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2019-12-10 07:39:22 PM tiffym73 One thing i love about our facility, the residents can have their pets visit them as long as their pets shot records are up to date
2019-12-10 07:39:30 PM rachel1980 Kathy I would imagine my residents yelling at yours for chasing the birds...
2019-12-10 07:39:43 PM kathyhughes You can't catch pigeons
2019-12-10 07:39:51 PM evetteh lol
2019-12-10 07:39:53 PM jessicabaucom yes you can call food
2019-12-10 07:39:54 PM serinamcwha YOu can if you're Mr. Miyagi!
2019-12-10 07:39:55 PM angelalgreathouse we have the same thing at our facitlity also tiffm73
2019-12-10 07:39:55 PM rhondakapcsos Lol
2019-12-10 07:40:01 PM kathyhughes We were there once and the survey team walked by
2019-12-10 07:40:02 PM jessicabaucom lol
2019-12-10 07:40:08 PM alexiew lol
2019-12-10 07:40:14 PM tjsheerin We have famlies bringing in pets to visit all the time. All the residents love it when they stop by to say hello
2019-12-10 07:40:15 PM czuniga lol
2019-12-10 07:40:16 PM michelep reminds me of that cartoon catch that pigeon noooooow!
2019-12-10 07:40:24 PM hollybv18 my residents chase bubbles sometimes - ha
2019-12-10 07:40:27 PM serinamcwha I am dying!!
2019-12-10 07:40:34 PM tanya1 They love my small dog, is weighs around 5 pds. I dress her daily, and for all hoildays. She was a raindeer yesterday, and for the residential Christmas party. she and i will be dressed as ELKS
2019-12-10 07:40:34 PM kavitajc Yes the owners have to bring in their paper work
2019-12-10 07:40:35 PM torijarrett me too hahaha
2019-12-10 07:40:41 PM rhondakapcsos so do mine holly
2019-12-10 07:40:47 PM rachel1980 I think we could write a book about our stories
2019-12-10 07:40:59 PM spankylee99 our activites of daily living ADL room is where our residents who are able to go to cook, do laundrey, iron ,vacum, clean etc. it is set up just like a miny home
2019-12-10 07:41:01 PM torijarrett I say that all the time rachel
2019-12-10 07:41:14 PM jessicabaucom talkking about books our residents are during a cook book on recpies
2019-12-10 07:41:20 PM michelep One of our RNs has brought in chicks, baby ducks, baby turtles, lambs
2019-12-10 07:41:26 PM ronda We are trying to get the trained polce dog to come on a regular basis
2019-12-10 07:41:30 PM rhondakapcsos that is so true Rachel
2019-12-10 07:41:31 PM kathyhughes We were doing person centered activities before it was popular
2019-12-10 07:41:32 PM angelalgreathouse we have two ponds and from sprint to fall there is always a large amount of geese. all i can think of nowe is the residents chasing them kathy
2019-12-10 07:41:41 PM isabel13 we have pet therapy and i love it they come once a month to visit and seeing their face light up is awesome
2019-12-10 07:41:58 PM spankylee99 coffie hour every morning at 10am is a highligt of their day.
2019-12-10 07:42:06 PM serinamcwha you mean before it was cool :)
2019-12-10 07:42:12 PM ronda I am trying to get that started
2019-12-10 07:42:13 PM jwhit No one brings in their pets saddly, but they do love when I bring in my 3 year old son. he will try to push them in their wheelchair. At lease he will enjoy if someone was chasing him.
2019-12-10 07:42:16 PM kavitajc Our residents published two cook books
2019-12-10 07:42:17 PM kathyhughes right!
2019-12-10 07:42:17 PM jessicabaucom Angel that's funny we get the geese without have a pond
2019-12-10 07:42:42 PM jessicabaucom thats great to hear Kavita
2019-12-10 07:42:43 PM michelep Two turkeys have been visiting our facility lol
2019-12-10 07:42:52 PM michelep They survived thanksgiving!
2019-12-10 07:42:56 PM ronda We tell our sb patients that they can have a relativebring their pets to visit them as often as they want
2019-12-10 07:42:56 PM torijarrett we had cats in our courtyard!
2019-12-10 07:43:05 PM angelalgreathouse i am in the works of setting uo a date with a woman to bring in her dancing dogs.
2019-12-10 07:43:13 PM rachel1980 I would think in the world someone just coined person centered activity...becasue I would imagine that if you knew and understand your residents and really wanted the best you would be able to always have person centered activities
2019-12-10 07:43:16 PM spankylee99 On Bingo day resididents take turn in who spins the wheel and calls out the numbers. I think they just like using the microphone ..
2019-12-10 07:43:23 PM michelep Y'ALL!!! In the summer...we have VULTURES!
2019-12-10 07:43:37 PM ronda We have cats at our facilityas well, not ours but they think they belong there
2019-12-10 07:43:38 PM czuniga same here onwith our swing beds pets are allowed to come visit
2019-12-10 07:43:40 PM kathyhughes I agree Rachel!
2019-12-10 07:44:01 PM ronda I wish more took advantage of it
2019-12-10 07:44:07 PM serinamcwha I second Rachel!
2019-12-10 07:44:12 PM jessicabaucom One of our residents does a night bingo
2019-12-10 07:44:12 PM valeriepeace I like that Bingo Idea letting the residents run the show
2019-12-10 07:44:14 PM czuniga true
2019-12-10 07:44:32 PM ronda I like the bingo idea as well
2019-12-10 07:44:58 PM kathyhughes So how are you all celebrating New Years with your residents?
2019-12-10 07:45:12 PM jessicabaucom bingo bash witha party
2019-12-10 07:45:17 PM alexiew during trivia i let the residents ask the questions
2019-12-10 07:45:18 PM ronda We are having a ball drop at 12 noon
2019-12-10 07:45:20 PM tiffym73 we are having bingo bash
2019-12-10 07:45:21 PM torijarrett I read some ideas about a ball drop...I'm new to this. what do you make the ball of?
2019-12-10 07:45:21 PM evetteh Pizza Party
2019-12-10 07:45:24 PM rachel1980 Noon years EVe
2019-12-10 07:45:26 PM spankylee99 we have a mobile library our voluanteers take around the units especially to those residents that prefer to stay in their rooms. They enjoy that
2019-12-10 07:45:42 PM valeriepeace New Years party, Mocktails, nice appetizers, games.
2019-12-10 07:45:45 PM tanya1 I AM! News Years Celebration!
2019-12-10 07:45:45 PM angelalgreathouse we are have a news year eve social. snacks count down and lots of music
2019-12-10 07:45:45 PM michelep Department managers are dressing up in glam and haing a noon year's party
2019-12-10 07:45:45 PM rhondakapcsos we are having a New years eve party in the afternoon.
2019-12-10 07:45:52 PM kavitajc We have a New years party
2019-12-10 07:45:55 PM ronda Most definitely mocktails
2019-12-10 07:45:58 PM michelep hats, noise makers, etc.
2019-12-10 07:46:09 PM ronda streamers and balloons
2019-12-10 07:46:10 PM michelep Mocktails?? what are those??
2019-12-10 07:46:11 PM serinamcwha We have a huge party in our chapel/multi-purpose room. Everyone gets decked out and we have a count down. Our independent residents have another party NYE and watch the ball drop in NYC then call it a night. Everything is catered by our dietary department and we have mocktails and ciders
2019-12-10 07:46:16 PM kathyhughes We would have a balloon drop...cover a beach ball with aluminum foil
2019-12-10 07:46:28 PM ronda alcohol free drinks, virgin drinks
2019-12-10 07:46:29 PM michelep OOoOoOoOH! Kathy, good idea!
2019-12-10 07:46:35 PM tiffym73 That sounds cool
2019-12-10 07:46:35 PM briannal We do a party for them with sparkiling cider and some kind of sweets typically maybe like a nice sheet cake and decorate the dining room. We do our own little countdown on theTV as well. It's honestly a great time and seeig their faces makes it so worth it
2019-12-10 07:46:39 PM tanya1 Awesome idea
2019-12-10 07:46:41 PM jessicabaucom last year we showed the annual ball drop
2019-12-10 07:46:58 PM serinamcwha I'm curious about the foil beach ball drop
2019-12-10 07:47:06 PM evetteh me too
2019-12-10 07:47:09 PM tjsheerin having a fancy dinner with the residents followed by the poping of fake champagan then games and party favors
2019-12-10 07:47:16 PM briannal Me too serina that sounds like such a good idea
2019-12-10 07:47:47 PM serinamcwha and lots of entertainment. We have some great musicians in our area always willing to play for the residents
2019-12-10 07:47:48 PM torijarrett YES! That sounds easy to do too!
2019-12-10 07:48:38 PM michelep Anyone actually stay up until midnight? Or is that too late for your residents
2019-12-10 07:48:39 PM tanya1 Wow you each have great different approaches to the new years celbration. I like them all.
2019-12-10 07:48:39 PM kathyhughes Attach a string to the beach ball...cover with aluminum foil, then at the stroke of Midnight (or noon) you have someone yank the ball down
2019-12-10 07:49:00 PM alexiew Were jsut worried about the christmas party and up coming bake sell.
2019-12-10 07:49:21 PM torijarrett Ahh, now I'm excited for New Years!
2019-12-10 07:49:25 PM evetteh why Alexiew?
2019-12-10 07:49:28 PM serinamcwha that's pretty cool Kathy! I'll have to suggest that to my AD this year!
2019-12-10 07:49:45 PM angelalgreathouse that is a cool idea kathy. i would have never thought of something like thta for a bal drop
2019-12-10 07:49:50 PM briannal Thats such a great idea Kathy I'm going to present that to my director and see how she will feel about that. Love it!
2019-12-10 07:49:58 PM rhondakapcsos I am going to bring that up too
2019-12-10 07:50:03 PM czuniga we are adopting residence this year to insure they all get gits. kinda of like an angel tree
2019-12-10 07:50:05 PM tanya1 Me too
2019-12-10 07:50:21 PM kathyhughes Any questions that I missed tonight?
2019-12-10 07:50:24 PM michelep Who stays up until midnight?
2019-12-10 07:50:26 PM kavitajc We have balloons that we release and count down to the new year with bells
2019-12-10 07:50:34 PM rhondakapcsos left the chat room
2019-12-10 07:50:37 PM serinamcwha We definitely do not stay up until midnight here...
2019-12-10 07:50:39 PM jessicabaucom some higher residents that like to aprty
2019-12-10 07:50:50 PM jessicabaucom party*
2019-12-10 07:50:53 PM evetteh That's cool Kavitajc
2019-12-10 07:50:54 PM serinamcwha we watch the ball drop in NYC - 9pm our time! :)
2019-12-10 07:50:58 PM kathyhughes We will be breaking for the holidays next Tuesday but I will be here to answer questions at 8PM Eastern
2019-12-10 07:50:59 PM serinamcwha then off to bed
2019-12-10 07:51:14 PM rachel1980 I am good! Thank you for all the great ideas!
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2019-12-10 07:51:15 PM michelep Ok, that would be 11pm in ND.
2019-12-10 07:51:17 PM briannal All my questions are answered and I enjoyed this chat!
2019-12-10 07:51:30 PM torijarrett This has been to helpful!
2019-12-10 07:51:32 PM tjsheerin most of my residents are in bed by 8pm
2019-12-10 07:51:35 PM torijarrett so*
2019-12-10 07:51:43 PM czuniga great chat
2019-12-10 07:51:43 PM michelep Great ideas everyone! thanks for sharing! yes, tj, ours, too!
2019-12-10 07:51:58 PM serinamcwha This has been a great experience - lots of great ideas shared! But, definitely taxing on my ADD! :) I'll adjust though! thank you everyone!
2019-12-10 07:51:59 PM valeriepeace One last question. We have 1 full year to finish this course correct?
2019-12-10 07:52:02 PM spankylee99 valeriepeace i beleive it is important to document in the careplan, and the one on one individual plan, even if family is visiting, we should capture this caring in our documention. State survey looks at that sort of thing.
2019-12-10 07:52:06 PM kathyhughes you do not have to attend next week but I will be here to answer questions at 8PM Eastern
2019-12-10 07:52:11 PM czuniga have a blessed week
2019-12-10 07:52:12 PM tanya1 I agree, I really got some wonderful ideas from all of ypou. Thank you, Kathy and all. Good Night.
2019-12-10 07:52:14 PM kavitajc It was very helpful thank you great ideas
2019-12-10 07:52:19 PM kathyhughes For the Paced class yes Valerie
2019-12-10 07:52:31 PM hollybv18 good laughs here tonight ! thanks
2019-12-10 07:52:32 PM alexiew thank you guys
2019-12-10 07:52:33 PM briannal Ok sounds good Kathy! Everyone have a great night!
2019-12-10 07:52:34 PM kathyhughes and most people wait until they have 1 month to go
2019-12-10 07:52:49 PM jessicabaucom Thanks everyone for the ideas
2019-12-10 07:52:52 PM michelep Next week is the 17th...we can still log in, correct?
2019-12-10 07:53:01 PM michelep No chat on the 24th?
2019-12-10 07:53:04 PM kathyhughes Have a good week all and thanks for joining me
2019-12-10 07:53:12 PM czuniga if we log in do we get credit next week
2019-12-10 07:53:12 PM tjsheerin I hope everyone has a great and safe hollidaygoodnight
2019-12-10 07:53:12 PM angelalgreathouse have great night everyone and may you all have a wonderful holiday . thank you all for the wonderful ideas.
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2019-12-10 07:53:27 PM briannal Thank you again goodnight everyone!
2019-12-10 07:53:29 PM kavitajc Good night
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2019-12-10 07:53:46 PM jessicabaucom Have a happy Holidays and Merry Christmas
2019-12-10 07:53:50 PM isabel13 thank you good night everyone
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2019-12-10 07:54:11 PM czuniga ???
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2019-12-10 07:54:26 PM jessicabaucom Whats up Czuniga
2019-12-10 07:54:28 PM tanya1 Yes, I forgot to tell you all the same. Merry Christmas!!1
2019-12-10 07:54:52 PM michelep i'm wondering if my questions/comments appear, please respond if they do?
2019-12-10 07:54:53 PM czuniga If we log in next week do we get credit for chat?
2019-12-10 07:55:04 PM evetteh good question
2019-12-10 07:55:09 PM kathyhughes No Cindy sorry...I am suppose to be off that week but will be here to answer questions
2019-12-10 07:55:13 PM torijarrett Michelep yes I see your comment
2019-12-10 07:55:14 PM evetteh but I think it's a no
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2019-12-10 07:55:24 PM czuniga yes maam thank you
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2019-12-10 07:55:42 PM czuniga Michelep I see your comment
2019-12-10 07:55:54 PM michelep (y)
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2019-12-10 07:55:58 PM evetteh Good Night (v)
2019-12-10 07:56:08 PM tiffym73 Good night
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2019-12-10 07:56:21 PM kathyhughes NO chat on Christmas Eve....I love my job but I only get a couple days off
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2019-12-10 07:56:57 PM kathyhughes Good Night all
2019-12-10 07:57:03 PM torijarrett Goodnight!
2019-12-10 07:57:04 PM czuniga god night
2019-12-10 07:57:09 PM czuniga good
2019-12-10 07:57:14 PM spankylee99 It does not cost a lot to maintain the fish tank. We got ours at Wal-mart. some of the funds collected from selling stuff in the lobby goes to providing food for and maintaing the tank, its called the residnets activities petty cash spending money
2019-12-10 07:57:51 PM kathyhughes Thanks great...good night all
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2019-12-10 07:58:22 PM ronda good night all
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2019-12-10 07:59:40 PM spankylee99 Yes we do have residnets in their 30's with muscular illnessess we have to provide activites to meet their age group. State surveyor also cheaks for that
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2019-12-12 06:57:56 PM edithscarrillo hello!!!! are we having a chat today?
2019-12-12 06:58:12 PM amberreed i believe so
2019-12-12 06:58:49 PM tamala1 yes it says the 12th
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2019-12-12 06:59:08 PM jcullum Hello
2019-12-12 06:59:22 PM tamala1 hi
2019-12-12 06:59:26 PM edithscarrillo we are having our holiday party tomorrow and I'm finishing the last details
2019-12-12 06:59:30 PM edithscarrillo so tired!!!!!
2019-12-12 06:59:46 PM amberreed it's a lot of work
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2019-12-12 07:02:12 PM kaylenbaringer hi everyone
2019-12-12 07:02:23 PM kathyhughes Hello All
2019-12-12 07:02:27 PM jcullum Hi
2019-12-12 07:02:29 PM amberreed hello
2019-12-12 07:02:29 PM edithscarrillo hello!!!!
2019-12-12 07:02:30 PM kathyhughes How are you doing?
2019-12-12 07:02:32 PM tamala1 Hi
2019-12-12 07:02:41 PM amberreed well, how are you?
2019-12-12 07:02:41 PM kaylenbaringer tired.... this week has been terribly busy!
2019-12-12 07:02:46 PM jcullum Doing Great!
2019-12-12 07:02:51 PM kathyhughes I am doing great
2019-12-12 07:02:56 PM tamala1 Good
2019-12-12 07:03:00 PM kathyhughes It is the busy time of year!
2019-12-12 07:03:03 PM rebeccarodriguez enter the chat room
2019-12-12 07:03:10 PM rebeccarodriguez hello
2019-12-12 07:03:14 PM amberreed sure is, we had four parties this week
2019-12-12 07:03:17 PM rebeccarodriguez hi everyone
2019-12-12 07:03:25 PM jcullum It is a very busy time
2019-12-12 07:03:26 PM kathyhughes And it is the last chat until the new year!
2019-12-12 07:03:32 PM tamala1 Hi rebecca
2019-12-12 07:03:40 PM julielynnmincek enter the chat room
2019-12-12 07:03:47 PM amberreed time flys
2019-12-12 07:03:49 PM julielynnmincek good evening everyone :)
2019-12-12 07:03:56 PM kaylenbaringer are you ready for christmas KATHY?
2019-12-12 07:03:58 PM kathyhughes It sure doesw
2019-12-12 07:04:08 PM kathyhughes Never completely ready!
2019-12-12 07:04:15 PM kathyhughes How about you?
2019-12-12 07:04:28 PM kaylenbaringer i have a few more presents to buy =)
2019-12-12 07:04:35 PM julielynnmincek same here. never ready for christmas just trying to catch my breathe everyday. lol
2019-12-12 07:04:37 PM amberreed same here and A LOT of wrapping
2019-12-12 07:04:41 PM hmorris enter the chat room
2019-12-12 07:04:46 PM jcullum Not quite ready
2019-12-12 07:04:48 PM kathyhughes I haven't started wrapping yet
2019-12-12 07:04:49 PM hmorris Helloo
2019-12-12 07:05:01 PM rebeccarodriguez i jsut put my tree up in my home yesterday
2019-12-12 07:05:03 PM edithscarrillo by the time that I have to do stuff for home I'm already burn out from work
2019-12-12 07:05:05 PM hmorris we just got done with our holiday party ya'll
2019-12-12 07:05:05 PM kaylenbaringer i am picking up 60 donated presents for my residents tomorrow ! i am hoping they are already wrapped lol
2019-12-12 07:05:16 PM julielynnmincek we have wrapping "parties" everyday for whichever residents want to come help its been such a big help
2019-12-12 07:05:28 PM jcullum I always procrastinate when it comes to wrapping
2019-12-12 07:05:30 PM julielynnmincek about 6 things being wrapped daily is such a huge help
2019-12-12 07:05:41 PM amberreed who are they wrapping for>
2019-12-12 07:06:08 PM kathyhughes So what goals do you have for the next year for your activities?
2019-12-12 07:06:20 PM julielynnmincek they are wrapping handmade quilts for the 1:1 residents and we have a lot of 1:1 residents
2019-12-12 07:06:36 PM amberreed awe thats so nice
2019-12-12 07:06:45 PM kaylenbaringer i want to have more quality interactions between all staff and all residents...........
2019-12-12 07:07:01 PM jcullum That is really nice
2019-12-12 07:07:02 PM kaylenbaringer we have to get out of this institutional mindset!!!
2019-12-12 07:07:03 PM julielynnmincek and we serve hot chocolate with whipped cream and a candy cane for those who helped
2019-12-12 07:07:10 PM tamala1 One goal I have is to get more clients involved
2019-12-12 07:07:15 PM kathyhughes How do you think that you can do that with all of the staff?
2019-12-12 07:07:29 PM rebeccarodriguez we are doing a family holiday dinner
2019-12-12 07:07:30 PM hmorris Plan the biggest events and special weeks. I want to do second annual events for 2020 out of the most success ones.
2019-12-12 07:07:47 PM julielynnmincek i want to be able to communicate so much better with our activity department i feel like my opinions don
2019-12-12 07:07:51 PM julielynnmincek dont matter.
2019-12-12 07:07:58 PM rebeccarodriguez involve the staff
2019-12-12 07:08:18 PM kaylenbaringer i thought about doing incentives like every time i see someone sitting and talking with a resident or going above and beyond for a resident giving them a thank you note or a candy bar or something
2019-12-12 07:08:26 PM rebeccarodriguez our staff are very engaged it makes mr happy
2019-12-12 07:08:29 PM julielynnmincek i have been wanting to have a sit down and see other peoples point of view or if im just overreacting so we can have a better connection and work better as a team
2019-12-12 07:08:30 PM kaylenbaringer and doing staff/resident activities more often
2019-12-12 07:08:38 PM rebeccarodriguez even the executive director
2019-12-12 07:09:17 PM kathyhughes It is a great goal and I am sure with all your creativity that you will see an improvement
2019-12-12 07:09:44 PM kaylenbaringer i hope so! maybe not ALL staff but I am sure that it will improve from what it is now
2019-12-12 07:10:18 PM tamala1 If we can get our staff to be more excited about delivering the activities I think more people would want to participate. I also think if we do more activities that they love to do.
2019-12-12 07:10:36 PM amberreed we had state exit our main building today....we got a defficiency in activities a resident AOX3 complained they dont get to go on enough outings
2019-12-12 07:10:56 PM kaylenbaringer how many outings do you do amber?
2019-12-12 07:11:19 PM amberreed walmart twice a month except nov-feb.
2019-12-12 07:11:25 PM julielynnmincek another thing i hope to do next year is get our staff more involved and more in the spirit of things our staff here always does things for other employees but i feel like they need to have some of that enthusiasm when it comes to the kids
2019-12-12 07:11:29 PM amberreed and bus rides weekly and field trips
2019-12-12 07:11:32 PM jcullum How many outings do they think you should do?
2019-12-12 07:11:34 PM kathyhughes We did a program once where we made all sorts of puzzles and would place them on the wall near the nurses station. One was word search with the residents names and staff names in it. I was coming down the hallway and 2 Cnas and 4 residents where looking for the names
2019-12-12 07:11:57 PM jcullum That is a great idea!
2019-12-12 07:12:14 PM hmorris Oh another goal is to start a real volunteer program
2019-12-12 07:12:20 PM tamala1 Like that idea
2019-12-12 07:12:22 PM amberreed year round trips and to let him go on all of them...even though we rotate residents seeing as we can not take all of them at once
2019-12-12 07:12:24 PM edithscarrillo I've being wanting to do that with the names
2019-12-12 07:12:27 PM julielynnmincek *comes to the residents i mean. haha i dont know where my head is omg lol
2019-12-12 07:12:59 PM kathyhughes And have you encouraged his family to take him out?
2019-12-12 07:13:03 PM hmorris Kalyen thats a great idea
2019-12-12 07:13:20 PM amberreed yes we have...they do not want to come and even visit
2019-12-12 07:13:53 PM kathyhughes And did you document that you contacted them for additonal outings?
2019-12-12 07:14:17 PM amberreed yes we did.....our deffieciency was not meeting his daily preferences
2019-12-12 07:14:40 PM kathyhughes And did you offer him the ability to go out on his own?
2019-12-12 07:15:01 PM kaylenbaringer is it possible that your van driver could take him out after appointments?
2019-12-12 07:15:25 PM kaylenbaringer the driver for our van takes residents to walmart when he has time between appointments
2019-12-12 07:15:27 PM amberreed that we did not, this R is very difficult and verbally abusive and attempts to purchase medications and alcohol so he has to be accompanied
2019-12-12 07:15:50 PM amberreed per DON
2019-12-12 07:16:27 PM kathyhughes Well are there other alternatives for him? Would the DON go once a week shopping with him or to a restaurant?
2019-12-12 07:16:32 PM kathyhughes or the movies
2019-12-12 07:16:59 PM amberreed possibly. the activity director has already started a list of options
2019-12-12 07:17:33 PM amberreed i thought this would be good for everyone to hear since all situations are different and its a learning experience
2019-12-12 07:17:46 PM kathyhughes I think that care planning his "need" to go out and that everyone is chipping in would help
2019-12-12 07:18:12 PM kaylenbaringer i would definately document if you have ever asked him to go out and he refuses to
2019-12-12 07:18:14 PM kathyhughes He more than likely want attention and
2019-12-12 07:18:39 PM kathyhughes I would document all the time and then go see if you nhave other residents who want more outsingss

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