On my 5th day at the Atria Retirement home I started to walk with a few residents that I haven't really walked with yet. The first person I walked was Marianna. She got sick for a few months and hasn't walked for really long. But, when I walked her I thought she did a fantastic job. Although we had to take a few brakes while we were walking I think she made huge progress just going on her first walk since her sickness. The next resident I walked was Millie. She actually doesn't really have much trouble walking but really has trouble walking without people watching her mainly because ever since her last accident she recovered physically but not mentally. She showed me a great example of mental progress. This is because this was our first time walking her and she seem trust us a lot already. We walked inside the building around 2 times. As we were walking Katherine saw us and seemed to want to walk because of how Millie was doing. And Millie was very encouraging when it came to walking because they both shared the same goal; they wanted to go home. After we walked Millie we walked Katherine. Katherine was so determined to start walking that she walked although lunch has already started. In today's experience was that in order to get back where you want to be you have to get there by becoming physically and mentally better.
Total time logged in for this session: 2 Hours
Total Time Logged: 2 Hours
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