The lifestyle manager ensured that the policies and procedures of care centers for the elderly were followed, the coffee was a family business and all those on the elderly care site had a criminal history check and were entered in the program connection / disconnection file every day they attended. The IPP provided an innovative and successful intervention of the intergenerational program where the elderly and people with dementia interacted and connected with several people of different generations. The IPP made an important commitment to all participants deemed important for self-esteem and the ability to participate fully in society. This has enabled people to develop a sense of connection and friendships in a safe and secure environment. This has increased the dignity of older adults and people with dementia in the community and increased public awareness of the existing care and support services available to them. Vital development occurs during the first five years of life and the first year is particularly critical.
Elderly care residents had something to do, while babysitters were delighted to see the growth and development of the child / children who bought from the PPI. Elders, people with dementia, guardians of children and children connected to each other in the care of the elderly, this was considered safe for everyone. Young parents and their children, in the absence of their own families, bought joy and satisfaction from the elderly and people with dementia, while babysitters appreciated the routine and the rewards associated with the PPI The evidence base for supported play groups is supported by knowledge derived from the search for the first years of a child’s life.
Seven mothers, two caregivers and two members of the play group participated in semi-structive interviews. Quantitative and qualitative data indicated that parents and guardians of CALD have high levels of isolation and low social support. Qualitative data indicated that most parents or caregivers felt more supported and connected as a result of participation in the gaming group, and just over half said that the gaming group had improved their confidence. This study highlights the need to take into account the social resources of CALD families when planning and providing services, and requires future longitudinal studies of the benefits of playgroups. Supported play groups have been operating in Australia for many years, despite the lack of solid empirical evidence on their effectiveness in supporting vulnerable families (Berthelsen et al. 2012).
The intervention is an intergenerational program of game groups offered to the center of attention to the elderly, where intergenerational socialization and interaction between different generations took place. The qualitative interpretative research approach used semi-structured interviews to develop the descriptive interpretation of the intergenerational experience of the game group. A practical sample of older adults who are cognitively intact and altered, guardians of children and children who have playgroup followed intergenerational playgroup programs offered in three Aging UnitingCare establishments, included forty-eight residents in care for the elderly, 43 women and 5 older men, from 68 to 101 years old with an average age of 85 years. In the post-test data collection, five elderly residents had retired due to illness or had moved to another institution and one had died. Since the IPP is a program programmed on each site, all participants exercised their personal choice to attend each session.
Community play groups have been part of the Australian early childhood landscape for over 40 years, with more than 200,000 families with preschool babies and children attending a community play group each week . Community play groups aim to include all families and provide children with opportunities to learn and develop through play . MMSE baseline scores indicated that 41 people over 85% who participated in the PPI experienced mild to severe forms of dementia . Despite a significant cognitive decline in many elderly care clients, Professionals have found that their experiences interact and care for children are so entrenched that they can interact adequately and positively with children until the end of dementia disease progress .
A significant change in self-informed health was only achieved for participants due to participation in PPIs. This change in energy / fatigue may have occurred due to the general age of the participants where the average age was 85 years. The results of SF-36 in this study for an average population aged 85 are similar to a previous study where SF-36 was used with a community population over 65, except in the energy field / tired . The GDS results indicated that there was no significant difference between the results before and after the test, which indicates the relative stability of participants’ perceptions of long-term health care over time. Intergenerational programs are important both for individual self-esteem and for the ability to participate fully in society . Social connection reflects self in relation to others, it is the internal meaning of belonging and is defined “as the subjective awareness of being in close contact with the world” .
On site 3, the end of the interview data collection was influenced by Chinese culture within the site, which had an impact on the number of participants interviewed. Intergenerational programs offer the possibility of a significant commitment between generations, so that activities are significant for people with dementia that they need to feel pleasure and pleasure, a sense of connection and maintain a feeling of autonomy . Activities can also create immediate pleasure, restore dignity, provide meaningful tasks, restore roles and allow friendships, be therapeutic, improve quality of life, stop mental decline and generate and maintain self-esteem .