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Vol. XVIII, No. 16
Wednesday. February 27, 1985
Nursing home residents benefit from College
Educational program provides
exercise, art therapy classes
By Shelley Ball
Of The Print
Clackamas Community
College is well-known for pro­
viding various services for dif­
ferent groups of people. What
may not be well-known is that
local nursing home residents
can also benefit from the Col­
lege through an aging services
(nursing home) program.
This educational service in­
volves part-time instructors
visiting Clackamas County
nursing homes to teach art
therapy and exercise classes to
the residents at no cost to
them. Continuing Education
Specialist Betsy Crist explain­
ed that the program is design­
ed to teach (and maintain) cer­
tain skills through the courses,
as well as provide a socializa­
tion period for nursing home
residents. The program is of­
fered fall, winter, spring and
summer terms.
The 10-year-old program
recently received a $3,000
grant from the county’s Area
Agency on Aging to provide
educational activities for the
winter and spring terms, Kit
Youngren, continuing educa­
tion director said.
This is the second year the
program has received a grant
from Area Agency on Aging,
which is a part of the Com­
munity Action Agency.
Youngren explained the com­
munity agency is responsible
for funneling various federal
dollars to programs primarily
for low-income and elderly
people.
The aging services program
is funded through the Com­
munity Action Agency and the
College. Last year’s grant was
in the amount of $1,500. This
year’s grant’will be used to
continue the current program,'
as Youngren said College fun­
ding for the program was cut
back a year ago. Youngren ad­
ded that the program will seek
a $4,500 grant for next year.
Money from this grant would
be used to expand the current
service.
Term info on hand March 5
Spring term schedules and
appointment cards for
Clackamas Community Col­
lege will be available on cam-
pous March 5 at the registrar’s
office.
Returning students will
register by appointment begin­
ning March 18, and new
students will begin registration
by appointment March 19.
Open registration begins
March 20.
Telephone and mail-in
registration is available for
students taking seven credits
or less. Registration by
telephone will be on March
25-28 from 2-4 p.m. Mail-in
registration will be taken
March 27. Visa or Mastercard
are accepted for payment for
telephone registration.
Spring break will be from
March 25-29, with the first day
of classes for spring term
beginning April 1. Other im­
portant dates concerning spr­
ing term registration are as
follows:
Pre-registered voc/tech pay-
March 14-15.
Driver’s
education
registration- April 3
Saturday registration- April
6.
First day to add/drop
class(es)- March 20.
Last day to add class(es)
without instructor signature-
April 6.
Last day to drop class(es)
and receive a refund- April 13.
Last day to drop and not be
responsible for grade(s)- May
11.
Registration hours will be
from 8:30 a.m. to noon and
1-4:30 p.m. daily. On March
14,18-21 and April 1-4 they will
be from 5:30-8 p.m.
dent Carla Schutze gets ready to tap balloon back in exercise
class. The class is part of aging services program.
Photo bv Joel Miller
At this time there are five Marylhurst College, Shaffer
county nursing homes involv­ was teaching some-decorating
ed in the program and four in­ workshops at the College
structors are teaching classes. when she was approached
Crist said the instructors have about teaching classes in nurs­
to apply through the College ing homes.
in order to join the program.
Shaffer currently teaches
She explained that the instruc­ two art therapy classes a day
tors meet with the activities three days a week for eight
directors of nursing homes to weeks. She explained her
classes involve making various
set up teaching schedules.
The extra-curricular ac­ projects, such as holiday
tivities provided by the in­ items. Silk screening, which
structors “augments what they Shaffer said is good exercise
(nursing homes) can offer,’’ for the arms, and stained glass
Crist said. She added that the projects have also been taught
aging services program in her classes.
“serves many good purposes’’
While she said the objective
for those who live “a less full of her classes to get people in­
terested enough to work on a
life.”
One veteran of this program project, which in turn helps to
is Dianna Shaffer, who maintain their physical and
originally got involved 10 years mental skills, Shaffer said,
ago. A freelance artist with a “I’ve found that I
bachelor’s degree in arts from (Continued on Page Three)
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