Benefits of Intergenerational Activities: Program Planning & Activity Ideas

Our intergenerational programs, reflect the goals children are working on in the classroom. We often piggyback songs to relate to the theme of the intergenerational session.

Hi Veronica, You are quite right, children can bring a lot of joy to elderly people.

The first thing you should do is to submit a written proposal to management about your intentions. They will be able to inform you regarding visitors’ insurance. Then you may contact the Nursing Mothers Association or similar organisation and request a visit by a group of six or seven mothers with their toddlers once a month or more. Regarding the bus, there are special buses for hire that take 15 people plus room for two or three wheelchairs.

Where I work is all high care and would love to have kindy, pre schooler and or day care children visit but what is the correct way of doing so legally. I would have to get parents permission I would say and also I have the problem of not having a bus for us to visit their facilities. Our secure dementia unit would so benefit from the small children visiting.

We have a program called Connect - this is where 1 or 2 residents interact in the classroom once a fortnight with the students at the local Primary School, the school students also visit on a fortnightly basis at our Lodge. They bring their iPads and we use ours in sessions - great programs