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About the SeniorAdvisor.com 2014 In-Home Innovation Scholarship:<\/strong> We started the scholarship program to\u00a0bring awareness of the unique benefits and challenges of in-home caregiving for seniors to younger generations. The questions posed by the scholarship encouraged\u00a0our nation\u2019s future caregivers to present solutions for improving home care in the United States. College-aged students were required to answer one of the three essay topics below and provide a short bio as part of their scholarship application.\u00a0Read the winning essays here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

How can your major of study improve the lives of seniors receiving in-home care services?<\/h1>\n

Essay response by Anna Wagemann,\u00a0University of Nebraska at Kearney
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College is a transformational time. \u00a0One learns, changes, and undergoes tremendous growth as a person. \u00a0Higher education intellectually stimulates and challenges students to think outside of the confining box of childhood. \u00a0In many cases, the young person is removed from their comfort zone, away from home and family. \u00a0This is what draws me to English. \u00a0Through literature, minds are exposed and have the ability to expand far beyond its previous dimensions. \u00a0Universal ideas of the world at large are thus introduced through the pages of a book. \u00a0There is an unquestionable truth about literature; stories are powerful.<\/p>\n

Within my class, I will provide an extra credit opportunity entitled Connecting through American Classics. \u00a0Through this project, my students will be given a list of classic literature written by American authors and a reading partner. \u00a0However, this cohort will be far from a peer. \u00a0I will contact an in-home care service, and organize a list of interested senior adults who have a love for reading but may not be able to leisurely pick up a book any longer. \u00a0The purpose of this assignment will be to connect with one from a different generation through timeless literature. \u00a0The pair will choose their book, meet throughout the semester, and read-aloud a classic novel together. \u00a0If the senior is from a different country, a revised list of classics from that nation will be provided. The only stipulation of the book choice being one that the student has not already read. \u00a0If reading proves a challenging feat for the senior adult, the student will singularly lead the read-aloud. \u00a0After each session, the student will be encouraged to discuss the text with their senior partner. \u00a0Ideally, the senior can share personal stories of the past that relate to the classic at hand. \u00a0Real life tales of times bygone allow students to further develop insight into a drastically different era. \u00a0Furthermore, the senior will have the comfort of company. Both will experience, or possibly re-experience for the senior, the magic of a classic that has lasted through the ages.<\/p>\n

After the pair completes their novel, the student will be required to write a three page, double spaced, two-part paper. \u00a0The first section will be a reflection. \u00a0The paper will have to include both personal insight as well as details about their partner. \u00a0Questions the students will ponder throughout the read-aloud, and answer within their reflection: What were your reactions, thoughts, and\/or insights regarding the classic? Did reading aloud the novel influence your interpretation of the text? \u00a0If yes, how so? \u00a0What stories did your senior partner share with you? \u00a0Did they make connections with the text from their own lives? \u00a0How did these connections impact your own view of the novel? \u00a0Part two of the paper, the student will find a scholarly article relating to a historical aspect of the classic, preferably one that their partner connected with. \u00a0From there, they will take a stance for, against, or qualify the historical article in relation to the classic novel. \u00a0If applicable, the senior partner\u2019s personal accounts will provide further support for their thesis.<\/p>\n

Connecting through American Classics will bond an unlikely pair through ageless literature. \u00a0The in-home care senior will have the opportunity to enjoy the thrill of a story read long ago, whereas, the student is given the chance to delve into a decades, even centuries, old timeless tale. \u00a0In the end, I hope for a wholesome, fulfilling, and positive journey for both partners as they connect through an American Classic.<\/p>\n

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About Anna<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anna is an English undergraduate at the University of Nebraska at Kearney aspiring to become a professor in higher education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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