1. The Three R’s :

2. The Three R’s :
Routines

3. The Three R’s :
Routines
Rituals

4. The Three R’s :
Routines
Rituals
Reminisce

5. The Three R’s :
Routines
Rituals
Reminisce
Keys To Human Life

6. What is Your Definition of Routine? Any THOUGHTS?
Routines
What is Your Definition of
Routine?
Any THOUGHTS?

7. Routines
Webster’s defines Routine as Daily or Frequently Pursued, Any regular Course of Action
Relate words: Accustomed/Beaten Path/Boring/ Norm/ MO-Modus Operandi/Connection/ Customary-Passed Down (Tradition)

8. Routines
The last 2 are most important when considering the Aging population. Having a connection and the keeping of Tradition is key to creating this feeling of comfort and security.

9. Routines
(For example my Parents go to the same restaurant 2 times a week, every week, they know them there, and they treat them like family)
Right now I want you to take a piece of paper and I want you to jot down the first thing you do when you get out of bed and/or 2 or 3 things that your morning/night routine consists of……………….

10. Routines
If possible A History of what an individual’s routine was when they were younger is important to collect on an individual, so you can reach people where they are.
Why is Routine important for individuals as they keep aging?

11. SO MANY MEDICAL CHANGES LOSS OF CONTROL LOSS OF INDEPENDENCE
Routines
SO MANY MEDICAL CHANGES
LOSS OF CONTROL
LOSS OF INDEPENDENCE

13. This reflection came from a book I read each day called
Daily Affirmation for Forgiving and Moving On
(Powerful Inspiration for Personal Change)
By Tian Dayton, Ph. D.

14. What is your Definition of Ritual?
Rituals
What is your Definition of Ritual?

15. Rituals
Webster’s defines Rituals as pertaining to rites, A prescribed form of performing a divine service, ceremonies, observed by an organization, or an individual.
Relate Words: Conformity
There are Spiritual and /or Religious Rituals

16. Rituals
For example when I put my wedding ring on in the morning I start on my thumb and say In the name of the Father. I move the ring to the pointer and say and of the Son. I move the ring to the middle finger and say and of the Holy Spirit. I move the ring to the ring finger and say Amen and put the ring on. This is a Ritual for me, because, when we got married that is what we had to do. For me it is symbolic of the commitment I made that day.

17. Rituals
Each Morning, The Native American Indians turn facing each Compass Point starting with North and pray in each direction to start their day.

18. An exercise that can be used to establish someone’s Ritual Preferences (Conduct with individual or family) is called the Iceberg Characteristic Exercise

19. Establishing Individuals Characteristics
Just as an iceberg exists above the water surface and below the water surface so to do our behaviors, beliefs and attitudes about our/the world around us. Rank the following characteristics list as Above or Below the Water’s Surface

20. Establishing Individuals Characteristics
List of characteristics
1. Facial Expression Religious Beliefs Religious
4. Importance of time Paintings Values7. Literature Child Raising Beliefs Concept of Leadership 10. Gestures Holiday Customs Concept of fairness 13. Nature of Friendship Notions of Modesty Foods
16. Eating Habits Understanding of the Natural World
18. Concept of Self Work Ethic Concept of Beauty
21. Music Styles of Dress General World View
24. Concept of Personal Space Rules of Social etiquette

21. The Iceberg Characteristics Suggested Answers
(Remember Answers will vary depending on the Individual)
Take a sheet paper write Above water line on 1 side and Below water line on the other.
Take a few moments and place the characteristics where they would be for you.

22. Above the Water Line
1.Facial Expressions Religious Rituals Paintings Literature
Gestures Holiday Customs Foods
16. Eating Habits
21. Music Style of Dress

23. Below the Water Line
2. Religious Beliefs Importance of Time Values
8. Child Raising Beliefs Concept of Leadership Concept of Fairness (etiquette) 13. Nature of Friendship Notions of Modesty Understanding of the Natural World 18. Concept of Self
19. Work Ethic Concept of Beauty General World View
24. Concept of Personal Space Rules of Social Etiquette

24. Knowing People’s Routines and Rituals can help with providing essential care and can help you design Reminiscing Programs Specific to the individual.  
Knowing yourself, What Programs/Individual Activities would you
plan for you?
Take a few minutes to jot some down.

25. One Challenge to accomplish will be determining which routines and rituals an individual is remembering and feeling connected to, since our lives have so many different compartments.
CHILDHOOD
ADOLENSCENE
EARLY ADULTHOOD
LATER ADULTHOOD

26. Another Challenge that may present it self is fitting an individuals Routines/Rituals into the systems that have been created to help facilities run smoothly. My new career as case work for the Pike County has me in contact with the Ombudsman and she reports that the main complaint she hears during survey is about Respecting an individuals’ Routine.

27. In Conclusion
We as Activity professionals are the most likely to connect to where an individual feels they are age wise. In doing so we can establish what kind of routine they would have had at that age, or rituals they might have engaged in. We can then create a more comfortable and safe environment for them.

28. “It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.” ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

29. “This is what rituals are for
“This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated feelings of joy or trauma, so that we don't have to haul those feelings around with us forever, weighing us down. We all need such places of ritual safekeeping. And I do believe that if your culture or tradition doesn't have the specific ritual you are craving, then you are absolutely permitted to make up a ceremony of your own devising, fixing your own broken-down emotional systems with all the do-it-yourself resourcefulness of a generous plumber/poet.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love