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2017-06-01 06:06:31 PM schmiess1 fathers day event
2017-06-01 06:06:35 PM amarkie they are alot of work. esp with different diet textures and thiick liquids you have to manage!
2017-06-01 06:06:36 PM bford thats a good idea to include the local police/fire departments!
2017-06-01 06:06:42 PM sarah1111 we are doing a hawaiian luau!
2017-06-01 06:06:48 PM mayraj i need ideas for father's day
2017-06-01 06:06:56 PM ryanklemmer Anyone have any good ideas for Father's Day?
2017-06-01 06:06:57 PM carolyna We are also going to do a 50s theme party on in the pavillon
2017-06-01 06:07:04 PM kathyhughes Lots of ideas for Fathers Day.....
2017-06-01 06:07:06 PM carolyna we are having a tie tying contest
2017-06-01 06:07:15 PM bford banannas splits with Dads- thats what we are doing
2017-06-01 06:07:20 PM mayraj tying contest?
2017-06-01 06:07:21 PM cathyross I like the tie tying contest idea!
2017-06-01 06:07:21 PM amarkie donuts and dads for fathers day and sharing stories about thier fathers
2017-06-01 06:07:22 PM kathyhughes We did a Poker Run in the facility
2017-06-01 06:07:33 PM carolyna tie tying with neckties
2017-06-01 06:07:33 PM schmiess1 we are doing camo theme fathers day
2017-06-01 06:07:48 PM erikalmascia We are having a fishing and hunting party. I'm excited about it. It will be our second Father's Day with this theme. It went over really well that first time.
2017-06-01 06:07:58 PM jadams69 we are doing hot dogs for fathers day with a movie and popcorn
2017-06-01 06:08:05 PM kathyhughes We also did a Classic Car Show or you can have a Hot Dog Bar with entertainment
2017-06-01 06:08:09 PM erikalmascia Poker Run would be cool
2017-06-01 06:08:34 PM carolyna poker run?
2017-06-01 06:08:45 PM kathyhughes Each floor were stops for the Poker Run
2017-06-01 06:09:12 PM schmiess1 last year we did Harley theme and the employees brought there motorcycles in for the men to view and they dressed in their leathers
2017-06-01 06:09:16 PM erikalmascia We had our newer resident's interested in flea markets, we are going to try to make that happen.
2017-06-01 06:09:27 PM andriapowell how do you do a poker run
2017-06-01 06:09:40 PM kathyhughes Yes each resident starts with 3 cards and they have to go to each station to pick up 2 cards to make a good hand of Poker
2017-06-01 06:09:45 PM sarah1111 you guys sound like you have big facilities
2017-06-01 06:09:59 PM amarkie i like that idea kathy!
2017-06-01 06:10:16 PM erikalmascia We have 120 residents on skilled and 80 on pc right now.
2017-06-01 06:10:18 PM kathyhughes They can trade cards in or stay with what they have
2017-06-01 06:10:18 PM kacies enter the chat room
2017-06-01 06:10:29 PM andriapowell I will have to research that idea it sounds fun
2017-06-01 06:10:33 PM kathyhughes We had 160 residents and 4 floors
2017-06-01 06:10:39 PM sarah1111 oh my!!
2017-06-01 06:10:40 PM kacies hi everyone! sorry im late.computer issues
2017-06-01 06:10:44 PM schmiess1 we have 43 residents currently and can have 64 total
2017-06-01 06:11:04 PM sarah1111 we have 26 residents now. only 7 are men!
2017-06-01 06:11:12 PM kacies we hold 161 beds, 3 floors. but our census is low
2017-06-01 06:11:13 PM sarah1111 makes fathers day party a challenge!
2017-06-01 06:11:15 PM kathyhughes The winner got some scratch off tickets
2017-06-01 06:11:16 PM jadams69 I HAVE 120 RESIDENTS..
2017-06-01 06:11:28 PM bford 60 health care center 80 personal care, 40 in apartments, and 1000 in cottages
2017-06-01 06:11:38 PM kathyhughes Then we had the Hot Dog Bar with music
2017-06-01 06:11:39 PM sarah1111 and only about 3 of them are not dependtent
2017-06-01 06:12:18 PM schmiess1 with 120 residents how many staff do you have including yourself
2017-06-01 06:12:27 PM sarah1111 it is JUST ME
2017-06-01 06:12:44 PM bford 8 staff
2017-06-01 06:12:51 PM erikalmascia We have 6, including myself.
2017-06-01 06:12:59 PM kathyhughes I had 160 residents, 2 full time and 3 part time
2017-06-01 06:13:00 PM sarah1111 I would love to have just 1
2017-06-01 06:13:08 PM jadams69 I have 3 activity aides
2017-06-01 06:13:09 PM sarah1111 staff
2017-06-01 06:13:31 PM carolyna I have just one volunteer
2017-06-01 06:13:44 PM carolyna and several family members that help out
2017-06-01 06:13:53 PM ryanklemmer Wow, it seems like there are some big variances
2017-06-01 06:14:00 PM sarah1111 I know!
2017-06-01 06:14:01 PM kathyhughes Time to write a proposal for more staff
2017-06-01 06:14:01 PM amarkie currently have 97 residents budgeted for 110 i have two staff with me. normally it would be two people m-f but i fought to have att three of us work m-f
2017-06-01 06:14:03 PM sophiat i have 200 resident 7 full time 1 on -call
2017-06-01 06:14:20 PM andriapowell we have 103 residents and for activity staff it's me and one full time assistant.
2017-06-01 06:14:22 PM amarkie all*
2017-06-01 06:14:31 PM carolyna more staff LOL my hours just got cut with 57 residentsw
2017-06-01 06:14:40 PM erikalmascia We are trying to get more help right now. All of our residents have to be together for activities. We try to break some activities into smaller groups to be on each side of the buliding. It gets hard to fit everything we need to do into 8 hours a day.
2017-06-01 06:15:11 PM sarah1111 yes timing is hard each day
2017-06-01 06:15:12 PM mayraj i work at a adult day care so our center is ran differently.
2017-06-01 06:15:18 PM erikalmascia It sure is.
2017-06-01 06:15:28 PM ryanklemmer I couldn't split into groups. My residents need someone leading them at all times.
2017-06-01 06:15:33 PM kacies we need more staff also
2017-06-01 06:15:47 PM cathyross left the chat room
2017-06-01 06:15:51 PM kathyhughes I had an adult day care with 1 full time person for 50 people
2017-06-01 06:15:58 PM jadams69 i have 2 activity aides and 1 fall focus aide. My aides rotate the fall focus days
2017-06-01 06:16:08 PM erikalmascia I used to work in the ADC. They closed down about 2 years ago, but it was also in the same buliding.
2017-06-01 06:16:12 PM sarah1111 I forgot what an adult day care is
2017-06-01 06:16:30 PM kacies we currently only have 4 activity aides to cover all shifts in a 160 bed facility
2017-06-01 06:16:31 PM mayraj we are divided in four rooms according to the level of needs of our clients. and all our staff does activities and caregiving duties such as assisting clients in the bathrooms
2017-06-01 06:16:46 PM kathyhughes It is a center for folks to attend during the day some are medical where there is nursing staff to help them
2017-06-01 06:17:24 PM bford we also have an adult day center at my facility its called "Elderday" we invite them over to do activities with Health care center and personal care and events we have
2017-06-01 06:17:37 PM mayraj our center is medical so we have three nurses daily, a lot of our regulations have been changing so it has help us get more staff.
2017-06-01 06:17:44 PM kathyhughes Just an FYI there will not be chat next week, I will be at the NCCAP Symposium
2017-06-01 06:17:46 PM erikalmascia I like that. The only thing will have seperate is sensory.
2017-06-01 06:17:48 PM cathyross enter the chat room
2017-06-01 06:18:04 PM sarah1111 ohhh no kathy!
2017-06-01 06:18:15 PM kathyhughes sorry
2017-06-01 06:18:16 PM sarah1111 I needed to do all five sessions this month
2017-06-01 06:18:30 PM sarah1111 extra credit to make up for one?
2017-06-01 06:18:33 PM ryanklemmer Enjoy. I'm sure it will be great
2017-06-01 06:18:37 PM kathyhughes you can
2017-06-01 06:18:43 PM sarah1111 thank you!!
2017-06-01 06:18:45 PM cathyross I will be at a conference that says it gives 12 CEUs. How do I know that it will count for this course?
2017-06-01 06:18:47 PM erikalmascia I would like to know that too.
2017-06-01 06:18:51 PM mayraj i have missed a couple of chats will that affect my grade or me getting my certificate?
2017-06-01 06:19:20 PM kathyhughes You should get a certificate of attendance from the sponsors and that would be counted for your continuing ed
2017-06-01 06:19:30 PM cathyross ok
2017-06-01 06:19:35 PM carolyna mayra, I missed one for MEPAP I and I did okay
2017-06-01 06:19:56 PM kathyhughes No Mayra.....we have plenty of chats left
2017-06-01 06:20:01 PM mayraj i have done all my assignments did very good on my midterm have done my mid practicum and final practicum and a couple of extra credit assignments but i had trouble keeping up with the chats.
2017-06-01 06:20:46 PM kathyhughes We chat every Thursdays
2017-06-01 06:21:10 PM kathyhughes What do you all do for July 4th activities???
2017-06-01 06:21:14 PM mayraj im on mep2-030717. im supposed to turn in my last form on the 26th of june. i think this is the last chat listed on my assignments sheet.
2017-06-01 06:21:38 PM carolyna just starting to think of that LOL
2017-06-01 06:21:41 PM kathyhughes But you can chat the next week that we chat
2017-06-01 06:21:43 PM sarah1111 I got us fireworks and we watched a big display too
2017-06-01 06:22:04 PM erikalmascia We have a concert that the residents sign and read poems for.
2017-06-01 06:22:13 PM cathyross I am going to pass out noise makers.
2017-06-01 06:22:28 PM mayraj oh good. thats great
2017-06-01 06:22:36 PM ryanklemmer How do you all do your fireworks for the 4th with the residents?
2017-06-01 06:22:44 PM andriapowell I just heard about a new activity when I went to our activity Director meeting. It's called Butter Bean auction. They have it twice a year. People donate items and companies donate items. they get as much as the can donated. each item is placed in view so all residents can look the items. Before the auction takes place each resident gets 20 butter beans. You have to color code them because some families try to duplicate them she said. Then every time they come to an activity or volunteer they get extra butter beans.
2017-06-01 06:22:53 PM jadams69 we are planning a fourth of july party in the court yard hopefully with a few fireworks
2017-06-01 06:23:31 PM kathyhughes Great Andria and coloring them is a good idea
2017-06-01 06:23:40 PM cathyross I thought noisemakers would be least harmful but very stimulating to the senses.
2017-06-01 06:23:41 PM kathyhughes We can't do fireworks in NY
2017-06-01 06:23:48 PM erikalmascia Our town puts on a large firework show, our residents can enjoy them on our 5th floor.
2017-06-01 06:24:08 PM sarah1111 I bought us some smaller fireworks too and they hated it haha
2017-06-01 06:24:13 PM erikalmascia Aww. That's no fun.
2017-06-01 06:24:14 PM sarah1111 they loved the big ones though
2017-06-01 06:24:16 PM schmiess1 snapper that you throw at the ground
2017-06-01 06:24:39 PM jadams69 im not sure we are going to be able yet Kathy. Its in the works...
2017-06-01 06:24:42 PM kathyhughes We would take them to fireworks displays
2017-06-01 06:24:50 PM ryanklemmer So Kathy, the residents just read a story about Pine Bush, NY
2017-06-01 06:25:00 PM kathyhughes oh
2017-06-01 06:25:07 PM ryanklemmer They say it has a reputation for UFOs
2017-06-01 06:25:18 PM jadams69 we have fire work displays right next to us so Im hoping they can see those.
2017-06-01 06:25:38 PM andriapowell Where I worked at before in Indiana I would put off a fireworks show every 4th
2017-06-01 06:25:38 PM kathyhughes It could be!
2017-06-01 06:26:14 PM andriapowell We had watermelon and fireworks
2017-06-01 06:26:22 PM kathyhughes They are downstate from me...but there were UFO siteings around here
2017-06-01 06:26:29 PM cathyross I think this will be my last chat for the class. Is there anything I should be know especially for the final?
2017-06-01 06:26:46 PM kathyhughes You will do fine Cathy
2017-06-01 06:26:53 PM jadams69 we did a similiar program like the butter beans but we used paper money. color coded. If they participate in activities they got money. also it they won at bingo or other games they got money.
2017-06-01 06:27:01 PM kathyhughes Just don't over think it
2017-06-01 06:27:08 PM cathyross ok hehehehe!
2017-06-01 06:27:31 PM andriapowell that sounds good Jadams
2017-06-01 06:27:48 PM sarah1111 I am doing fake money too
2017-06-01 06:27:48 PM kathyhughes Are the residents into UFO's Ryan?
2017-06-01 06:27:58 PM sarah1111 and then I have a store for them
2017-06-01 06:28:28 PM jadams69 yes sarah we had a yard sale for them to purchase items with the money they had
2017-06-01 06:28:36 PM sarah1111 they loved it!
2017-06-01 06:28:40 PM sarah1111 did yours?
2017-06-01 06:28:44 PM ryanklemmer Lol, no, but we did a social called "weird New York" because a lot of the residents are from NY.
2017-06-01 06:28:45 PM kacies we are having a sale tomorrow. a company that comes in with clothes for them
2017-06-01 06:28:46 PM carolyna I have a resident that wants to look at the stars at night, I told her we should go out and howl at the full moon, she laughed
2017-06-01 06:29:00 PM andriapowell They said they had an auctioneer donate their time and the residents would have paddles and staff would help them
2017-06-01 06:29:07 PM sarah1111 she wants to see the stars?? that is adorable
2017-06-01 06:29:14 PM ryanklemmer It was some legends, roadside oddities, etc. about NY
2017-06-01 06:29:16 PM jadams69 yes sarah my residents loved spending the money they had at the yard sale.
2017-06-01 06:29:26 PM kathyhughes Too bad because there is a late night radio show that my folks listened to and they loved to talk about it
2017-06-01 06:29:41 PM sarah1111 I do a "prize store" and then I had a big inside yard sale
2017-06-01 06:29:42 PM kathyhughes now they have me hooked on listening
2017-06-01 06:29:50 PM ryanklemmer Is it coast to coast?
2017-06-01 06:29:52 PM kacies weve taken our residents outside to see the space shuttle go over
2017-06-01 06:29:55 PM kathyhughes yes
2017-06-01 06:29:57 PM sarah1111 they dont get to handle money much any more so they like it I think
2017-06-01 06:29:57 PM kacies and for eclipses
2017-06-01 06:30:11 PM mayraj my center closes at 430pm so there isn't much we can do
2017-06-01 06:30:12 PM cathyross FYI....we have a Current Events Lady who reads the newspaper every morning to the residents. They all meet in the dining room at a large table.
2017-06-01 06:30:13 PM ryanklemmer Lol, we have a 94 year old resident who loves it!
2017-06-01 06:30:27 PM kathyhughes And they would talk about it the next day
2017-06-01 06:30:38 PM erikalmascia That is awesome.
2017-06-01 06:30:54 PM andriapowell Our residents do current events too and they love haring their horoscope
2017-06-01 06:30:55 PM kathyhughes We also had residents who would read the news every morning for other residents
2017-06-01 06:31:06 PM carolyna my current events tends to end up in reminisce
2017-06-01 06:31:09 PM mayraj i would had love to get aprojector and do a movie outide in the yard a summer night
2017-06-01 06:31:10 PM kathyhughes They even likes the gossip papers
2017-06-01 06:31:14 PM erikalmascia We have a couple of those.
2017-06-01 06:31:17 PM cathyross oh good idea......job opportunity for a resident.
2017-06-01 06:31:47 PM mayraj we do daily chronicle every mrning and turn in into a oen discussion
2017-06-01 06:31:48 PM kathyhughes Mayra you can rent one or ask a family member for one
2017-06-01 06:31:51 PM schmiess1 does anyone else have to do nursing assistant shifts? on the weekends i work on the floor as a cna...
2017-06-01 06:32:07 PM sarah1111 Yes, I do a lot
2017-06-01 06:32:07 PM amarkie we pass out the daily chronicle (activity connection) with a cup of coffee to residents in the morning. they look forward to it and seeing what happened in history on this date
2017-06-01 06:32:21 PM cathyross that's a great way to stay connected to the residents/patients.
2017-06-01 06:32:22 PM mayraj yes i could but my residents are all out of the center by 4pm is to right still
2017-06-01 06:32:28 PM sarah1111 I do actual shifts but also help on the floor during the day when I can
2017-06-01 06:32:29 PM jadams69 during the week i give the winners of bingo real quarters and on friday they have a drawing for prizes. Then I do the yard sale about every 2-3 months with donations. Sarah they love it
2017-06-01 06:32:32 PM bford we do the same thing-coffee and read daily chronicle
2017-06-01 06:32:49 PM erikalmascia I was asked once. I am a CNA. I help out here and there, but not full shifts.
2017-06-01 06:33:02 PM amarkie schmiess1 one of my assistants is a cna every other weekend
2017-06-01 06:33:11 PM jadams69 I work CNA shifts as well because we are short on staff
2017-06-01 06:33:53 PM cathyross Kathy, are therapy dogs something I can do with our hospital patients?
2017-06-01 06:33:56 PM bford i am taking my CNA certification next week to help where i can
2017-06-01 06:34:05 PM amarkie thank god shes a cna bc during survery last month i had a lunch outing planned and had her and my mother assistant go and the surveryor asked me if i cna went!
2017-06-01 06:34:20 PM kathyhughes I would check the policies but I would say yes
2017-06-01 06:34:26 PM amarkie other*
2017-06-01 06:34:30 PM sarah1111 we have a therapy dog@
2017-06-01 06:34:32 PM sarah1111 !!
2017-06-01 06:34:45 PM cathyross oh yeh!
2017-06-01 06:34:48 PM kathyhughes great
2017-06-01 06:34:52 PM erikalmascia We have therapy dogs as well
2017-06-01 06:35:06 PM sarah1111 I got her a 8 weeks old....that was TOUGH
2017-06-01 06:35:12 PM kacies our therapy dog group is called the welcome waggers. i just love the name
2017-06-01 06:35:13 PM sarah1111 brought her with me every day
2017-06-01 06:35:41 PM bford thats a cute name!
2017-06-01 06:35:46 PM ryanklemmer Nice
2017-06-01 06:36:01 PM carolyna I have to find a pet therapy group
2017-06-01 06:36:15 PM kathyhughes It is fun to have the pets visit
2017-06-01 06:36:22 PM erikalmascia The is cute.
2017-06-01 06:36:44 PM carolyna we have animals in the facility and I take mine in somedays
2017-06-01 06:36:58 PM erikalmascia We have a pet show every yeaar. We get most of our pet therpay dog from the shows.
2017-06-01 06:37:04 PM kathyhughes Who takes care of them?
2017-06-01 06:37:08 PM mayraj i had magician come in last month and he brough a few animals. they absolutely lved it
2017-06-01 06:37:21 PM kacies we used to have birds on each floor, and fish.none now. that was years ago
2017-06-01 06:37:41 PM jadams69 we also have a therapy dog that comes in.
2017-06-01 06:37:47 PM cathyross Things like that have to rotate from time to time.
2017-06-01 06:37:54 PM cathyross fish, birds, etc
2017-06-01 06:37:55 PM bford we have birds, fish, and lots of pet visits
2017-06-01 06:37:57 PM carolyna the residents who own them but there is a sister facility that have a house dog and the staff take care of it but the food comes from the activity budget which I don't think is right
2017-06-01 06:38:11 PM erikalmascia We have fish, which activities take care of.
2017-06-01 06:38:14 PM kathyhughes We had an ADM who wanted birds...so we got birds that night the residents let them loose
2017-06-01 06:38:27 PM ryanklemmer Wow
2017-06-01 06:38:28 PM andriapowell We several therapy dogs that come in for pet visits through out the month and we have an aviary.
2017-06-01 06:38:33 PM bford :D
2017-06-01 06:38:38 PM cathyross how do the pet visits work?
2017-06-01 06:38:39 PM kathyhughes I came in the next day and each cage had huge locks on them
2017-06-01 06:38:43 PM mayraj i have thought about getting turtles
2017-06-01 06:38:46 PM erikalmascia Oh no :0
2017-06-01 06:39:10 PM kathyhughes The maintenace dept had to take care of them
2017-06-01 06:39:13 PM bford our facility volunteer services screen them and put them on a schedule monthly
2017-06-01 06:39:18 PM ryanklemmer We have a few residents who have dogs, so the other residents have pleanty of opportunities to pet them
2017-06-01 06:39:28 PM kathyhughes I would look at that before I got turtles
2017-06-01 06:39:34 PM andriapowell don't turtles carry bacteria? I don't know
2017-06-01 06:39:41 PM jadams69 we had minature ponies come about once every 3 months. they like them. we have turtles in our courtyard.
2017-06-01 06:39:42 PM kathyhughes I think that they do
2017-06-01 06:39:47 PM carolyna at the other facility I worked at the DON wanted lovebirds well we got them and we had national geographic channel everyday, they kept humping
2017-06-01 06:39:49 PM kathyhughes I would do some research
2017-06-01 06:39:57 PM kacies reptiles can carry alot of diseases, salmonella and such
2017-06-01 06:40:13 PM amarkie i had a rabbit
2017-06-01 06:40:16 PM kacies i have several reptiles of my own, so im not against them but they are work
2017-06-01 06:40:20 PM sarah1111 carolyna hahaha
2017-06-01 06:40:38 PM kacies they also smell, no matter what. so that may draw attention during survey
2017-06-01 06:40:43 PM schmiess1 we have an aviary-not much use...we use plush robotic puppies and kittens, 2 birds
2017-06-01 06:40:53 PM carolyna yeah, I just found out that they had to get rid of them, because the male would not leave the female alone and she had an egg crack inside her
2017-06-01 06:40:53 PM kathyhughes we did some research on the birds and found out that if their nests were too warm they could not have baby birds
2017-06-01 06:40:56 PM mayraj good to know.
2017-06-01 06:41:05 PM erikalmascia Aww. :(
2017-06-01 06:41:09 PM kathyhughes so the residents would give them yarn for their nests
2017-06-01 06:41:23 PM kathyhughes the residents were not too keen about the birds
2017-06-01 06:41:26 PM kacies thats cute
2017-06-01 06:41:31 PM kacies i bet they loved it
2017-06-01 06:41:35 PM mayraj im still too nervous to get a pet for work.
2017-06-01 06:41:48 PM kathyhughes I would say think about it
2017-06-01 06:41:57 PM carolyna neither were the residents at my first facility. they were just too noisy for the residents
2017-06-01 06:42:13 PM kathyhughes as the pet would be on duty 24-7 and they need some down time
2017-06-01 06:42:22 PM mayraj the social worker sometimes brings her dog and they like that. but im not sure about pet to keep in.
2017-06-01 06:42:27 PM erikalmascia yea. I bet.
2017-06-01 06:42:36 PM kathyhughes I would say bring it into work with you and then take it home
2017-06-01 06:42:41 PM amarkie its alot of responsibility on your shoulders having a pet live at work
2017-06-01 06:42:42 PM cathyross me too
2017-06-01 06:43:02 PM carolyna I think a housepet gets too confused on who its master is
2017-06-01 06:43:18 PM kathyhughes right and the activities staff is usually in charge of them and we don;t have the time
2017-06-01 06:43:29 PM erikalmascia i agree.
2017-06-01 06:43:41 PM carolyna yeah I get yelled at for so much stuff anyway
2017-06-01 06:43:41 PM bford at my old facility we had dogs and one time a person fell out of bed and the dog alerted the staff and the nurses found her sooner- positive about having a dog live at the facility
2017-06-01 06:43:46 PM andriapowell I think so too carolyna and maybe tend to be over fed by all
2017-06-01 06:43:46 PM kathyhughes Right Carolyn and they tend to get stresses
2017-06-01 06:43:59 PM amarkie no kathy we dont. and the vet visits making for the rabbit was out of my pocket
2017-06-01 06:44:01 PM mayraj that is exactly what i am thinking, time and extra responsability that will fall completely on my shoulders.
2017-06-01 06:44:02 PM amarkie not cheap
2017-06-01 06:44:09 PM kathyhughes Thats good Brittany
2017-06-01 06:44:12 PM kacies you really need to find an animal with the right temperment and that usually happens by chance not choice
2017-06-01 06:44:16 PM erikalmascia That is good.
2017-06-01 06:44:53 PM bford thank you! the dog was everyone responsiablilty and there was a set schedule and day who fed and take them out :)
2017-06-01 06:45:15 PM erikalmascia Was everyone okay with that?
2017-06-01 06:45:37 PM mayraj this is out of topic but saying that i have met all the requirements to take the test for my certification, would you happen to know an estimate time it would take for them to send me to take the test/
2017-06-01 06:45:39 PM mayraj /
2017-06-01 06:45:44 PM mayraj ?
2017-06-01 06:45:47 PM erikalmascia We were going to get a cat, but no one wanted to deal with it.
2017-06-01 06:46:02 PM ryanklemmer Where would the cat live?
2017-06-01 06:46:11 PM ryanklemmer Just in the hallways?
2017-06-01 06:46:13 PM erikalmascia I guess at our facility.
2017-06-01 06:47:03 PM kathyhughes Once you apply to NCCAP they will send you the information on where the exam is offered and they will give you the pass...usually 4-6 weeks once they receive your application
2017-06-01 06:47:13 PM sarah1111 left the chat room
2017-06-01 06:47:18 PM erikalmascia OK.
2017-06-01 06:47:19 PM sarah1111 enter the chat room
2017-06-01 06:47:32 PM kathyhughes Cats usually pick one person to gravitate to
2017-06-01 06:47:36 PM carolyna is that still the time frame on leveling up too?
2017-06-01 06:47:40 PM schmiess1 we use to have a cat and yes no one wanted to deal with him. He got pretty old and mangie, had hardly any teeth, and ended up going to the bathroom in residents rooms.
2017-06-01 06:47:53 PM kathyhughes You can level up whenever you are ready
2017-06-01 06:47:54 PM ryanklemmer I wish I could apply before finishing this class so I wouldn't have to wait another month to take the exam.
2017-06-01 06:47:58 PM sarah1111 my dog loves about everyone here
2017-06-01 06:48:06 PM sarah1111 but she get protected of the residnets
2017-06-01 06:48:08 PM carolyna did the cat have hyperthyroid?
2017-06-01 06:48:16 PM mayraj thanks for the info kathy..
2017-06-01 06:48:29 PM kathyhughes You have to complete MEPAP1 and MEPAP 2 to be able to take the exam
2017-06-01 06:48:29 PM sarah1111 so she grumbles at guests sometimes which is not so good
2017-06-01 06:48:49 PM amarkie do you need all your ceus done before exam?
2017-06-01 06:48:55 PM cathyross yes
2017-06-01 06:49:11 PM kathyhughes Depends on which level you choose
2017-06-01 06:49:19 PM sophiat what are the orhter reuirments with mepap1 and 2
2017-06-01 06:49:21 PM kathyhughes Track
2017-06-01 06:49:31 PM kathyhughes Oh my....
2017-06-01 06:49:35 PM kacies im doing my provisional
2017-06-01 06:49:42 PM cathyross me too
2017-06-01 06:49:48 PM kathyhughes You need to have the components
2017-06-01 06:49:58 PM kacies i have college credits to work on after
2017-06-01 06:50:01 PM kathyhughes Academic....college courses
2017-06-01 06:50:06 PM kathyhughes Experience
2017-06-01 06:50:13 PM kathyhughes Continuing Education
2017-06-01 06:50:17 PM kathyhughes MEPAP1
2017-06-01 06:50:22 PM kathyhughes MEPAP2
2017-06-01 06:50:32 PM erikalmascia I don't know what I am going to do yet. I am also taking classes for my bachalors degree.
2017-06-01 06:50:33 PM carolyna Kathy you are so patient with us, thank you so much
2017-06-01 06:50:37 PM mayraj i already have my mepap 1 certificate. im almost done with mepap2. and i have 6000 activities experience hours. so i believe i shoud be set.
2017-06-01 06:50:44 PM amarkie have all of those after this course. exceot ceus
2017-06-01 06:50:46 PM kathyhughes You choose the Track depending on what you have
2017-06-01 06:51:07 PM kacies i cant wait to be done and take the test. im excited as it gets closer
2017-06-01 06:51:14 PM sarah1111 me too!@
2017-06-01 06:51:16 PM ryanklemmer Yes me too
2017-06-01 06:51:19 PM sarah1111 no more school!!
2017-06-01 06:51:19 PM carolyna Kacies, so am I
2017-06-01 06:51:30 PM erikalmascia I hope that it isn't hard.
2017-06-01 06:51:34 PM kathyhughes Depending on your college credits will guide you to the Tracks
2017-06-01 06:51:39 PM sarah1111 do you guys get to do your schooling while at work?

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