[Entertainment committee in accommodation facilities for dependent elderly, functional importance and psychic stakes]

Abstract

In accommodation facilities for dependent elderly, entertainment is found in various forms. It is the place that promotes the stability and development of the relational, social and cultural life of the residents. Listening to what is said and experienced during the sessions allows a useful representation of the movements within the establishment. If daily difficulties may be encountered, the creation of an entertainment committee offers the opportunity to combine them and make them an added value.

Keywords: accommodation facilities for dependent elderly; animation; bientraitance; comité d’animation; committee; entertainment; institutional psychiatry; psychiatrie institutionnelle; well-treatment; établissement d’hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes.