Suggested
Uses for Our Video & DVD Programs
These suggestions are based on information we've received from
sources that include: activity directors; nurses and therapists; caregivers for older
adults; and relatives and friends of persons with brain injuries or other impairments. Our
programs can help to:
 Provide general relaxation and
stress relief. That quality makes them useful among people who are ill or depressed;
patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias; or those who need pain management or
chronic-pain mitigation.
Provide quiet entertainment, stress relief, anger
management and diversion among Alzheimer's patients.
Bring about socialization among hesitant nursing-home and
assisted-living residents.
Offer bedside viewing for
clients who can't come to a common area.
Prompt conversation in discussion groups. Also excellent
for poetry and writing groups.
Promote conversation or interaction when volunteers or
staff work one-on-one with clients.
Provide relaxing entertainment in nursing alcoves, lounges
and other healthcare environments.
Support speech therapy or stimulate sensory perception.
Our relaxation programs are used by:
Nurses
and geriatric physicians.
Activity directors in healthcare environments for seniors.
Social workers and speech therapists.
Psychiatrists and psychologists.
Consultants on aging.
Homecare providers.
Families and friends of senior adults.
Our relaxation programs are used in:
Hospitals
and Hospices.
Skilled-nursing facilities.
Assisted-living facilities.
Cancer and cardiac centers.
Stroke and brain-injury centers.
Surgery centers - pre-op and post-op areas.
Doctors’ offices and reception areas.
Senior centers and adult day centers.
Libraries.
Home environments.
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