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Americare Adult Day Health Care
340 Rancheros Dr., 196, San Marcos,
CA 92069
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facility website»
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| Facility's
Primary Function |
This
facility provides restorative, therapeutic,
social, and health services to people
with physical or cognitive challenges.
The objective is to prevent or delay
institutionalization by offering
stimulating and enjoyable recreational
experiences.
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| Joy Receiver
Traits |
Individuals
reside in northern San Diego County.
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| Joy Receivers'
Age |
No specific
age requirements
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| Number
of Joy Receivers |
Between
8 and 10
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| Joy Giver
Schedule |
Tuesdays
10:30am–12:00 noon
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| Joy Giver
Services |
Visualization,
relaxation, and orientation to current
events through music activities,
followed by group percussion and
rhythm, concluded with shared Receiver/Giver
Qchord accompaniment to group singing
of favorite “oldies."
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| Resounding
Joy Results |
"Employees
remark that group members who never
before engaged in group activities—including
one adult who has been visiting
the facility for nearly three years—now
participate in Resounding Joy music-making."—Jan
Bluemer, Joy Giver |
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Birch Patrick Skilled Nursing Center
751 Medical Center Court, Chula Vista, CA 91911
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facility website»
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| Facility's
Primary Function |
Sharp HealthCare facilitates this skilled-nursing program to help patients retain their highest level of independence.
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| Joy Receiver
Traits |
Patients here, many of whom are Spanish speakers, do not require hospitalization, but they do require a higher level of care than can be provided in their homes.
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| Joy Receivers'
Age |
No specific age range, but frequently between 60 and 85
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| Number
of Joy Receivers |
Approximately 20–25
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| Joy Giver
Schedule |
Fourth Friday every month
10:00am–11:00am
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| Joy Giver
Services |
Assist board-certifed music therapist and co-facilitate interventions through music-making, singing, and instrument playing. Joy Receivers gain cognitive stimulation and orientation, motor movement, improved quality of life, and relaxation.
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| Resounding
Joy Results |
"This large group of Joy Receivers is eager to make music! Having a few Joy Givers there to help distribute instruments, lead singing, participate in hand-over-hand instrument playing, and share positive energy would be great!"—Noelle Pederson, MT-BC, Joy Giver Mentor |
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Encinitas Nursing & Rehabilitation
Center
900 Santa Fe Dr., Encinitas, CA
92024-3919
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facility website»
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| Facility's
Primary Function |
This
skilled-nursing facility provides
health care and rehabilitation services.
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| Joy Receiver
Traits |
Individuals
staying here receive post-hospital
care, care for Alzheimer's disease
or dementia-related disorders, or
transitional rehabilitation.
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| Joy Receivers'
Age |
Age
65 and older
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| Number
of Joy Receivers |
Between
12 and 15
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| Joy Giver
Schedule |
First
and third Wednesdays each month
10:30-11:30am
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| Joy Giver
Services |
Dividing
each group session into the following
four percussion / rhythm segments
offers all participants a wide variety
of experiences and establishes session
boundaries:
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Sharing—ice-breaker activities
bring the group together by encouraging
and building trust among the members.
Gathered in a circle, Joy Receivers
first perform visualization and
deep-breathing exercises to relax
and prepare for the session. Next,
Joy Receivers share their memories
by answering a question, such as
“how did you celebrate a particular
holiday or event when you were younger?”
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Community and Team Building—warm-up
exercises promote upper- and lower-body
flexibility. Joy Givers lead the
group in musical egg shaking, singing,
and call-and-response rhythm-making,
to use Joy Receivers' names, familiar
poetry, and rhymes.
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Skill Development—spontaneous
rhythm and drumming exercises invite
group participation and build percussive
skills.
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Closure—giving each Joy Receiver
an opportunity to strum the Qchord
to his favorite song frames the
group experience with a familiar
final structured activity and allows
the leader to say good-bye to the
group members.
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| Resounding
Joy Results |
“Supportive
music activities interrupt isolation
and boredom and replace loneliness
with interpersonal communication
and companionship among participants
who might, otherwise, never know
or become friends to one another.”—Jan
Bluemer, Joy Giver |
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Redwood
Elderlink . Adult Day Health Care
1151 S. Redwood St., Escondido,
CA 92025
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facility website»
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| Facility's
Primary Function |
A comprehensive
program for the aged that provides
services to enhance the quality
of life and extend care necessary
to achieve and sustain optimum health
and vitality. The recovery process
includes treatment, while promoting
integrity and independence through
meaningful activity.
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| Joy Receiver
Traits |
Individuals
here may require nursing supervision,
physical / occupational / speech
therapies, ambulation assistance,
and / or incontinence care.
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| Joy Receivers'
Age |
Age 65
and older
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| Number
of Joy Receivers |
8
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| Joy Giver
Schedule |
Second
and fourth Tuesdays each month
11am-noon
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Joy
Giver Services |
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Sharing—ice-breaker activities
bring the group together.
.
Community and Team Building—simple
relaxation techniques facilitate
a basic pulse throughout the Joy
Receiver's whole body and basic
rhythm warm-ups encourage trust
among members.
.
Skill Development—rhythm and
drumming promotes group participation,
and exercises enhance rhythmical
response skills.
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Closure—a final structured
activity frames the group experience,
allowing the group leader to end
the session and say good-bye to
the Joy Receivers.
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| Resounding
Joy Results |
“Joy
Receivers with dementia have an
opportunity to express their feelings
and emotions through music. They
may not remember a Joy Giver's name
or realize the day of the week,
but when Joy Givers enter the facility,
Joy Receivers know it's time to
have fun with music.”—Ann
Hein, Joy Giver |
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