ABSTRACT
Good family care homes often involved people who were accustomed to a large family, people who had a need to be helpful to others, or who were lonely, or who had experienced illness themselves, either directly or via another family member. The positive feelings being generated by Case Aides, patients and ourselves resulted in a spiraling of new activities and new dimensions for the Program. It might be simpler to use an historical order to describe the diverse new programs and projects that evolved over the eight years of the Case Aide Program’s life. The allowance program grew out of the need for patients in family care to have some money of their own. Music classes, conducted by a Case Aide who also was a talented pianist and music teacher, started when she played the piano for patients on the wards.
