Dr Sharon Arkin is in need of additional interns for this
Spring’s Elder Rehab program at the JCC.
See her note below.
Information and the application are attached. Please share with your students as
appropriate.
The JCC Elder Rehab program needs five or six additional
interns or volunteers to accommodate a last minute flood of applications
resulting from a Arizona Daily Star news article on Mon. Jan. 15.
Program requires
student availability for supervising a memory-challenged senior for (2) 2-hour
time periods per week for a total of 20
sessions (40 hours), one hour per session of exercise, a second hour of
cognitive activities, plus completing an
open book quiz about Alzheimer's Disease and an end-of-semester report
from an outline based on weekly records kept on
participant's responses to the various activities. Hours arranged according to student's
availability, as worked out between
student and partner's caregiver. Student must have own
transportation.
Preference given to students available for a training
session on Sun. Jan. 21 from 10 a..m. to 1 p.m.
Program begins the week of Jan. 21.
Spanish speakers needed.
With kind regards,
Sylvia Mioduski
Program Manager, CLAS Internships
Colleges of Letters, Arts, and Science
The University of Arizona
1428 E. University Blvd.
Bear Down Gym
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel.: 520-621-7763
Fax: 520-626-6345
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