Aunt Anna Sprick Smith, 89, has been living in the Lake City Nursing Home for four months now. She gets great care there and is peaceful and painfree. Sadly, her ability to speak and memory are slowly ebbing, but she still has a smile for everyone who comes into her room -- relatives, friends or nursing aides. Today, during a visit from your scrapblog editor, she worked hard with Susie, a gentle and gracious occupational therapist. Naturally, we took some photos:
Anna did very well at an exercise where she moved loops along an arc, designed to test her balance and range of motion for such tasks as getting dressed and brushing her teeth.
Susie explained to an intensely listening Anna another exercise designed to test her balance and manipulation skills. The nursing home uses the results of such exercises and tests to access whether a resident can perform basic tasks herself or needs extra help from nursing aides. Anna's strength and memory are slowly ebbing, but for now, she can move about on her own with her trusty walker and do basic tasks.
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