Jackie Bowers,
Adult Day Service Director
IPMR Senior World
Peoria, IL
Governor's Conference
December 11, 2013
All People Like To
Feel Important,
Cared For and Seen.”
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 Non
Profit vs. Profit
 Knowing your customers
 Retaining current customers
 Satisfaction with service
 Keys elements
 Thinking out of the box!!
 Make
the connection
 Provide self esteem
 Past interests
 Belonging
 Sense of purpose
 Provide excitement
 Calmness
 Community involvement
 “Cheers” atmosphere
 Established
in 1982
 Diverse Cultural population
 Metropolitan to rural areas served
 Funding through IDoA, Dept. of Veterans
Affairs, Dept. of Rehab Services, Caregiver
Respite Grant and Private Pay
 Two locations in Central Illinois
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Peoria
Morton
Brainstorming session with IPMR Senior World
staff on ways to increase census and revenue
 Higher
 68%
women ratio
vs. 32%
 Increase
days of attendance for
current participants
 20%
attended 5 days per week
 Current
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programming
male focused
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and staff limits
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Met with current male participants
Physical and mental criteria for group
Reviewed current male participants’ social
history
Initial calendar with participants’ feedback
Men’s Client Council
Staffing Requirements
Worked with local college
Equipment needs
Caregivers’ input
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8 current clients with various diagnosis
Concerns
 Staff
 Name of group
 Activities
 Meals
 Coffee
 Parties with large group
 Outdoors
 Supplies
 Frequency
 FLAG
Overall feeling of control of their programs
To Promote and Maintain independence with
minimal intervention and assistance.
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Ambulation/mobility
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Communication
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Independent
No swallowing or chewing issues
Adaption
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Able to make needs known
Participate in conversation
Dining
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Independent
Independent with mobility devices
SBA – sit to stand
Able to use adaptive devices independently
Activity Participation
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Actively participate
Able to follow one step directions
Some self initiation
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Able to participate in physical activities
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Independent physical activities
Group physical activities
Able to socially interact with peers
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“Hardee’s Club”
Men’s locker room talk
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Social History
Occupation – many Caterpillar retirees
Military – majority had served during war time
Married, single, widowed
Family
Hobbies
Education
Birth place
Initial Calendar developed by: Recreational
Therapist, Certified Occupational Therapist
and Activity Coordinator
A small group of current male participants
reviewed and provided suggestions of
additional activities they wanted, most
importantly; pool tournaments, happy hour,
and poker games.
 Started
2008 main activity area
 During the Men’s Group process, a client
council was formed in 2009
 Social Service Coordinator and Activity
Coordinator were invited to participate and
take notes
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room for the men’s group is 1300 square
feet or 32.5 participants
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to the pool table, exercise bike, and
restorative area, we decided that up to 20
participants could attend the group
 We
started with 8 men in 2009; mornings
only after breakfast until 11:00 a.m.
 Activity
Coordinator and COTA
 Illinois
Central College occupational therapist
assistant level 1 and 2
 Fall
2009 COTA level 2 assisted with
programming and implementing the program
 Developed
programs that incorporated fine
motor skills, cognition and ROM
 Intergenerational
program with Level 2 COTA
students from local school district
 Newer
Pool table
 More tables and chairs
 Coffee pot
 Tool box
 Work bench
 Basketball net
 Flag
 Bag set
 New Wii games
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Pool
Wii bowling league; competed with senior centers
Shuffleboard
Frisbee golf
Cards, dice
Woodworking; donated items to local shelter
Bags
Exercise
Happy hour – with non-alcoholic beer
Gardening
Cognitive activities; Brain Fitness by Suzanne Fitzsimons
Guest speakers; politicians, newspersons, sports legends
 Purchased
with donations and memorials
from our caregivers’
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New pool table
Wii games
Additional table and chairs
Basketball hoop
Supplies
 Speaker’s
Bureau
 Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs
 Union retiree health fairs, mailings
 Caterpillar retirees club;
 Other factories retiree groups
 Long term care insurance companies
 Local city municipal retiree groups
 Retired teacher association
 Church groups, Ladies Circles
As individual needs increase or dementia symptoms worsen the men’s
group participants are transitioned into another area within the facility.
Participants can sit and enjoy each other non gender specific but the men
from the group usually find their buddies.
The principles of the Men’s Group remain as they move to a different level
of care.
 Currently
50% of participants are male
 Daily attendance has increased over 20 %
since 2009
 25% attend five days per week
 The Group sells itself!!!
“ We like hanging out together,
it’s nice to be with friends”
Jackie Bowers
719 North William Kumpf BLVD Suite 300
Peoria, IL 61605
309.495.4530
jacqueline.bowers@comcast.net