (i love being able to make things with the residents that they get to keep and wear around and stuff??? ALSO along that vein we made shrinky dink labels for their walkers which was really cute.)
i really. really really. reaaaaalllyyy love my job. i could talk about it forever. it REALLY tires me out but i dont want to do anything else ever. im so blessed to be able to meet the people ive met and make a difference in their quality of life and stuff. i dont like feeling like im bragging, so its hard to write about, but.. it is genuinely the best feeling in the world when you can help someone feel happy. and stuff. especially when times are tough. and i think im pretty good at it.
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