1STACY SEVIER, BA, ADC, is the director of activities and volunteers for New Mercer Commons in Ft. Collins, Col. BERNARDINE GOREK, RNC, GNP, MA, is the senior learning coordinator for Evangelical Luthern Good Samaritan Society in Sioux Falls, S.D. The program in this article was a 1999 winner of the Best Practices Award for Innovative Practices for Special Populations sponsored by the Long-Term Care Advisory Committee, Health Facilities Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Health Care Association, the Colorado Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, the Colorado State Ombudsman, and the Colorado Medical Directors Association
