1 mo – time in The House to experience our culture
Then will pair up with residents to do collaborative writing projects
Social Worker Service Learning
10 social work students – 20 service hours each
Sociology Research Project
Sociology student will study resident/care partner interactions
Neurodegeneration: Communication and Care Class
New class in IU Department of Public Health
Teach person centered dementia care to pre-med and other pre-professional students
Instructors do clinical experience at Jill’s House
Students will do clinical experience at Jill’s House
Public Health Research Project
Intergenerational kokondo class
Robotics Research Project
Swapna Joshi is doing doctoral study on using robots to facilitate intergenerational communication.
School of Informatics Research Project
The Future Matrix of Care: Communities, Networks, and Technology
Funded by the National Science Foundation
Study’s purpose is to understand how care is delivered by caregivers and how it is experienced by care receivers.
They will be doing paid interviews with our staff.
Internships
3 IU interns: social work, administration, nursing
We also have a IU student doing her Capstone Project at Jill’s House. She is with us full time until mid-April. She is using the What Matters To Me Tool to gather life history and preference information about our residents. Our 3 interns are participating in this project.
We are a clinical site for Hoosier Hills Vocational School Health Sciences class.
IU Clubs participating at Jill’s House: ST Club, PA Club, Medlife.