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Providing Independent Living Support: Beyond Companionship Services: Helping Clients Improve Quality of Life

Providing Independent Living Support: Beyond Companionship Services: Helping Clients Improve Quality of Life. Trainer:_______ Date: _______. LEARNING OBJECTIVES. By the end of the session, participants will:

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Providing Independent Living Support: Beyond Companionship Services: Helping Clients Improve Quality of Life

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  1. Providing Independent Living Support:Beyond Companionship Services: Helping Clients Improve Quality of Life Trainer:_______ Date: _______

  2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of the session, participants will: • Further their understanding of “quality of life” and how this might differ from person to person. • Gain ideas for assisting clients while maintaining appropriate boundaries.

  3. HOW VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE TO QUALITY OF LIFE • Doing simple things that make life easier • Being a friend (doing what friends do for friends) • Providing consistency, giving clients something to look forward to

  4. WARMUP: WHAT IS “QUALITY OF LIFE” FOR YOU? How do you define quality of life? List 5 things that are most important to your quality of life.

  5. LIFESTYLE PRACTICES THAT EFFECT QUALITY OF LIFE • Regular exercise • Good nutrition • Not smoking • Limit alcohol intake • Challenge the mind Also:Social support is very important!

  6. EXERCISE INSTRUCTIONS: YOUR IDEAS! • Divide into four relatively even groups. • Discuss ideas for helping clients in the quality of life area your group has been assigned. • Write your ideas on the poster and be ready to discuss! • Social = connections to people, community • Emotional/Spiritual = mental health, peace of mind • Cognitive = daily mental functioning and engagement (memory, learning) • Physical = daily physical functioning, health habits

  7. EMOTIONAL SUFFERING • Grief • Anger • Feeling helpless or useless • Loneliness

  8. REFLECTION: RESPECTING BOUNDARIES • How could you make a suggestion about a change so a client is receptive? • What questions do you have about volunteer-client boundaries? • “Is it okay to…” • “What if …”

  9. LAST THOUGHTS And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. ~ Abraham Lincoln

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