ACTIVITIES DONE AT OLD FOLKS HOME

THE MOST SUITABLE ACTIVITIES THAT COULD BE CARRIED OUT AT OLD FOLK HOME

Old-folks home is a centre for the elders who are homeless. People who stay there have different reasons why they are there. Some go there willingly and many are sent by their children. As concerned citizens, we should make them happy and forget their sadness for awhile. We should think the most suitable activities that could be carried out at old folk home. The activities that can be done there are doing social activities, giving donations and also involving in physical activities.

First, we can entertain the old folks with social activities. For example, we can throw a birthday party. When having a birthday party, all residents can participate. The residents can participate in baking and decorating the cakes. Secondly, we can play board games. The board games are Sahiba, chess and others. These activities are good for the residents as they can feel something that they could enjoy and they could get closer to each others. Other than board games and birthday party, going for a trip is also recommended. These programs such as picnic and going for a  tour to certain places can make the residents happy and could give a chance for them to feel free and relaxed. Therefore, social activities are suitable activities that can be done in old folks homes because these help the residents to be happy, relaxed and have the chance to communicate with each other.

 The next activity that can be done is giving donations to the old folks home. Donations can make the residents feel cared and appreciated by the community. As we know, the residents there live in moderation and just spend what they have. In order to give donations, we should check out the total number of inmates. By checking the total number of inmates, we could know the average amount of money that we could donate. The donations can be done through all sorts of ways such as donations by giving a certain amount of money, donating clothes and furniture to them. By giving donations to old folks home, we can help them to build a better place for them to live and at the same time these donations can bring some life and happiness to them.

The last one is physical activities which are designed to promote physical and mental health.  So they are required to have strong and energetic physical and metal. Thus, we must ensure that the activities are run smoothly and can avoid any emergency cases as we know that they already aged. Among the activities that can be carried out are Tai Chi, gardening and also having pet therapy.  Resident will have fun doing this in groups. They also will enjoy chatting and sharing stories while gardening. While stroking the pets, elders can share their feelings. Thus, it is clear that physical activities are good activities that can be done at old folks home because these can help them to keep boredom and depression at bay.

In conclusion, there are so many   activities that can be carried out at old folks home such as social activities, giving donations and also involving in physical activities.  We, as caring young persons must to take part in doing charity work in order to motivate us how to appreciate the elderly.