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The Decade Game: Understanding the Generations

What You Will Learn • Better understand how the impact of major world events

Group Exercise: The Decade Game The role of major events: • What has happened

Example: September 11, 2001 What were you doing when you heard about the attack

The Decade Game Let’s apply this to our residents: • What is the current

The Decade Game The 1930 s 1. Significant Events • The Great Depression •

The Decade Game The 1940 s 1. Significant Events • World War II &

The Decade Game The 1950 s 1. Significant Events • The Korean War •

The Decade Game The 1960 s 1. Significant Events • Assassinations of President John

The Decade Game The 1970 s 1. Significant Events • Watergate and the impeachment

The Decade Game The 1980 s 1. Significant Events • Fall of the Berlin

The Decade Game The 1990 s 1. Significant Events • • The Internet begins

The Decade Game The 2000 s 1. Significant Events • • Y 2 K

“You Are What You Were When … ” • What about you? What events

Major Life Events And Values: Impact on our Interactions with Residents

How To Apply The Decade Game • Be aware of how the values of

Impact of Life Events on Successful Aging When identifying and promoting healthy behaviors AND

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The Decade Game: Understanding the Generations

What You Will Learn • Better understand how the impact of major world events affects our values • Learn how certain significant events from the 1930 s to the 1970 s have likely affected the residents of our community • Discover how these events and the values they create can impact our interactions with residents • Define ways in which this information can help to facilitate the successful aging of our residents

Major Events and Their Impact On Life

Group Exercise: The Decade Game The role of major events: • What has happened in our lives? • How did it shape our society? • How did it impact our life experiences? Our values? • Did it impact our parents or children differently? “You are what you were when. . . ”

Example: September 11, 2001 What were you doing when you heard about the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon? • What were your reactions? • Have your personal values been affected by 9/11? • About our country? • About other countries? • About war? • About feeling secure? • Did your daily habits change as a result of 9/11? Temporarily or permanently?

The Decade Game Let’s apply this to our residents: • What is the current age range of our residents? • How old were they in the 1930 s? 1940 s? 1950 s? 1960 s? 1970 s? 1980 s? 1990 s?

The Decade Game The 1930 s 1. Significant Events • The Great Depression • Massive unemployment 2. What values may have developed as a result of living during this time? 3. How does it impact the behaviors of our residents, now?

The Decade Game The 1940 s 1. Significant Events • World War II & the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Women entering the workforce • Birth of the Baby Boomer Generation 2. What values may have developed as a result of living during this time? 3. How does it impact the behaviors of our residents, now?

The Decade Game The 1950 s 1. Significant Events • The Korean War • School desegregation • The Mc. Carthy hearings • The Soviet satellite, Sputnik, is launched • The era of television 2. What values may have developed as a result of living during this time? 3. How does it impact the behaviors of our residents, now?

The Decade Game The 1960 s 1. Significant Events • Assassinations of President John Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy • The Vietnam War and widespread protests • The Civil Rights movement and urban riots 2. What values may have developed as a result of living during this time? 3. How does it impact the behaviors of our residents, now?

The Decade Game The 1970 s 1. Significant Events • Watergate and the impeachment of President Richard Nixon • Iran hostage crisis • Counter-culture movements: free love, women’s lib, anti-government and big business 2. What values may have developed as a result of living during this time? 3. How does it impact the behaviors of our residents, now?

The Decade Game The 1980 s 1. Significant Events • Fall of the Berlin Wall & end of the Cold War • Reaganomics • Corporate culture • AIDS as a world concern • The Challenger explodes 2. What values may have developed as a result of living during this time? 3. How does it impact the behaviors of our residents, now?

The Decade Game The 1990 s 1. Significant Events • • The Internet begins the electronic age The “grunge” movement The Gulf War Booming economy 2. What values may have developed as a result of living during this time? 3. How does it impact the behaviors of our residents, now?

The Decade Game The 2000 s 1. Significant Events • • Y 2 K September 11 th, 2001 terrorist attacks Tsunami in Asia Hurricane Katrina 2. What values may have developed as a result of living during this time? 3. How does it impact the behaviors of our residents, now?

“You Are What You Were When … ” • What about you? What events have most influenced your values? • How might your values be different from those of our residents? • What values might be similar?

Major Life Events And Values: Impact on our Interactions with Residents

How To Apply The Decade Game • Be aware of how the values of our residents were affected by the times in which they lived. • Be sensitive to the differences. • Appreciate the similarities. • Look at the world through their eyes. • Be aware that some life events are more personal and private than others. • Don’t stereotype.

Impact of Life Events on Successful Aging When identifying and promoting healthy behaviors AND When planning or enacting new community policies and procedures: • Is the behavior you are encouraging consistent with their lifelong values? • How do you overcome these barriers? • Can you encourage behaviors consistent with their values?

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