title: Residents Council provides paint, provokes interaction.
abstract: The Residents Council of the Villa Maria Geriatric Center, Tucson, organized and carried out three mural-painting projects. The painting tasks actively involved many of the nursing home's residents and provided an interesting topic of conversation for others. Villa Maria staff consider the projects one example of how a residents council can truly function to improve the quality of residents' lives.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001130:Arizona; D001154:Art; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration; D010151:Paintings; D010358:Patient Participation; D011998:Recreation