Urban Youth and the Frail Elderly by Doris Schindler
Author:Doris Schindler [Schindler, Doris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Sociology, General
ISBN: 9781000525649
Google: g7dLEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-12-12T04:28:39+00:00
Quality of the Project MAIN Experience
For youth, the experience was broad, offering contacts with several elderly clients, the senior service agencies, and the participating grocery store managers. For the elderly, the experience was more restricted, usually to one youth who did the regular grocery shopping.
The experience was bi-dimensional. Mutual exchange occurred between youth and the elderly. What was exchanged was different but gratifying to each.
Goals of Project MAIN
The youth Employment Planning Team had delineated the goals that they hoped Project MAIN would accomplish.5
1. The first goal was to create a participation-based employment project that would smooth the transition from school to work by enabling youth to gain hands-on experience. Project MAIN was a program planned to employ and train youth to provide a high quality and dependable shopping service to frail elderly.
2. The second goal was to demonstrate the feasibility of blending classroom curriculum with part-time employment.
3. The third was to establish new organizational linkages among a university, local high schools, youth agencies, and senior service agencies as a means of narrowing the gap between schools and the community.
4. The fourth goal was to broaden the variety of primary care services provided to the frail elderly as a means of maintaining their independence and self-sufficiency. This need for independence and autonomy is equally present in the youth and is met by part-time, meaningful, career-oriented employment offered by Project MAIN.
5. A further goal for the frail elderly was to decrease their isolation through regular visits by the youth who did their shopping. Once they knew that their need for a reliable supply of food was assured, friendship between the young shopper and the elderly client was likely to grow.
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