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ADOPTED GRANDPARENTS: A LINK BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE

Since 1968, the Adopted Grandparents program has been a part of the curriculum for 6‐, 7‐, and 8‐year‐old pupils enrolled at P. K. Yonge Laboratory School. Residents of a nearby nursing home are “adopted grandparents. “The nursing home director reports that interaction with the children causes the adopted grandparents to show more interest in their appearance, have better appetites, and complain less. The children visit the old people on a regular continuous basis, two to three times a week. When they are not present, the rejuvenation of the “grandparents” carries over into a sharing with one another. Where previously the patients could find little to talk about together, they now have a common interest in the children. Conversation is enlivened as they are stimulated to recall highlights from their own lives. Some of those lives have been quite long—the average ranging from 75 to 80. Birthday celebrations in the high 90s are not uncommon, According to the children: “We go there a lot. It's a special day ...