Occupational therapy and nursing students at Lourdes College in Ohio pool their knowledge in an effort to keep the elderly out of nursing homes. Lourdes students teach elderly how to live independently in spite of physical disability. Students from the two schools build model apartments, in which they demonstrate less physically straining methods for cooking, dressing and bathing. They visit senior citizens in their homes, and work with them to become more comfortable in their own living spaces.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
Contact: Department Chair Kathy Perszynski at Phone: (419) 824-3788 KPERZYNS {at} lourdes(.)edu
