In addition to meeting the seniors of Casa De Mañana, I also met an elderly couple during the first day of my Physical Therapy Internship. They were gracious enough to be the first patient I shadow, and they are absolutely a joy. I would accompany the wife or husband while the other would be going through their PT session, and they shared their love story and life story. They carry so much happiness and lightheartedness as an individual and collectively as a 70-year-old couple, they are so supportive and loving to each other. I felt so full after the session, and they told me how they will bring the husband’s music album to share good music with me the next time they come for their PT session. They single-handedly made my first PT session absolutely unforgettable.
This past week, we had a virtual tour of three places, but what left the biggest impact in the lecture was engaging with a few residents from Casa De Mañana. They were very encouraging of questions and were more than willing to share their life experiences. I can tell how much they miss being social, and I remember one resident, Susan, said this call reminded her of how much she missed talking to students because she was a former teacher. I wish we could have another call and make it almost regular because I was very shy in the beginning, but as the breakout room proceeded, I can tell the students and I were loosening up to having a more fluid conversation. I also really would love to interact with the two other residents and just get to know them more. Alice seemed like an absolute joy and a powerhouse. Not only do I know that it’ll be educational, but it’ll also be fulfilling in so many more ways.
In addition to meeting the seniors of Casa De Mañana, I also met an elderly couple during the first day of my Physical Therapy Internship. They were gracious enough to be the first patient I shadow, and they are absolutely a joy. I would accompany the wife or husband while the other would be going through their PT session, and they shared their love story and life story. They carry so much happiness and lightheartedness as an individual and collectively as a 70-year-old couple, they are so supportive and loving to each other. I felt so full after the session, and they told me how they will bring the husband’s music album to share good music with me the next time they come for their PT session. They single-handedly made my first PT session absolutely unforgettable.
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Danny Yu
3/14/2021 07:11:15 pm
Hi Jenny, I was also in the same breakout room as you during the virtual tour. I agree that the class on that day was awesome! It was really interesting learning about the experiences. I also found Malcolm's story to be fascinating as he was a psychologist before and he had multiple careers. Something interesting is that he also works on a project similar to what we did with our extraordinary person project where he interviewed someone about their life story and create a DVD (~1 hour) about their story like our memoir where we made something for our extraordinary person. It is also great to hear about your first time shadowing for a PT therapy session and I hope you continue to make unforgettable memories from the internship :D.
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