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2017-01-12 07:12:01 PM bestkat4u they have the right to chose their own bedtime
2017-01-12 07:12:11 PM priscillasalinas evening activities are a challenge unless it's a special event scheduled
2017-01-12 07:12:18 PM severest yes thats ture most of them go to bed early.
2017-01-12 07:12:19 PM wilda7 or they have the toy fisking rods
2017-01-12 07:12:21 PM jillm cindyp (F)
2017-01-12 07:12:32 PM katierdale yeah no kidding. my residents are in bed by then too. although some are restless at nigth with not a lot to do.
2017-01-12 07:12:37 PM marya old cane poles would be good
2017-01-12 07:12:42 PM kathyhughes they had to make them first
2017-01-12 07:13:01 PM kathyhughes We had dowel rods string and paper clips
2017-01-12 07:13:14 PM katierdale i like that idea!
2017-01-12 07:13:18 PM kathyhughes and they could decorate them if they wanted to
2017-01-12 07:13:22 PM priscillasalinas we have evening bingo tonight done by a knights of colmbus group at 7:30
2017-01-12 07:13:23 PM bestkat4u yeah we put paper clips on the rods
2017-01-12 07:13:36 PM tvs320 Do you think its ok to invest so many payroll hours for an evening event for just a handful?
2017-01-12 07:13:43 PM jillm put magnets on the end of the string and a magnet on the beads
2017-01-12 07:14:00 PM katierdale yeah jillm!
2017-01-12 07:14:02 PM marya or you could buy the little kid poles with magnets
2017-01-12 07:14:08 PM bestkat4u well you have to have evening events anyway you have to work them in
2017-01-12 07:14:15 PM tvs320 I do and think it is worth it but just wondering
2017-01-12 07:14:26 PM megansnider we did the make your own pole wit hthse cool magnetic poles and then had magnet fish
2017-01-12 07:14:29 PM kathyhughes If the residents want evening activities then yes
2017-01-12 07:14:35 PM katierdale technically we can't have any volunteers in the building after our managers leave
2017-01-12 07:14:43 PM megansnider our resident colored and cutout the fish and we laminated andadded magnets! got the idea in mepap 1 nd it was great!
2017-01-12 07:14:53 PM bestkat4u yes thats true katie
2017-01-12 07:14:54 PM kathyhughes thats a facility policy...interesting
2017-01-12 07:14:55 PM tvs320 But the amount of people are maybe 10 out of 138
2017-01-12 07:15:02 PM megansnider we have evening actiities daily, crazy!
2017-01-12 07:15:02 PM jillm I'm on the memory care unit so they are up all night
2017-01-12 07:15:08 PM katierdale so that leaves the few paid staff to run something. they usually put in a movie for them and popcorn. which is a good turn out from what i hear.
2017-01-12 07:15:10 PM bestkat4u be we can
2017-01-12 07:15:43 PM bestkat4u but who monitors them if they choke
2017-01-12 07:15:52 PM kathyhughes You have to remember that activities can take place at any time so less activities during the day for more activities in the evening
2017-01-12 07:16:19 PM jillm our care associates are responsible for evening activities
2017-01-12 07:16:23 PM katierdale the staff is usally there, and I'm in AL they don't have restrictions on popcorn.
2017-01-12 07:16:28 PM tvs320 I feel like people are judging the programing more during the day
2017-01-12 07:16:33 PM bestkat4u yes we have to because we have a rehab unit and most of them go to rehab during the day
2017-01-12 07:16:44 PM megansnider evening activities have the best turn out for us
2017-01-12 07:16:45 PM kathyhughes I hired a full time student that worked evenings and weekends and we had less groups during the day
2017-01-12 07:16:47 PM bestkat4u oh okay
2017-01-12 07:16:47 PM severest ture it is up to how you want your department to run.
2017-01-12 07:16:52 PM megansnider in skilldhealth, it is so interesting to me
2017-01-12 07:17:10 PM tvs320 Kathy was that in rehab
2017-01-12 07:17:26 PM hopec78 enter the chat room
2017-01-12 07:17:28 PM bestkat4u what in rehab
2017-01-12 07:17:32 PM katierdale what do you all do for weekend activities?
2017-01-12 07:17:40 PM tvs320 I did pet visits with 138 residents today and most enjoyed
2017-01-12 07:17:42 PM kathyhughes and keep in mind that most people do activities in the evening and weekends
2017-01-12 07:17:51 PM jmorris84 my residents say they dont wnat to do anything in the evening after dinner, but we are required to schedule 2 evening activities a week
2017-01-12 07:18:04 PM jillm I have a weekend activities assistant
2017-01-12 07:18:05 PM sueg Bingo, bridge,exercise video
2017-01-12 07:18:11 PM bestkat4u we have someone there on the weekends too
2017-01-12 07:18:12 PM priscillasalinas we have activities staff in on the weekends
2017-01-12 07:18:14 PM bestkat4u as well
2017-01-12 07:18:16 PM wilda7 I have satff every night until 8:00
2017-01-12 07:18:17 PM tvs320 I think on weekends the residents are waiting on the family to come
2017-01-12 07:18:28 PM marya on weekends i leave them puzzles and games and they watch church on tv on Sunday and or Football games \
2017-01-12 07:18:44 PM katierdale yeah but that's most working people Kathy - our residents don't have jobs and relax at night or weekends. and families like to visit them then.
2017-01-12 07:18:57 PM kathyhughes Our tailgate Sundays brought in families and they watched the games with the residents
2017-01-12 07:19:14 PM tvs320 I usually have 7 staff members but I am down rt now.
2017-01-12 07:19:16 PM bestkat4u great ideal
2017-01-12 07:19:22 PM kathyhughes It took some time to catch on but was worth it
2017-01-12 07:19:24 PM jillm we have Family Ice Cream Social on Saturday afternoons. Very successful
2017-01-12 07:19:30 PM marya tailgate Sundays sounds fun did yall cook out
2017-01-12 07:19:30 PM megansnider that sooo fun
2017-01-12 07:19:31 PM cindyp i like tailgate sundays.
2017-01-12 07:19:33 PM jmorris84 that sounds fun,
2017-01-12 07:19:40 PM bestkat4u fun
2017-01-12 07:19:44 PM tvs320 So I cut the evening hours to provide staff during the day
2017-01-12 07:19:47 PM hopec78 yeah that sounds great!
2017-01-12 07:20:06 PM kathyhughes When we could...remember that we are in the snowbelt....but families brought in snacks and we would usually have pizza
2017-01-12 07:20:17 PM bestkat4u i do two evening activities a week
2017-01-12 07:20:17 PM katierdale pizza is a great hook!
2017-01-12 07:20:25 PM kathyhughes Food works!
2017-01-12 07:20:30 PM megansnider that is fun! food is GOLD
2017-01-12 07:20:31 PM marya oh ya sorry I forget about cold weather its been hot here
2017-01-12 07:20:33 PM bestkat4u yes
2017-01-12 07:20:35 PM severest always
2017-01-12 07:21:14 PM bestkat4u tuesday and thursday are late nights
2017-01-12 07:21:21 PM priscillasalinas We are celbrating national pizza day tomorrow! Yay!
2017-01-12 07:21:23 PM bestkat4u for us
2017-01-12 07:21:36 PM katierdale what card and dice games do your residents do? i have a handful that do those on their own initiative at night and weekends..
2017-01-12 07:21:38 PM kathyhughes And while the Men watched the games the ladies would do crafts or make the snacks
2017-01-12 07:21:56 PM megansnider haha it would be our ladies watcing the game here
2017-01-12 07:22:03 PM megansnider and the men cooking or crafting! haha
2017-01-12 07:22:05 PM bestkat4u the men like poker so we have casino day
2017-01-12 07:22:10 PM tvs320 my guys like physical activities
2017-01-12 07:22:25 PM jmorris84 our men like FOOD!!
2017-01-12 07:22:31 PM jillm my men can't play poker
2017-01-12 07:22:34 PM katierdale lol megan. I keep forgetting about poker
2017-01-12 07:22:48 PM sueg My ladies want to watch the game too.
2017-01-12 07:23:03 PM wilda7 all my residents like food ha ha
2017-01-12 07:23:04 PM kathyhughes they could if the wanted to
2017-01-12 07:23:06 PM tvs320 I am always playing jin rummy with the women
2017-01-12 07:23:07 PM bestkat4u they can not be helped
2017-01-12 07:23:16 PM priscillasalinas we have a 107 year old man who still plays poker once a week with his friends.
2017-01-12 07:23:30 PM jmorris84 AWESOME
2017-01-12 07:23:31 PM marya I really shouldn't watch the game around other people I tend to yell at the tv
2017-01-12 07:23:31 PM kathyhughes We used dice games that we found at bars!
2017-01-12 07:23:36 PM megansnider that is fun!
2017-01-12 07:23:46 PM bestkat4u lol
2017-01-12 07:23:48 PM tvs320 Our oldest resident is 105 and she loves pet therapy todya
2017-01-12 07:23:52 PM tvs320 today
2017-01-12 07:23:53 PM marya I have a dice game called left center right that is really fun
2017-01-12 07:24:02 PM megansnider pet therapy is gold too
2017-01-12 07:24:11 PM megansnider i need more therapy dogs but am having the hardest time finding some!
2017-01-12 07:24:20 PM bestkat4u what is that mary
2017-01-12 07:24:28 PM hopec78 I have had trouble gettin pets to visit.
2017-01-12 07:24:28 PM jmorris84 Pet therapy does amazing things
2017-01-12 07:24:34 PM katierdale that was a problem for me too megan, finding the pet therapy dogs.
2017-01-12 07:24:42 PM megansnider it isooo hard
2017-01-12 07:24:50 PM tvs320 I have pets schedules three days a week. I think I can reach more resident this way
2017-01-12 07:24:53 PM katierdale i had a person who told me on 3 different accounts she had someone for me....never showed
2017-01-12 07:25:02 PM megansnider our independent residents want to bring their pets but that is a no no because lord knows what wouldhappen
2017-01-12 07:25:07 PM priscillasalinas I wish our pets for life came in more. Our residents love when they visit.
2017-01-12 07:25:17 PM jillm my pet therapy is also very unreliable
2017-01-12 07:25:28 PM katierdale do you all have issues with residents remembering special events? like do you hand out invitations and tell them the week of and then the day of, and they still forget?
2017-01-12 07:25:33 PM bestkat4u we have a thearpy dog traing program that comes in once a month
2017-01-12 07:25:38 PM priscillasalinas We had a dog show back in Sept. It was a big hit
2017-01-12 07:25:44 PM wilda7 I wish we could have a live in pet
2017-01-12 07:25:58 PM jmorris84 our residnets can have pets(F)
2017-01-12 07:25:58 PM sueg does anyone have facility pets that live there?
2017-01-12 07:25:59 PM kathyhughes Yes but that is when we made table tents for lunch before the activity
2017-01-12 07:26:06 PM megansnider we have tow live in chickens! and yess ktie,that is an issue but we jut go door to door each time
2017-01-12 07:26:13 PM kathyhughes and we made placemats as well
2017-01-12 07:26:14 PM marya you can buy it at walmart it has 3 dice they have one dot L C R on them if you roll a dot you keep it c put in center l pass to the left r pass to the right until all of the pot is in the center the one with a chip left wins you can play with candy quaters are dollar bills it is very fun
2017-01-12 07:26:32 PM katierdale ok thanks for the input
2017-01-12 07:26:32 PM bestkat4u yes katie but i go to all the rooms every day and remind them
2017-01-12 07:26:33 PM megansnider love the placemat idea!
2017-01-12 07:26:47 PM tvs320 I have not invested in table tents more than a few times. seems for my people its a distraction
2017-01-12 07:26:48 PM katierdale how many rooms bestkat?
2017-01-12 07:26:56 PM bestkat4u 170
2017-01-12 07:27:04 PM katierdale do you have staff?
2017-01-12 07:27:08 PM kathyhughes Our copier took 11x17 pieces of paper
2017-01-12 07:27:13 PM bestkat4u yes one
2017-01-12 07:27:17 PM tvs320 The turn around on dementia is like within minutes
2017-01-12 07:27:53 PM bestkat4u yes tv but they love snacks and fluff and fold
2017-01-12 07:27:57 PM tvs320 If I deliver invite they forget a few minutes later
2017-01-12 07:28:08 PM tvs320 I have to go room to room
2017-01-12 07:28:08 PM katierdale lol tv
2017-01-12 07:28:27 PM bestkat4u well i have one person on that unit only thats all she does
2017-01-12 07:28:48 PM megansnider wow
2017-01-12 07:28:52 PM katierdale man...MEMORY!!! that reminds me the time I tried to teach them to play MEMORY...they couldn't figure it out after forgetting the instructions a minute after I taught it
2017-01-12 07:29:11 PM severest lol
2017-01-12 07:29:20 PM katierdale maybe I wasn't teaching it as thoroughly as I needed to but I tried so hard
2017-01-12 07:29:30 PM megansnider haha been there and treid that !
2017-01-12 07:29:39 PM katierdale oh good, so I"m not the only one
2017-01-12 07:29:45 PM megansnider we have a memory like game on our IN2L and it is always picekd and never understood
2017-01-12 07:29:47 PM tvs320 we all try hard
2017-01-12 07:29:48 PM bestkat4u we have that places and faces program
2017-01-12 07:29:52 PM marya we played a game called name 5 like name 5 Elvis songs or name 5 flavors of icecream they did really well remembering those things
2017-01-12 07:30:03 PM kathyhughes I would place a basket of items on the tables and ask them what the basket items had in common and would have great conversations about the items
2017-01-12 07:30:14 PM bestkat4u show pic on a card and they remember who and what it is
2017-01-12 07:30:17 PM katierdale hm...i like that idea Kathy.
2017-01-12 07:30:21 PM tvs320 great idea
2017-01-12 07:30:32 PM kathyhughes sometimes they would figure it out and sometimes we chatted about them
2017-01-12 07:30:42 PM severest good idea
2017-01-12 07:30:42 PM katierdale also the recall game - put a bunch of items on a tray then take it away and have them list what they saw
2017-01-12 07:30:45 PM priscillasalinas love name 5 it's a great game
2017-01-12 07:30:52 PM marya yes it is
2017-01-12 07:30:54 PM megansnider its a brain game and remincing prompt kinda
2017-01-12 07:30:56 PM megansnider good idea
2017-01-12 07:31:13 PM aziniti enter the chat room
2017-01-12 07:31:21 PM jillm we use a "category ball" and toss it and name things in categories
2017-01-12 07:31:23 PM katierdale has anyone made instruments for making music with?
2017-01-12 07:31:30 PM kathyhughes We also had story time and use items to make up a story...everything that the residents said would be written down and then we would have our story
2017-01-12 07:31:35 PM sueg no
2017-01-12 07:31:39 PM megansnider we LOVE story time
2017-01-12 07:31:43 PM marya thats a neat idea
2017-01-12 07:31:54 PM tvs320 stories are great
2017-01-12 07:31:55 PM cindyp love doing that
2017-01-12 07:31:58 PM aziniti sorry had a bad internet connection but i am here!
2017-01-12 07:32:07 PM jmorris84 thats a good creative writing activity
2017-01-12 07:32:09 PM jillm we didn't make them but they love "Making Music Time" with bells, tanborines, drums
2017-01-12 07:32:12 PM kathyhughes welcome
2017-01-12 07:32:16 PM katierdale I tried to teach them mad libs and tend to have to explain what a NOUN is, adjective, etc. every time lol
2017-01-12 07:32:17 PM bestkat4u left the chat room
2017-01-12 07:32:17 PM bestkat4u enter the chat room
2017-01-12 07:32:30 PM marya mad libs is hard
2017-01-12 07:32:34 PM bestkat4u on them memory they like to chat about their parents
2017-01-12 07:32:39 PM kathyhughes I have to have a cheat sheet for that!
2017-01-12 07:32:44 PM aziniti in the morning i do daily chronicle from activity connections and they love it!
2017-01-12 07:32:48 PM megansnider me too!
2017-01-12 07:33:32 PM katierdale they can't seem to get enough of hangman or word in a word
2017-01-12 07:33:48 PM marya what is word in a word
2017-01-12 07:33:50 PM aziniti we play boogle every other day
2017-01-12 07:33:50 PM priscillasalinas word in a word?
2017-01-12 07:34:00 PM kathyhughes Spelling Bees are great too
2017-01-12 07:34:07 PM bestkat4u yes
2017-01-12 07:34:07 PM megansnider is that were you make all the words youcan from a long word
2017-01-12 07:34:08 PM aziniti we adapt it to a white board
2017-01-12 07:34:09 PM megansnider or phrae
2017-01-12 07:34:14 PM megansnider phrase*
2017-01-12 07:34:15 PM wilda7 My resisdents like the word word game also
2017-01-12 07:34:20 PM priscillasalinas sounds fun
2017-01-12 07:34:23 PM katierdale take a few words or one long one and find as many words inside as possible...like AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL -- scramble it up and you have a combination of 100's of words in those letters
2017-01-12 07:34:24 PM marya cool
2017-01-12 07:34:38 PM sueg does anyone have a good music CD to listen to during exercise? something upbeat and fun
2017-01-12 07:34:46 PM katierdale they will just shout out the words they see inside
2017-01-12 07:34:56 PM aziniti i use my ipad for pandora
2017-01-12 07:34:58 PM katierdale not a CD but I use ipad
2017-01-12 07:34:59 PM tvs320 I like to play new music
2017-01-12 07:35:07 PM tvs320 they like new sounds
2017-01-12 07:35:09 PM hopec78 I like to use pandora
2017-01-12 07:35:17 PM marya mine like old country
2017-01-12 07:35:20 PM aziniti hooked up to my bose player
2017-01-12 07:35:21 PM sueg i don't have wifi in my room
2017-01-12 07:35:32 PM katierdale mine don't like when I played Uptown Funk the other day on the bus... when I changed it they were all like "THANK YOU"
2017-01-12 07:35:38 PM megansnider hahaha
2017-01-12 07:35:48 PM bestkat4u lol
2017-01-12 07:35:49 PM priscillasalinas that's funny
2017-01-12 07:35:50 PM katierdale i'm like, how can you not dig this?
2017-01-12 07:35:50 PM sueg funny
2017-01-12 07:35:50 PM hopec78 haha
2017-01-12 07:35:52 PM severest lol
2017-01-12 07:35:57 PM marya lol
2017-01-12 07:36:04 PM megansnider we just got netflix on our bi screen, lord one of my residents thinks it is his personal movie theratre now
2017-01-12 07:36:08 PM megansnider theatre*
2017-01-12 07:36:09 PM priscillasalinas music is way different
2017-01-12 07:36:16 PM tvs320 I have a lot of people that demand for everyone
2017-01-12 07:36:29 PM jillm don't we all!
2017-01-12 07:36:29 PM tvs320 they speak for everyone
2017-01-12 07:36:36 PM katierdale i have one resident in the tv room watching the tv most of the time, but he comes out for other activities too now.
2017-01-12 07:36:39 PM mark26 enter the chat room
2017-01-12 07:37:10 PM bestkat4u hi mark
2017-01-12 07:37:16 PM kathyhughes There are always some folks that rule the roost
2017-01-12 07:37:17 PM katierdale CNN is ever being shown
2017-01-12 07:37:19 PM aziniti i have an issue getting residents to attend activites, i usually have 15 out of 90
2017-01-12 07:37:21 PM mark26 left the chat room
2017-01-12 07:37:23 PM tvs320 the needy residents say what everyone wants
2017-01-12 07:37:26 PM mark26 enter the chat room
2017-01-12 07:37:27 PM bestkat4u yes
2017-01-12 07:37:33 PM mark26 hi guys
2017-01-12 07:37:35 PM aziniti everyone likes to stay in their room and color
2017-01-12 07:37:37 PM mark26 good wvening
2017-01-12 07:37:37 PM kathyhughes They are the ones who I had to work with most of the time
2017-01-12 07:37:43 PM katierdale ? like bossy residents?
2017-01-12 07:37:58 PM mark26 Just got home from work..
2017-01-12 07:38:06 PM katierdale hi mark
2017-01-12 07:38:12 PM kathyhughes As long as they are enjoying themselves I would not worry about them
2017-01-12 07:38:15 PM aziniti no they seem like " home bodies"
2017-01-12 07:38:18 PM kathyhughes Hello Mark
2017-01-12 07:38:23 PM bestkat4u one of mine would turn on the tv in the middle of an activity
2017-01-12 07:38:24 PM kathyhughes of course they are
2017-01-12 07:38:27 PM megansnider ohh
2017-01-12 07:38:31 PM mark26 Hi katierdale
2017-01-12 07:38:34 PM mark26 hi kathy
2017-01-12 07:38:42 PM katierdale yeah i left Mr. TV to do whatever he enjoyed, now he comes out to Bingo, activities, and still watches TV
2017-01-12 07:38:49 PM severest hi mark
2017-01-12 07:38:52 PM aziniti how would i respond to staff who want them all to come out even if they dont want to ?
2017-01-12 07:39:01 PM kathyhughes when was the last time you went past a park and saw seniors tossing a beach ball????
2017-01-12 07:39:11 PM megansnider oh gosh i get so angry when staff force people to do things they clearly say no to
2017-01-12 07:39:12 PM katierdale uh never
2017-01-12 07:39:18 PM hopec78 never
2017-01-12 07:39:18 PM sueg never
2017-01-12 07:39:20 PM katierdale (kathy)
2017-01-12 07:39:20 PM bestkat4u never
2017-01-12 07:39:20 PM mark26 hello everybody.. just reading some back conversations you have
2017-01-12 07:39:23 PM cindyp not very often
2017-01-12 07:39:28 PM jillm my residents LOVE tossing the beach ball
2017-01-12 07:39:30 PM severest never
2017-01-12 07:39:49 PM katierdale mine like to swat the ball or volley it in a circle of charis
2017-01-12 07:39:53 PM katierdale chairs*
2017-01-12 07:39:53 PM mark26 we just do inside the facility playing beach volley or volleyball
2017-01-12 07:39:57 PM kathyhughes Well then sometimes we have to remember that the residents rarely got together with 10 complete strangers to do something
2017-01-12 07:40:03 PM tvs320 I want to do that but I have a hard time getting residents out. There is such a shortage on aides
2017-01-12 07:40:09 PM severest we play inside the facility.
2017-01-12 07:40:14 PM priscillasalinas noddle ball is always fun
2017-01-12 07:40:24 PM jillm we LOVE noodleball
2017-01-12 07:40:33 PM kathyhughes As for staff....then perhaps its time for an inservice for National Activity Professionals Week
2017-01-12 07:40:37 PM aziniti my that attend love every activity especially the beach ball. We use a large exercise ball for kick ball. They use me as a target
2017-01-12 07:40:37 PM marya I love noodle ball
2017-01-12 07:40:46 PM megansnider that is a good idea kathy
2017-01-12 07:40:50 PM megansnider the in service!
2017-01-12 07:40:57 PM bestkat4u yes
2017-01-12 07:41:02 PM katierdale had my in-service this week and it went really well!
2017-01-12 07:41:05 PM mark26 what's noodleball?
2017-01-12 07:41:08 PM kathyhughes I had staff draw pictures of what they like to do in their spare time
2017-01-12 07:41:27 PM priscillasalinas Yes! National Activities week. Yay
2017-01-12 07:41:29 PM katierdale good idea
2017-01-12 07:41:38 PM tvs320 I love drawing
2017-01-12 07:41:44 PM kathyhughes then they show the pictures and we discuss the amount of activities that they have that are done by themselves
2017-01-12 07:41:56 PM kathyhughes with out a group of people
2017-01-12 07:42:02 PM jmorris84 left the chat room
2017-01-12 07:42:10 PM jmorris84 enter the chat room
2017-01-12 07:42:14 PM kathyhughes and how activities also provides individual activities for them
2017-01-12 07:42:21 PM mark26 i have a resident that keeps going around the facility...
2017-01-12 07:42:29 PM katierdale I did a trivia of the residents (tell me who?) and then gave them options. most of the staff knew who were who without me reading the options - honestly I was surprised for most of them
2017-01-12 07:42:40 PM mark26 i gave her a job, made her my Executive assistant
2017-01-12 07:42:43 PM jmorris84 sorry laptop died:@
2017-01-12 07:42:49 PM katierdale good idea mark
2017-01-12 07:42:58 PM tvs320 Is it ok if I leave a few mins early? my girls need me to do things rt now?
2017-01-12 07:43:06 PM kathyhughes pk
2017-01-12 07:43:09 PM kathyhughes ok
2017-01-12 07:43:10 PM mark26 and she gives daily encouragement quotes to all visitors that comes in
2017-01-12 07:43:21 PM tvs320 I dont want to lose my credit
2017-01-12 07:43:24 PM bestkat4u (y)
2017-01-12 07:43:26 PM kathyhughes I made my ladies work!
2017-01-12 07:43:27 PM mark26 to keep her busy
2017-01-12 07:43:31 PM katierdale she could be your welcome ambassador mark
2017-01-12 07:43:39 PM bestkat4u me too
2017-01-12 07:43:44 PM kathyhughes We had two that would sell stuff all day long
2017-01-12 07:43:45 PM mark26 yeah for sure will katiedale
2017-01-12 07:43:49 PM megansnider haa i love it,welcome ambassador
2017-01-12 07:43:56 PM katierdale make them sell the community
2017-01-12 07:44:09 PM katierdale and if they love where they live, they will naturally
2017-01-12 07:44:11 PM kathyhughes some that made cards and some of the guys would take the cards around for other residents to sign
2017-01-12 07:44:28 PM kathyhughes so the staff all got Birthday cards as well as the residents
2017-01-12 07:44:28 PM aziniti we are trying to make a store on a wing that we closed down for renovations
2017-01-12 07:44:49 PM bestkat4u the lady who did the cards expired last week
2017-01-12 07:44:50 PM aziniti instead of making them all resident rooms
2017-01-12 07:44:51 PM kathyhughes One day was resident signatures and one day was staff signatires
2017-01-12 07:44:54 PM mark26 the good thing with you guys, all your residents are ambulatory.. mine is not.. almost all our patients are with vents and trachs
2017-01-12 07:44:55 PM katierdale that sounds like a great idea. like a kind of gift shop?
2017-01-12 07:44:56 PM megansnider we just opened a little gift shop and lord jeuss, it is causing me to rest my patience
2017-01-12 07:45:08 PM mark26 so its kinda hard for me to organize some events
2017-01-12 07:45:13 PM aziniti yes!
2017-01-12 07:45:20 PM kathyhughes They were mostly in wheelchairs
2017-01-12 07:45:22 PM aziniti so they can get goodies and cards and what not
2017-01-12 07:45:26 PM marya we did a Christmas gift shop and they loved it
2017-01-12 07:45:33 PM tvs320 ok night sorry I cant stay!!! see you next week
2017-01-12 07:45:42 PM megansnider night!
2017-01-12 07:45:44 PM priscillasalinas what's everyone doing for activity professionals week?

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