Why EngAGE EnCOURAGE™?
IT’S TIME TO LEARN, IT’S TIME TO CREATE
Adult Day Club
Oakwood Creative Care™ and ALLE-Learning™ have partnered for the past five years in the research and development of a new and innovative engagement program. EngAGE EnCOURAGE™ provides you with everything you need to be successful.
Why use EngAGE EnCOURAGE™?
- Each lifelong learning session includes a colorful and fully narrated video. An easy way for staff to introduce a topic and lead the class.
- Your staff is ready to go on day one – there is no additional training required.
- Affordable & wonderful programming every day.
- Materials are accessible 24/7 using an electronic device, Smartphone, iPad, tablet or computer, via a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection.
- Holistic experiences provide multiple ways for participants to experience learning & creating.
- Legacy Projects enable a senior adult to create art and write stories & poetry that can be given as gifts to other members of the family. These projects have a purpose – a legacy.
- Your organization has a new marketing message, “We offer online learning, creating and socialization for our participants!”
How Creativity Works in the Brain
A NEW COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING
Senior Living Communities
It’s all about the experience. Do participants leave feeling valued, loved & connected? Research has shown that there are enormous benefits associated with experience-based programming.
Why use EngAGE EnCOURAGE™?
- Affordable & wonderful programming every day
- Ready-to-go and easy-to-use
- Materials are accessible 24/7
- Legacy Projects enable a senior adult to create art and write stories & poetry that can be given as gifts to members of the family. These projects have a purpose – a legacy.
- Reduces isolation, loneliness and depression – residents are engaged
- Your organization has a new marketing message
EngAGE EnCOURAGE™ is an opportunity for all of us to try new things, new ways of engaging and interacting, and connecting people with the world. Blending the strategies of lifelong learning + creativity provides new and fresh experiences that support tapping into the unknown and celebrating accomplishments. EngAGE EnCOURAGE™ provides everything you need to be successful.
Lifelong Learning:
- Uses adult language and terminology enabling participants to feel respected
- Provides opportunities for participants to make their own choices
- Offers inspiration for recall, reflection & validation
- A new excitement associated with learning & experiencing familiar and new things
- Engagement & interaction with other adults
Creativity:
- Meaningful opportunities to tap into the unknown
- Use different parts of the brain
- Generate new ideas & expand our world
- Celebrate accomplishments
- Engagement and interaction with other adults
- Promote critical and creative thinking
VALUED, LOVED & CONNECTED
Community-Based Program
All across America, cities and towns are providing services and support for people with cognitive challenges. The number of people with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, is projected to increase to 18 million by 2030. Families are often at a loss as to where to go for support and knowledge. Community-based programs have developed unique ways to involve the community, leading industry experts, families, and their loved ones.
One of the most popular models for community-based programs is a weekly workshop that is attended by caregivers, most often family members, and their loved ones with dementia. Offering sessions for people with dementia at the same time enables the family members to receive the support they need while knowing their loved one is in a safe environment learning & creating.
The EngAGE EnCOURAGE™ program blends the strategies of lifelong learning + creativity, providing new and fresh experiences that support tapping into the unknown and celebrating life. This program offers community-based organizations an affordable and sustainable set of engagement sessions for those with cognitive challenges.
Why use EngAGE EnCOURAGE™?
- Affordable & wonderful programming every day
- Ready-to-go and easy-to-use
- Materials are accessible 24/7
- Legacy Projects enable a senior adult to create art and write stories & poetry that can be given as gifts to members of the family. These projects have a purpose – a legacy.
- Increase socialization & interaction
- Your organization has a new marketing message
Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
https://www.banneralz.org/patients/family-and-community-services
Mayo Clinic Community Outreach
https://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/alzheimers-disease-research-center/community-outreach/care-partner-support-meetings#:~:text=The%20Alzheimer’s%20and%20Related%20Dementia,Pablo%20Road%20in%20Jacksonville%2C%20Florida.
Dementia Friendly America
https://www.dfamerica.org/
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It’s time to learn, laugh & create!