Volunteer or Auxillary Programs

Example #1

Remotivation was used by volunteers at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.  The Director of Recreational Therapy at the hospital coordinated the program.  Hospital volunteers were recruited to take the basic remotivation training.  Volunteers were assigned by the Director of Recreational Therapy to visit patients in their rooms to conduct individual one to one remotivation sessions.  Both the volunteers and patients found the sessions to be beneficial.  The remotivation format provided a positive, uplifting way to guide discussions with the patients.  The remotivation session plans kept the sessions on non-threatening, safe topics.  It prevented the volunteers from getting into discussions with patients that were negative or stressful for the patient.

Example #2

Remotivation was used by staff at Winchester Hospital, Winchester, MA.  The nursing supervisor of the medical surgical ward of the hosptial hired a certified remotivation therapist to conduct individual and group sessions prior to, during and after patients received surgery or other medical procedures.  Group sessions were conducted in patient rooms or in a treatment room on the ward.  The outcomes of the program were carefully measured and reported in a professional presentation at the Gerontological Society of America.  Patients receiving remotivation experienced quicker recovery and were discharged earlier from the hospital.  The program saved the hospital an average $1400 per patient admission on the ward where remotivation was practiced.