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2020-02-13 06:57:01 PM kathyhughes enter the chat room
2020-02-13 06:57:16 PM cindyloucattell Good Evening
2020-02-13 06:57:31 PM francine enter the chat room
2020-02-13 06:57:35 PM ciericah enter the chat room
2020-02-13 06:57:36 PM richelle70 My employer says I can work on assignments at work but I don't have time with all of the other work.
2020-02-13 06:57:43 PM rachelwalbridge Hii
2020-02-13 06:57:53 PM francine Hello
2020-02-13 06:58:11 PM kamron87 my employer says I CANT work on schoolat work
2020-02-13 06:58:58 PM kathyhughes Hello All
2020-02-13 06:59:02 PM kaylenbaringer hello
2020-02-13 06:59:04 PM rachelwalbridge Hi Kathy
2020-02-13 06:59:07 PM francine Hi Kathy
2020-02-13 06:59:08 PM jcullum Hello
2020-02-13 06:59:09 PM richelle70 Hello
2020-02-13 06:59:10 PM kathyhughes How are you doing?
2020-02-13 06:59:14 PM rachelwalbridge great and you
2020-02-13 06:59:15 PM jcullum good
2020-02-13 06:59:26 PM kathyhughes I am doing fine
2020-02-13 06:59:27 PM francine Good
2020-02-13 06:59:31 PM richelle70 Freezing but good
2020-02-13 06:59:38 PM kamron87 Catherinemello i hear you! Seems like over killin assignments
2020-02-13 06:59:40 PM kathyhughes It's a tad cold!!
2020-02-13 06:59:49 PM kaylenbaringer good! yes it is cold here as well!
2020-02-13 06:59:49 PM cindyloucattell Some of it seems to have to be done at work
2020-02-13 07:00:01 PM catherinemello yep cold in boston as well
2020-02-13 07:00:10 PM kathyhughes Some of the assignments are done at work
2020-02-13 07:00:14 PM jcullum It's cold here too
2020-02-13 07:00:22 PM kathyhughes that is why this is a service learning course
2020-02-13 07:00:33 PM cindyloucattell I really am not a fan of cold weather
2020-02-13 07:00:56 PM kathyhughes Do you all have ideas for March activities?
2020-02-13 07:01:11 PM rachelwalbridge im celebrating my birthday lol
2020-02-13 07:01:13 PM kamron87 but so far for some reason Im going faster with the mepap2 that i did on mepap1, buti am tryiong to do it closer together to remember informatrion better
2020-02-13 07:01:32 PM rachelwalbridge the customers love that my daughter and i have the same birthday so they want me to bring her in and share cake
2020-02-13 07:01:46 PM rachelwalbridge shes a regular volunteer at work :)
2020-02-13 07:01:51 PM ciericah left the chat room
2020-02-13 07:01:54 PM francine The 26th is opening day for the Cincinnati Reds just trying to get some tickets for a few residents
2020-02-13 07:02:05 PM kathyhughes Thats great
2020-02-13 07:02:08 PM cindyloucattell My birthday is on Mardi Gras this year
2020-02-13 07:02:09 PM richelle70 St Patty's day with a special meal.
2020-02-13 07:02:13 PM rachelwalbridge cool idea francine
2020-02-13 07:02:15 PM quiana march is the start of spring , so well get stgrarted on our garden
2020-02-13 07:02:24 PM tammiehall25 enter the chat room
2020-02-13 07:02:25 PM kathyhughes So what else is planned? First day of Spring?
2020-02-13 07:02:25 PM ciericah enter the chat room
2020-02-13 07:02:27 PM rachelwalbridge we are getting ready for gardening and such too
2020-02-13 07:02:27 PM jcullum We are having a St Patrick's Day family night
2020-02-13 07:02:34 PM kamron87 a st patricks day party with alot of green food
2020-02-13 07:02:34 PM francine Thanks
2020-02-13 07:02:35 PM catherinemello saint patricks day.. spring activities outdoors if weather cooperates ha
2020-02-13 07:02:36 PM rachelwalbridge being in florida we can already start
2020-02-13 07:02:43 PM kaylenbaringer st patricks day coin hunt
2020-02-13 07:02:48 PM rachelwalbridge stating a regular take a customer for a walk day also
2020-02-13 07:02:51 PM tammiehall25 hi....
2020-02-13 07:02:58 PM kamron87 we need to start planning our garden
2020-02-13 07:03:06 PM merrellsherry enter the chat room
2020-02-13 07:03:08 PM kathyhughes Hello Welcome to the MEPAP2 chat
2020-02-13 07:03:10 PM kamron87 but canr plant until may
2020-02-13 07:03:12 PM cassandras enter the chat room
2020-02-13 07:03:15 PM cindyloucattell St. Patrick's Day Party
2020-02-13 07:03:54 PM rachelwalbridge i just dug my "gold coins" out and i eed to find my cauldren for the gold coin toss or lucky charm toss we do as well
2020-02-13 07:03:55 PM kathyhughes What do you do for your parties?
2020-02-13 07:04:07 PM ibouchard enter the chat room
2020-02-13 07:04:09 PM kamron87 sounds fun!
2020-02-13 07:04:15 PM quiana march 12th is girls scouts day and they will be coming to the home for a cookine party
2020-02-13 07:04:44 PM kaylenbaringer wear green =) decorate in green =) and orange of course
2020-02-13 07:04:56 PM catherinemello i had a really wonderful virtual reality demonstration done for my residents today. i dont know if we will end up buying it. it is so expernsive
2020-02-13 07:05:06 PM kamron87 i will do march trivia and st patricks day trivia, irish music
2020-02-13 07:05:07 PM ibouchard good evening everyone
2020-02-13 07:05:08 PM francine Food and socializing, maybe a few games and of course music and everything is green
2020-02-13 07:05:11 PM catherinemello has anyone worked with vr for their residents?
2020-02-13 07:05:19 PM kathleenk enter the chat room
2020-02-13 07:05:44 PM rachelwalbridge my thing with the vr is infection control
2020-02-13 07:05:55 PM cindyloucattell Different foods and of course dressing and decorating for the occassion
2020-02-13 07:05:59 PM rachelwalbridge its basically a shared hat... which can go negativly
2020-02-13 07:06:01 PM kathleenk Hello everyone
2020-02-13 07:06:11 PM tammiehall25 We'll have a green beer party with some festive decorations and a six person family band
2020-02-13 07:06:13 PM kathyhughes Anyone doing Reuben Sandwiches
2020-02-13 07:06:23 PM rachelwalbridge ooo love me some reubens
2020-02-13 07:06:28 PM quiana its also popcorn lovers day:D
2020-02-13 07:06:29 PM jcullum No but that's a great idea
2020-02-13 07:06:40 PM cassandras nope! I've done that vefore though!
2020-02-13 07:06:40 PM merrellsherry crock pot corned beef and cabbage
2020-02-13 07:06:40 PM kaylenbaringer my kitchen talked about doing that for chefs choice in march
2020-02-13 07:06:43 PM richelle70 They like the traditional corned beef and cabbage
2020-02-13 07:06:45 PM kathyhughes We would make reuben pizza!!!
2020-02-13 07:06:47 PM quiana we get those for lunch
2020-02-13 07:06:50 PM ibouchard i love reuben sandwiches. we are having a irish dancing school come to perform for our residents
2020-02-13 07:06:57 PM cindyloucattell My residents love popcorn
2020-02-13 07:07:14 PM quiana ruben pizza(y)
2020-02-13 07:07:15 PM kamron87 mkine too
2020-02-13 07:07:15 PM richelle70 Were green and the staff get to eat free
2020-02-13 07:07:18 PM kaylenbaringer i tried green popcorn once with food coloring..... the floor staff did not like me to much.
2020-02-13 07:07:25 PM ibouchard also, green themed decorations along with shamrock shakes and irish soda bread
2020-02-13 07:07:26 PM jcullum How about Irish soda bread
2020-02-13 07:07:26 PM kaylenbaringer Green was EVERYWHERE!
2020-02-13 07:07:45 PM richelle70 Sorry wear green
2020-02-13 07:07:56 PM rachelwalbridge use the green candy powder
2020-02-13 07:08:00 PM rachelwalbridge probably would be good
2020-02-13 07:08:08 PM quiana we make green beer and irish coffee at our st pattys party
2020-02-13 07:08:10 PM kathyhughes We would watch the Quiet Man with John Wayne
2020-02-13 07:08:14 PM kathleenk A cooking class with Irish Soda Bread and we have someone dress up as a Leprechun
2020-02-13 07:08:24 PM kathyhughes takes place in Ireland with Maureen O'Hara
2020-02-13 07:08:29 PM rachelwalbridge going to watch darby and the little people
2020-02-13 07:08:36 PM ibouchard soda bread is actually a lot of fun to bake with residents lots of smells, very tactile and then you can sample your hard work
2020-02-13 07:08:37 PM cassandras We usually take part in the big St. Patrick's day parade.
2020-02-13 07:08:43 PM tammiehall25 we
2020-02-13 07:09:13 PM cindyloucattell I tried making gold oreos once with edible gold spray. Fortunately I tried it before I took them in. They were awful
2020-02-13 07:09:23 PM tammiehall25 I've got a leprechaun hat craft i'm thinking about
2020-02-13 07:09:25 PM kamron87 oduels green beer?
2020-02-13 07:09:35 PM kaylenbaringer oh man im sorry to hear that i wanted to do that this year
2020-02-13 07:10:01 PM catherinemello aw man the oreos sounded like a great idea..wonder why they were awful
2020-02-13 07:10:07 PM ibouchard what is everyone doing for mardi gras
2020-02-13 07:10:11 PM quiana we have some jewlery molds, ill have to see if we have clover shaped..
2020-02-13 07:10:29 PM cindyloucattell Maybe it was the brand of spray
2020-02-13 07:10:33 PM tammiehall25 parade, beads and music for mardi gras
2020-02-13 07:10:41 PM francine Beads, parade, and king cake
2020-02-13 07:10:41 PM kamron87 we will make shamrock braclets
2020-02-13 07:10:45 PM rachelwalbridge of course one of my fav programs in march is march 14.. ie 3.14 Pi day
2020-02-13 07:10:55 PM jcullum When is Mardi Gras
2020-02-13 07:10:58 PM ibouchard of course, pie day!
2020-02-13 07:11:05 PM cindyloucattell Feb 25th
2020-02-13 07:11:13 PM kamron87 hey green cream pie!!
2020-02-13 07:11:19 PM rachelwalbridge nods
2020-02-13 07:11:24 PM kathleenk We ordered feathery masks for everyone and beads
2020-02-13 07:11:33 PM kathyhughes We had a Pancake Bar, staff paid $5 and residents ate for free
2020-02-13 07:11:52 PM francine Dollar tree had the best mardi gra mask feathers and all
2020-02-13 07:11:53 PM tammiehall25 we have masks too
2020-02-13 07:11:55 PM catherinemello love the pancake bar idea
2020-02-13 07:11:57 PM kaylenbaringer i do a monthly pancake bar =) the residents looveee it!
2020-02-13 07:12:07 PM rachelwalbridge we have a fun committee event for team members aon march 22
2020-02-13 07:12:08 PM cindyloucattell We're having a Pancake Day in March
2020-02-13 07:12:14 PM ibouchard our staff will be making panckes for all our residents. OH! monthly pancake bar, that's nice!
2020-02-13 07:12:15 PM quiana we always serve breakfast for dinner on fat Tuesday
2020-02-13 07:12:33 PM rachelwalbridge its goof off day. so we will have props and fun little things and do random fun activities with team memebrs
2020-02-13 07:12:46 PM francine Who cooks the pancakes kitchen?
2020-02-13 07:12:50 PM kaylenbaringer i do
2020-02-13 07:13:21 PM kathyhughes Dept Heads flip the flapjacks
2020-02-13 07:13:24 PM kaylenbaringer i bring a griddle in and I cook pancakes for about an hour, I have a bunch of different toppings, syrups, sprinkles, strawberries blueberries
2020-02-13 07:13:39 PM kathleenk nice1
2020-02-13 07:13:49 PM francine Hmmmm that sounds like a good idea. It'll kick off the fund raising season for me
2020-02-13 07:14:01 PM richelle70 When we do staff breakfast the activity and dietary director cook
2020-02-13 07:14:15 PM kamron87 i have a few higher functioning residents who say they are bord on the weekends but there are alot of activities for the weekend, when I ask them what they want to to dothey say they dont know, any suggestions?????
2020-02-13 07:14:23 PM rachelwalbridge we are getting into our spring cleaning "sparkle and shine"
2020-02-13 07:14:38 PM quiana we did a waffle bar, it was for activity appreciation week
2020-02-13 07:14:40 PM rachelwalbridge they are taking away my storage unit so. i need to trash a bunch of things sadly
2020-02-13 07:15:16 PM kathyhughes Rachel please call around and see if other activities depts can use them
2020-02-13 07:15:22 PM kathyhughes never trash them
2020-02-13 07:15:31 PM cassandras We are having pancakes too! Last time we had to cook everything and it was a lot of work:/
2020-02-13 07:15:40 PM kathyhughes Kami...put the residents in charge of their activities
2020-02-13 07:15:51 PM kathyhughes ask them what they would like to lead
2020-02-13 07:15:58 PM rachelwalbridge yes. im not throwing away good stuff. i will do that many places borrow decorations and such depending on their theme for the year
2020-02-13 07:16:08 PM kamron87 thank you kathy!
2020-02-13 07:16:11 PM kathleenk My higher functioning residents like to make tissue paper flowers for each holiday and sell them. We just finished Valentines and they will start on St. Patricks Day. The staff loves them! What they don't sell we use for decorations. It keeps them busy for hours!
2020-02-13 07:16:38 PM tammiehall25 we do karaoke on the weekends.....they love it!
2020-02-13 07:16:56 PM quiana weekends are good for movies, card games
2020-02-13 07:17:12 PM merrellsherry we totally love the karaoke too
2020-02-13 07:17:16 PM cassandras We are doing karake for Valentine's Day and they are super excited!
2020-02-13 07:17:28 PM kaylenbaringer i have games on the weekends, like auctions and white elephant games
2020-02-13 07:17:34 PM tammiehall25 Wii games are a hit too
2020-02-13 07:17:45 PM merrellsherry we started a uno group
2020-02-13 07:17:52 PM rachelwalbridge we love uno
2020-02-13 07:17:52 PM francine Karaoke is fun wii games are too.
2020-02-13 07:17:54 PM kathyhughes Each Sunday we have a tailgate party and watch sports, have snacks and invite families to join us
2020-02-13 07:18:12 PM kamron87 we have a WII but i have never used it, I need to break it out and see what its all about
2020-02-13 07:18:49 PM rachelwalbridge love video games , wii exbox etc
2020-02-13 07:18:59 PM merrellsherry trying to get my director to approve letting the men do wii hunting for mens group
2020-02-13 07:19:06 PM quiana we have ice cream social on sundays, it was a big hit during footbal season, now i have to find something else
2020-02-13 07:19:09 PM rachelwalbridge theyc an be so fun. we have xbox 360 because its handsfree no wiimotes
2020-02-13 07:19:14 PM cassandras I think we have a Wii too, but we've never used it either!
2020-02-13 07:19:44 PM francine Sounds like fun Kathy but the majority of the residents are female and the males we do have are like hermits. They get up to eat & smoke then sleep. The females are not interested in sports at all here
2020-02-13 07:19:50 PM ibouchard wii can be rather challenging but fun
2020-02-13 07:19:58 PM tammiehall25 we also have a bowling "league"....they play on sundays....
2020-02-13 07:20:06 PM cindyloucattell left the chat room
2020-02-13 07:20:06 PM merrellsherry us too
2020-02-13 07:20:08 PM kamron87 most of my residents are in their 80-90s, we only have a few in their 50s or 60s, i guess it depends on what they are all interested in. Mine love to go shopping but our van is only bigenough for 2 wheelchairs, makes it hard
2020-02-13 07:20:14 PM kathyhughes Thats too bad Francine....
2020-02-13 07:20:16 PM cindyloucattell enter the chat room
2020-02-13 07:20:47 PM kathyhughes Our ladies attended for the snacks and would do crafts on the other side of the room
2020-02-13 07:21:31 PM francine That's why i'm making the Cincinnati Reds opening day for the males only. I'm trying to get them more involved
2020-02-13 07:21:50 PM kaylenbaringer my men like to play poker and drink coffe
2020-02-13 07:21:57 PM jcullum It's hard to get men involved
2020-02-13 07:21:57 PM quiana thats cool francine
2020-02-13 07:22:11 PM kathleenk Its very hard
2020-02-13 07:22:12 PM rachelwalbridge we generally have a mens group lead by a male volunteer
2020-02-13 07:22:12 PM tammiehall25 We are seperated this week (flu outbreak) everyone has to stay on their own unit.....we have unhappy campers! :)
2020-02-13 07:22:23 PM cindyloucattell We have very few men in our facility
2020-02-13 07:22:23 PM rachelwalbridge they go around and hand out invitations and our team them gathers them together.
2020-02-13 07:22:26 PM catherinemello my dementia men are great with participation
2020-02-13 07:22:28 PM ibouchard we have a good group that LOVE to play skipbo
2020-02-13 07:22:29 PM kamron87 i tried a mens group but the few men we have are not interested, they hang out with the women and play games
2020-02-13 07:22:39 PM catherinemello ltc and short term men not so much
2020-02-13 07:22:45 PM cassandras Our men are mostly priests and they like to pray most of the day and stay to themselves so it's hard to get men involved too:/
2020-02-13 07:22:45 PM vanessawatson enter the chat room
2020-02-13 07:22:46 PM rachelwalbridge they visit with them solo a few times to build raport and then its easier for hte men to acccept the group
2020-02-13 07:22:49 PM richelle70 We have the flu also. No Valentines party for us
2020-02-13 07:22:53 PM quiana skipbo?
2020-02-13 07:23:08 PM rachelwalbridge too bad you couldnt do little debbies.
2020-02-13 07:23:10 PM tammiehall25 yup - we had to cancel all out fun stuff this week!
2020-02-13 07:23:14 PM kamron87 my residents love rumicube, dominos, farkle and bingo
2020-02-13 07:23:14 PM hmorris enter the chat room
2020-02-13 07:23:16 PM catherinemello we had the gi bug a few weeks ago not fun
2020-02-13 07:23:20 PM vanessawatson Good evening Kathy and class!
2020-02-13 07:23:23 PM hmorris HI GUYS
2020-02-13 07:23:23 PM rachelwalbridge individually wrapped sweet treat in a heart shape or somethign since everyone cant get out and mingle
2020-02-13 07:23:27 PM kathyhughes Well I had a lot of men ...we found that once we looked at their interests and what they did...we found out that many of them would do what their wives told them to do
2020-02-13 07:23:27 PM cassandras We have the Norovirus pretty bad.
2020-02-13 07:23:35 PM hmorris JUST ended our sweetheart dance
2020-02-13 07:23:37 PM kathyhughes So we would ask the Men to help us
2020-02-13 07:23:38 PM kathleenk lol
2020-02-13 07:23:48 PM francine lol
2020-02-13 07:23:51 PM kamron87 lol
2020-02-13 07:23:54 PM quiana hello vanessa(v)
2020-02-13 07:23:55 PM kathyhughes When we approached them that way they were happy to help us
2020-02-13 07:24:02 PM rachelwalbridge nice
2020-02-13 07:24:02 PM ibouchard we just started hosting a special mens lunch at all levels of care and it's been very successful
2020-02-13 07:24:11 PM hmorris like pass out flyers and build things?
2020-02-13 07:24:13 PM jcullum Good Idea
2020-02-13 07:24:15 PM rachelwalbridge its all in the approach
2020-02-13 07:24:27 PM kathyhughes Look at the married men...do they have special friends who are not their wives husbands?
2020-02-13 07:24:27 PM merrellsherry Yes Kathy, I found this is true recently and my mens group has improved so much!
2020-02-13 07:24:39 PM tammiehall25 our men's group has been well received......
2020-02-13 07:24:54 PM kaylenbaringer ilike that idea
2020-02-13 07:25:32 PM ibouchard they really enjoy having that special menu and just have lunch with the "guys" especially our long term care residents
2020-02-13 07:25:38 PM kathyhughes They would help us set up for activities, they would take cards around for residents to sign, they helped with the garden, they were very active
2020-02-13 07:25:43 PM quiana we have a good mens group as well, our Rehab director runs it
2020-02-13 07:25:51 PM kathyhughes they helped on the weekends by putting on a movie
2020-02-13 07:26:04 PM tammiehall25 they're all (6) WW II vets and they bring stories and pictures and just reminisce
2020-02-13 07:26:29 PM tammiehall25 ooh that e-moji was a typo!!! sorry
2020-02-13 07:26:30 PM rachelwalbridge mine like to give advice to the maintence men
2020-02-13 07:26:41 PM cassandras All Hahaha Tammie
2020-02-13 07:27:07 PM tammiehall25 geez....it was supposed to be a 6
2020-02-13 07:27:16 PM tammiehall25 I only have 6 men...
2020-02-13 07:27:19 PM ciericah left the chat room
2020-02-13 07:27:20 PM ciericah enter the chat room
2020-02-13 07:27:50 PM kaylenbaringer i have 40 with about 16 constant participants
2020-02-13 07:28:06 PM tammiehall25 don't know where the devil came from.....
2020-02-13 07:28:07 PM kathyhughes I had a couple of men who worked with the Maintanence Dept with check lists to make sure everything is working right
2020-02-13 07:28:11 PM vanessawatson Wow 40!
2020-02-13 07:28:16 PM catherinemello i have 40 dementia residents and probably about 15 are men
2020-02-13 07:28:21 PM tammiehall25 40.....!
2020-02-13 07:28:23 PM kaylenbaringer 43 women and 40 men
2020-02-13 07:28:25 PM tammiehall25 thats a lot
2020-02-13 07:28:30 PM rachelwalbridge nods we had a guy actually give an inservice on tile cutting
2020-02-13 07:28:37 PM tammiehall25 cool
2020-02-13 07:28:38 PM quiana we have about20
2020-02-13 07:28:46 PM rachelwalbridge he didnt cut the tile but used grese pensils and such and expalined who to do all of it
2020-02-13 07:28:49 PM rachelwalbridge they really enjoyed it
2020-02-13 07:28:55 PM cassandras Do you all seperate your dementia residents from the rest? Like have seperate floors or wings?
2020-02-13 07:29:03 PM cindyloucattell most of my residents are lower functioning
2020-02-13 07:29:11 PM richelle70 Yes seperate households
2020-02-13 07:29:13 PM ibouchard I have 8 men out of 30 in my memory care unit.
2020-02-13 07:29:15 PM francine We on have 60 residents total and we're a 75 bed facility. Sad
2020-02-13 07:29:21 PM tammiehall25 Its a challenge.....to get everyone ngaed Ifeel like most of themare sleeping all the time....declining
2020-02-13 07:29:28 PM kaylenbaringer ours are mixed in all together
2020-02-13 07:29:30 PM kathyhughes Check with Home Depot they have lessons that you can take the men to
2020-02-13 07:29:41 PM ibouchard we have separate communities for both assisted living and long term care residents.
2020-02-13 07:29:42 PM vanessawatson No we do not separate from nursing population.
2020-02-13 07:29:49 PM cassandras Really? I didn't know that the Home Depot did that!!!!
2020-02-13 07:30:07 PM rachelwalbridge other than our locked demntia unit they are mixed together
2020-02-13 07:30:07 PM kathyhughes Yes they do
2020-02-13 07:30:09 PM cindyloucattell no one is seperated
2020-02-13 07:30:34 PM ibouchard we co-mingle
2020-02-13 07:31:06 PM kathyhughes I prefer to look at residents can do instead of what they can't do
2020-02-13 07:31:18 PM kathyhughes That way it is easier to plan activities for them
2020-02-13 07:31:43 PM rachelwalbridge very true and with adaption. many can do what you might not thing they can
2020-02-13 07:31:46 PM cassandras That is a good point
2020-02-13 07:31:48 PM kathyhughes What do you all do for staff in the spring
2020-02-13 07:31:54 PM kaylenbaringer i just hda this conversation with a gaurdian, she was shocked that I took a client to an activity today and I explained how she WAS able to participate
2020-02-13 07:32:05 PM hmorris build gardens
2020-02-13 07:32:20 PM hmorris you can make a mini greenhouse form milk jugs
2020-02-13 07:32:23 PM hmorris from
2020-02-13 07:32:40 PM quiana we have a annunal staff appreciation ceremony
2020-02-13 07:32:46 PM hmorris there are a lot of things they can still do.
2020-02-13 07:32:53 PM catherinemello nursing home week in may
2020-02-13 07:32:55 PM kathyhughes It is amazing what people can do when we look at their strenghts
2020-02-13 07:33:04 PM rachelwalbridge very true
2020-02-13 07:33:05 PM kaylenbaringer agreed!
2020-02-13 07:33:08 PM catherinemello theme days everyday for nursing home week.
2020-02-13 07:33:10 PM ibouchard we are also planning for nursing home week
2020-02-13 07:33:15 PM hmorris we do lunches for staff once a month
2020-02-13 07:33:18 PM jcullum I agree with you
2020-02-13 07:33:23 PM hmorris yes nursing home week
2020-02-13 07:33:37 PM catherinemello we also do staff lunches once a month and soup in the breakroom on the weekends
2020-02-13 07:33:43 PM hmorris bingo marathon went great last year. ;) thanks Kathy
2020-02-13 07:33:43 PM ibouchard do you also have something new for each day of the week
2020-02-13 07:33:48 PM vanessawatson We have additional activities each day to celebrate staff.
2020-02-13 07:33:54 PM rachelwalbridge im not tointo the the sharing our stories theme this year
2020-02-13 07:34:07 PM hmorris tye dye shirts
2020-02-13 07:34:09 PM merrellsherry we just got another mobile administrator so everything is up i the air until we get a permanent one
2020-02-13 07:34:36 PM kamron87 im going to do tie dye shirts for the 4th of july
2020-02-13 07:34:48 PM ibouchard we are going to showcase some of our residents that always are willing to share their stories and then have our staff showcase their hobbies
2020-02-13 07:35:04 PM kathleenk Thats a great idea
2020-02-13 07:35:09 PM catherinemello does anyone know the theme for this years nursing home week??
2020-02-13 07:35:18 PM cassandras Tie-dye sounds SUPER fun!!!
2020-02-13 07:35:28 PM cindyloucattell We're going to make gnomes
2020-02-13 07:35:51 PM jcullum We tie dyed shirts and the residents still wear them
2020-02-13 07:36:17 PM kathyhughes Sharing our Wisdom is the theme
2020-02-13 07:36:17 PM cassandras did you provide all the shirts or did the residents pay for the shirts?
2020-02-13 07:36:22 PM quiana Sharing our Wisdom
2020-02-13 07:36:23 PM ibouchard ceramic gnomes?
2020-02-13 07:36:28 PM kaylenbaringer i actually like that theme
2020-02-13 07:36:34 PM catherinemello oh nice better than last years lol
2020-02-13 07:36:37 PM richelle70 We did shirts, socks, hand bags. One resident wanted tie dyed sheets.
2020-02-13 07:36:37 PM kathyhughes I bet that the residents would love to do that
2020-02-13 07:36:44 PM jcullum That is a good theme
2020-02-13 07:36:44 PM vanessawatson We supplied te shirts.
2020-02-13 07:36:52 PM kathyhughes they have lots of experience they could write a book!
2020-02-13 07:36:52 PM kamron87 lol
2020-02-13 07:37:05 PM rachelwalbridge or share recipes
2020-02-13 07:37:13 PM francine Mine would for sure especially the been there and done that ones
2020-02-13 07:37:20 PM rachelwalbridge for a cooking program. or plan for a social
2020-02-13 07:37:54 PM kaylenbaringer i struggled last year with the week.... My admin wanted a different countries theme for every day of the week. I wasnt allowed to do anything I wanted to do =( but I made it through and everyone had a great time
2020-02-13 07:38:09 PM tammiehall25 I got some great stories.....they have some amazing storie
2020-02-13 07:38:32 PM francine Why was the admin controlling your activities choices
2020-02-13 07:38:38 PM ibouchard we have a resident who is going blind and is really into working with another resident about writing the stories during the war and holocaust. She was a spy at one point and saved many children during the holocaust
2020-02-13 07:38:38 PM quiana nice