SarahCare® Centers Intergenerational Programs are designed to bring together two very different generations...

ELDERS and CHILDREN...

For the support and resources they can offer one another. As a result, the two learn from each other... sharing their feelings, ideas, skills, and affection.

The primary goal of SarahCare® Centers Intergenerational Programs is to provide means by which interaction between elders and children is encouraged under professional supervision. The frontier for these means are without measure, as we involve children from infancy to high school age students, with different group of disabled seniors and frail elders, early and mid-stage Alzheimer's patients, Dementia patients, Parkinson's disease patients, and clients.

The following are some of our intergenerational programs:

• Weekly activities including an exercise group, a sing-a-long session, crafts and games.
• Senior students from local high schools come on weekdays to visit elders. Their activities also include letter writing, decoration and helping with planned activities.
• Seniors in our centers visit children's day care centers, to rock babies and help with their feedings.
• A local elementary school participates in a pen-pal program with our participants.