Science for Seniors can bring the excitement of science and discovery to your residents with hand-on experiments, videos and fun filled trivia.

Here is a program outline:

Introduction of topic and trivia; video program on the topic; experiment and follow-up questions from residents.

Example: Volcanoes

I bring volcanic rock samples, info on volcanoes, dvd on volcanoes and a table top volcano model residents help me 'explode' in safe materials.

This program can be done with residents at all ability levels.  

Sample experiment - How to test if your rainwater is acid rain.

Acid rain is caused by pollutants in the atmosphere from th burning of fossil fuels.  Particles from cars and factories blown into the air mix with rain water and form a poison falling back to the ground and harming plants and waterways.

Supplies: two paper cups, rainwater, 2 tablespoons of red cabbage juice, small amount of lemon juice, and a clean jar.

Process: Collect rain water in a clean jar. Put a tablespoon of red cabbage juice in each of the paper cups and number the cups.

In equal amounts add rainwater to cup 1 and lemon juice to cup 2. Compare. If the rain water turns pink, like the lemon juice water, your rain water has a very high acid content.

Science for Seniors is  featured monthly in Creative Forecasting magazine.

Congress enacted legislation in 1987 to require nursing homes participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to comply with certain requirements for quality of care. This law is included in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA 1987), also known as the Nursing Home Reform Act. It specifies that a nursing home "must provide services and activities to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident in accordance with a written plan of care..."
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