REACH out through home delivered recreation services.
The improvement and expansion of home health care for the elderly is receiving priority attention from a variety of professions. A need exists for therapeutic recreation professionals to expand their expertise and establish services as a necessary component of comprehensive home health care for this population. The article addresses this need and provides a description of one such effort. An exemplary program entitled REACH: Recreation and Exercise Activities Conducted at Home, is presented and discussed relative to benefits received by participants, problems encountered, and programmatic implications.
D000368:Aged; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011998:Recreation; D013812:Therapeutics; D014481:United States