Herald, USA, has been named chairman of the WAN Newspapers in Education Committee. He is vice president of NIE for both the Inter-American Press Association and the NAA Foundation. So many people in homes don't get enough stimulation or involvement from the outside world, she says. We were already sending papers to them, so I came up with a programme similar to what I do with students. Ennis, a former teacher whose mother is in such a home, selects stories for discussion, and the group keeps a scrapbook to review articles from previous sessions.
Exercises focus on sharpening memory, math skills and generating conversation.
Now she is developing lesson plans to train nursing-home attendants and volunteers. Many older people, like my mother, were avid newspaper readers who might get the habit back if we can reach them. This was the question asked by newspapers participating in the experiment to distribute dailies for free at 50 Swedish high schools from March to December 1999. The operation is being followed up in 2000 by a big campaign in 400 high schools. 93 Swedish dailies participate in this campaign.