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2014-04-29 06:55:12 PM kimholbrook What about assisted living week?
2014-04-29 06:55:17 PM debbie134 left the chat room
2014-04-29 06:55:20 PM kathyhughes Musical Memories
2014-04-29 06:55:21 PM lisaturske how do we find you on pinterest
2014-04-29 06:55:25 PM kathyhughes in Sept
2014-04-29 06:55:29 PM johndavid i feel more of a facebooker than anything else
2014-04-29 06:55:35 PM johndavid but i'll give it a try
2014-04-29 06:55:44 PM valsalazar Thanks for all the great idea... how can i get into your pintrest Kathy?
2014-04-29 06:55:45 PM sibarra80 oh I see, so kathy how can I aproach dance studios to donate their time and perfom for free?
2014-04-29 06:55:53 PM onelliaad left the chat room
2014-04-29 06:55:54 PM kathyhughes Kateh201 on Pinterest
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2014-04-29 06:55:59 PM kathyhughes ask them
2014-04-29 06:56:02 PM kathyhughes and beg
2014-04-29 06:56:02 PM rose48mary that sounds like a great idea
2014-04-29 06:56:13 PM kathyhughes all you have to do is ask
2014-04-29 06:56:20 PM kathyhughes all they can do is say no
2014-04-29 06:56:29 PM sibarra80 just like that, what if they say no :'(
2014-04-29 06:56:32 PM tammy73 left the chat room
2014-04-29 06:56:38 PM kathyhughes try the next one
2014-04-29 06:56:46 PM nans good night everyone have a good week
2014-04-29 06:56:49 PM kathyhughes someone will
2014-04-29 06:56:49 PM sibarra80 is my first time reaching out to the community
2014-04-29 06:56:55 PM lisaturske goodnight!
2014-04-29 06:57:05 PM johndavid dont be nervous about reaching out
2014-04-29 06:57:08 PM tammy73 enter the chat room
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2014-04-29 06:57:17 PM kathyhughes have a list of what you exactly want
2014-04-29 06:57:22 PM tammy73 left the chat room
2014-04-29 06:57:24 PM johndavid i was at first, but then i realized that people really do and will help if asked
2014-04-29 06:57:27 PM rose48mary thanks everyone have a great week and evening
2014-04-29 06:57:28 PM kathyhughes make sure that you concentrate on one thing
2014-04-29 06:57:34 PM nans left the chat room
2014-04-29 06:57:35 PM kathyhughes be lazer focused
2014-04-29 06:57:39 PM kathyhughes and be exact
2014-04-29 06:57:51 PM johndavid and very very friendly!
2014-04-29 06:57:54 PM sibarra80 give me an example pleaseeee :P
2014-04-29 06:57:57 PM rose48mary left the chat room
2014-04-29 06:58:10 PM kathyhughes then send them a thank-you card with your business card in it
2014-04-29 06:58:11 PM kimholbrook thank you Kathy for all the info.
2014-04-29 06:58:18 PM aleciathornton bye guys!
2014-04-29 06:58:35 PM jamiesmith we have a local beauty school coming to do our residents hair for a special mothers day treat. The local beauty schools do it for free
2014-04-29 06:58:57 PM kathyhughes Hello...I an Sylvia from Z Nursing Home and the residents would like to see your dancers for Mothers Day
2014-04-29 06:59:09 PM johndavid Kathy, you do not have to answer on here, but i just want to follow up on an email i sent you. I just want to make sure you got it.
2014-04-29 06:59:26 PM valsalazar Do I have to make a pintrest account?
2014-04-29 06:59:34 PM kathyhughes Can I schedule you for May 10 at 2
2014-04-29 06:59:42 PM sibarra80 thank you Kathy, Thank you John, thats a great Idea
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2014-04-29 06:59:52 PM kathyhughes John you will have to remind me
2014-04-29 07:00:02 PM kathyhughes you can ask here
2014-04-29 07:00:08 PM aleciathornton left the chat room
2014-04-29 07:00:37 PM johndavid i was wondering if MEPAP II can be done "at your own pace" and if so can we still do the optional two payment plan?
2014-04-29 07:01:38 PM kathyhughes Yes there is a paced MEPAP2 and I don't have anything to do with the payments....I just get a check every week.....the office is in Texas and I am in NY
2014-04-29 07:01:57 PM jamiesmith Hope everyone has a good night
2014-04-29 07:02:03 PM kathyhughes I haven't even met the people in the office! Would trip over them
2014-04-29 07:02:08 PM kathyhughes and not know
2014-04-29 07:02:23 PM johndavid ok thanks :) I will give them a call tomorrow and find out.
2014-04-29 07:02:25 PM kathyhughes so I would call Sheryl or Damon
2014-04-29 07:02:30 PM jamiesmith left the chat room
2014-04-29 07:02:35 PM kathyhughes sorry thats how weird this is
2014-04-29 07:02:54 PM kimholbrook left the chat room
2014-04-29 07:02:55 PM kathyhughes but hey its a job! LOL
2014-04-29 07:03:09 PM sibarra80 a great job by the way
2014-04-29 07:03:14 PM kathyhughes thanks
2014-04-29 07:03:16 PM johndavid haha. it sounds that way. but so far im enjoying this class. its really helped me out with my time management and organization skills
2014-04-29 07:03:35 PM johndavid Which believe me....were terrible!!! haha
2014-04-29 07:03:42 PM kathyhughes thats good because we cover that in MEPAP2 as well
2014-04-29 07:03:50 PM kathyhughes we all have that problem
2014-04-29 07:03:57 PM kathyhughes I make lists
2014-04-29 07:03:58 PM kristicox GOODNIGHT I HAVE TO GET READY FOR WORK
2014-04-29 07:04:03 PM kathyhughes ok
2014-04-29 07:04:08 PM kathyhughes Have a good week
2014-04-29 07:04:09 PM johndavid i have yet another annoying question
2014-04-29 07:04:12 PM kathyhughes ok
2014-04-29 07:04:27 PM kathyhughes no annoying questions!
2014-04-29 07:04:28 PM kristicox I HAVE A HOSPICE PATIENT I TAKE CARE OF 7 DAYS A WEEK
2014-04-29 07:04:47 PM kristicox GOT TO GO GOOD NIGHT
2014-04-29 07:04:49 PM johndavid why is it that if you have a bachelors degree you only have to do 2 years of experience work in the field by if you only have an associates its 3
2014-04-29 07:04:50 PM kathyhughes Thats a calling Krista
2014-04-29 07:05:10 PM johndavid when if you look at track 2 3 and 4 its still 6000 hours.
2014-04-29 07:05:13 PM kathyhughes good question
2014-04-29 07:05:16 PM kristicox YEP PLUS SCHOOL AND 60 PLUS HOURS A WEEK
2014-04-29 07:05:44 PM johndavid its like there is really no benefit in having an associates degree to get certified vs not having one and getting certified
2014-04-29 07:05:59 PM valsalazar Kathy Do I have to have a pintrest account to see you board?
2014-04-29 07:06:10 PM kathyhughes I know but the minimum standard is 2 years experience and believe me when I tell you I tried to change that however the room was filled with Masters people
2014-04-29 07:06:23 PM kathyhughes Yes Valerie
2014-04-29 07:06:41 PM kristicox left the chat room
2014-04-29 07:06:51 PM johndavid Thanks Kathy...have a great evening everyone!
2014-04-29 07:06:57 PM kathyhughes I tried to change the hours of experience but was voted down I even tried to negotiate it
2014-04-29 07:07:01 PM kathyhughes you are welcome
2014-04-29 07:07:18 PM johndavid left the chat room
2014-04-29 07:07:20 PM sibarra80 have you guys tried favecrafts.com?
2014-04-29 07:07:28 PM kathyhughes yes its a great site
2014-04-29 07:07:31 PM valsalazar Ok thx!! I have never use it so I didnt know how it worked..
2014-04-29 07:07:41 PM kathyhughes Its easy and fun
2014-04-29 07:07:45 PM sibarra80 I know Im an addict to it now
2014-04-29 07:07:47 PM kathyhughes and addictive
2014-04-29 07:07:52 PM kathyhughes very
2014-04-29 07:07:57 PM kathyhughes very
2014-04-29 07:08:00 PM kathyhughes addictive
2014-04-29 07:08:02 PM sibarra80 after that one assignment we had lol
2014-04-29 07:08:21 PM kathyhughes Have a Good week all
2014-04-29 07:08:25 PM kathyhughes Good Night
2014-04-29 07:08:36 PM kathyhughes See you all next week here in this room
2014-04-29 07:08:39 PM kathyhughes here
2014-04-29 07:08:46 PM kathyhughes OPen Discussion
2014-04-29 07:08:50 PM sibarra80 thank you same to you too and good nite to all
2014-04-29 07:08:51 PM valsalazar Good night Kathy
2014-04-29 07:08:53 PM kathyhughes Good Night!
2014-04-29 07:08:56 PM kathyhughes left the chat room
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2014-04-30 06:54:05 AM dthompson enter the chat room
2014-04-30 06:55:03 AM dthompson Good morning to any of you in this morning chat.
2014-04-30 07:00:05 AM dthompson We have our big family BBQ coming up.
2014-04-30 07:01:03 AM dthompson A hollywood theme, just like the volunteer dinner
2014-04-30 07:02:00 AM dthompson These events have grown on top of each other every year. So, there are plenty of decorations.
2014-04-30 07:04:46 AM dthompson I guess no one is chating.....I will give this a little more time....the last thing I want to do is comment another night. Right now the only weekend night I am home is Thursday The live chat on Tuesday is a hugh challenge for me.
2014-04-30 07:07:27 AM dthompson Sorry this time didn't work for any of you out there.
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2014-04-30 04:18:57 PM lindayoung1964 enter the chat room
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2014-04-30 04:27:54 PM nans enter the chat room
2014-04-30 04:28:13 PM lindayoung1964 hye
2014-04-30 04:28:13 PM nans are you in this room limda?
2014-04-30 04:28:17 PM lindayoung1964 yes
2014-04-30 04:28:23 PM lindayoung1964 i got your email
2014-04-30 04:28:40 PM lindayoung1964 what is your first name?
2014-04-30 04:28:50 PM nans nanette
2014-04-30 04:29:03 PM lindayoung1964 I figured that just making sure
2014-04-30 04:29:19 PM nans they call me nan at work easy to remember
2014-04-30 04:29:31 PM lindayoung1964 yeah i would agree
2014-04-30 04:29:52 PM nans is yours linda or lucy
2014-04-30 04:30:00 PM lindayoung1964 Suppose to talk about up coming events I will start.
2014-04-30 04:30:06 PM nans ok
2014-04-30 04:30:08 PM lindayoung1964 linda lucy is a nickname
2014-04-30 04:30:25 PM nans where is mary
2014-04-30 04:30:50 PM lindayoung1964 we are going to have a prom in june having dj, decorations, pictures anddinner
2014-04-30 04:31:11 PM lindayoung1964 i do not know where she is she was going to be here
2014-04-30 04:31:15 PM nans are the residents going to come in gowns
2014-04-30 04:31:38 PM lindayoung1964 yes we had 24 gowns donated and more are suppose to be on the way
2014-04-30 04:31:50 PM lindayoung1964 Dinner, then prom
2014-04-30 04:32:13 PM lindayoung1964 Some of the residents have already picked their gown out
2014-04-30 04:32:14 PM nans thats going to be nice will bring back memories for them
2014-04-30 04:32:31 PM nans do most of your res walk
2014-04-30 04:33:04 PM lindayoung1964 Think of a theme I thought memories of yester year any ideas and mabe 10% walk
2014-04-30 04:33:22 PM lindayoung1964 we can still dance in chairs
2014-04-30 04:33:44 PM nans we have a lot of married couples I want to hold a wedding party in june and have them bring in their wedding pics and frame them
2014-04-30 04:33:57 PM marybowden enter the chat room
2014-04-30 04:34:08 PM lindayoung1964 do you have any ideas on themes for prom
2014-04-30 04:34:11 PM lindayoung1964 hello mary
2014-04-30 04:34:26 PM nans hi mary
2014-04-30 04:34:45 PM marybowden Hello ladies! Took me a minute to find you :)
2014-04-30 04:34:46 PM nans do you have a theme for the prom
2014-04-30 04:35:22 PM lindayoung1964 thought about memories of yester year and hanging old pictures
2014-04-30 04:35:54 PM marybowden Prom? to be honest, we don't really have residents that dance or anything like that, but "Through the Years" would be good or if it's during nursing home week you could do "Under the Sea"
2014-04-30 04:36:02 PM lindayoung1964 The DJ is a friend of mine and he is going to play music from the 40's and 50's
2014-04-30 04:36:25 PM nans maybe go with the 50s theme
2014-04-30 04:36:26 PM marybowden You could have a mocktail bar
2014-04-30 04:36:43 PM lindayoung1964 it is in june, Nan i like your idea of wedding party
2014-04-30 04:36:53 PM lindayoung1964 no bars,
2014-04-30 04:37:10 PM marybowden Not even with the mocktails, non-alcoholic drinks?
2014-04-30 04:37:13 PM nans i found a pic where you make a cake from towels it is so neat
2014-04-30 04:37:17 PM lindayoung1964 hope i dont lose you all there is a strom passing threw
2014-04-30 04:37:30 PM lindayoung1964 they are i have seen them before
2014-04-30 04:37:35 PM marybowden Are you in Ohio Linda?
2014-04-30 04:37:42 PM lindayoung1964 no West Virginia
2014-04-30 04:37:48 PM lindayoung1964 eastern WV
2014-04-30 04:38:00 PM nans wow the weather is been really weird this year
2014-04-30 04:38:15 PM lindayoung1964 what part of ohio are you from mary my son lives inhuntington
2014-04-30 04:38:16 PM nans we had some sun today in michigan
2014-04-30 04:38:25 PM marybowden Ok I live fifteen minutes from Chester WV. The weather has been nuts. I'm in East Liverpool
2014-04-30 04:38:46 PM lindayoung1964 wow nan you have not see spring yet!lol
2014-04-30 04:39:04 PM nans we had 51 today it felt so nice
2014-04-30 04:39:07 PM marybowden Towel cakes are nice and you can straight-pin flowers to them to look extra fancy.
2014-04-30 04:39:20 PM lindayoung1964 i agree weather has been weird, we have only been able totake residents out 1 or 2 days so far
2014-04-30 04:39:44 PM lindayoung1964 So What events are you all planning
2014-04-30 04:39:53 PM nans no outside here yet they are all to cold has to get in the 65 to 70
2014-04-30 04:40:04 PM lindayoung1964 yeah i bet
2014-04-30 04:40:14 PM marybowden I just finished planning nursing home week, stars wars day, cinco de mayo and our veteran's pinning ceremont
2014-04-30 04:40:26 PM lindayoung1964 what is cinco de mayo?
2014-04-30 04:40:29 PM nans i want to do a elvis birthday party in jan our res love elvis
2014-04-30 04:41:00 PM nans i havent done an event for cinco de mayo yet what do you do
2014-04-30 04:41:02 PM lindayoung1964 we are having elvis in for National Nursing home week and dressing 50's staff and residents
2014-04-30 04:41:21 PM nans that sounds like a good week to do that
2014-04-30 04:41:27 PM marybowden It's a Mexican Holiday, always on May 5th.
2014-04-30 04:41:36 PM nans we dress up
2014-04-30 04:41:50 PM lindayoung1964 what do you do?
2014-04-30 04:42:03 PM marybowden We are have mock-sangrias and trivia, maraca craft, and word search clubs.
2014-04-30 04:42:12 PM lindayoung1964 oh
2014-04-30 04:42:35 PM nans we have a different dress day for nursing home week like sports day crazy sock day ect
2014-04-30 04:42:40 PM marybowden Two years ago I planned a big Mexican lunch, only to discover that the residents, except two, hate MExican food. They still do.
2014-04-30 04:42:55 PM lindayoung1964 our big event is taking probably 14 residents to walmart shopping and feeding hem subway next week.
2014-04-30 04:43:38 PM nans we go to the casino for an outing country music on monday
2014-04-30 04:43:42 PM marybowden That's cool. Nursing Home week is our biggest one...the Aloha theme. We will have fun crafts, games and trivia, a Hawaiian lunch, Authentic Hula Dancers and a big Luau
2014-04-30 04:44:17 PM nans our manager in the kitchen didnt want ot do the aloha theme
2014-04-30 04:44:19 PM lindayoung1964 we do not have a theme
2014-04-30 04:44:37 PM marybowden Really? I would have told her to suck it up lol (well in my mind)
2014-04-30 04:44:52 PM marybowden What theme did you choose Nan? Linda what activities will you be doing then?
2014-04-30 04:45:21 PM lindayoung1964 we are doing pet day, 50's day with elvis, cookout with live bluegrass band, line dancers, ice cream social
2014-04-30 04:45:44 PM lindayoung1964 gospel day
2014-04-30 04:45:48 PM nans we dont go with a theme we just dress up different every day and do special lunches for the residents
2014-04-30 04:46:16 PM marybowden THat sounds fun! When we did fifties day two years ago we had milkshakes and other drive in food and we got a fun cutout for pictures.
2014-04-30 04:46:33 PM lindayoung1964 thats kinda of what we do, my boss seems to dothe same thing every year i dont complain because she is the boss not me
2014-04-30 04:46:34 PM nans we have a choir coming in and hospice is making rootbeer floats. we do a wet tshirt contest
2014-04-30 04:46:52 PM marybowden Nan what ways will they be dressing up? wait wet t-shirt contest?!
2014-04-30 04:47:12 PM lindayoung1964 that is funny mary
2014-04-30 04:47:18 PM nans mon- sports day tues is crazy hat day
2014-04-30 04:48:09 PM nans wed is hawiaan day thur is red white and blue and fri is sock day
2014-04-30 04:48:25 PM lindayoung1964 my grandson is graduating from kindergarden the 15th so i will be missing part of that week.
2014-04-30 04:48:44 PM marybowden How about polka dot day? Wear polka dots, "heart attack" residents doors with polka dots that have nice compliments about them...
2014-04-30 04:48:50 PM nans the wet tshirt is you wet tshirts and throw them in buckets to see how many they can get in the buckets
2014-04-30 04:49:18 PM lindayoung1964 that is an idea
2014-04-30 04:49:28 PM nans my daughter is grad from college and i wll miss friday
2014-04-30 04:49:47 PM nans they love the wet tshirt contest
2014-04-30 04:50:01 PM lindayoung1964 like the idea for wet t-shirt contest
2014-04-30 04:50:06 PM marybowden Oh okay. I was going to say that would make my male residents leave in a heartbeat lol. That sounds fun. I have to miss the first day due to Jury Duty :( hopefully it gets canceled or only lasts one day. Nan you will have to post some pictures, I'm curious to see
2014-04-30 04:50:40 PM nans they all come to see what it is all about one way of getting the guys to an actvity
2014-04-30 04:51:00 PM lindayoung1964 I would guess so
2014-04-30 04:51:21 PM nans you know the men they dont change even with age
2014-04-30 04:51:29 PM marybowden True. no they don't
2014-04-30 04:51:57 PM nans our men dont wnat to get involved they stay to themselves
2014-04-30 04:52:08 PM lindayoung1964 ours too
2014-04-30 04:52:30 PM lindayoung1964 we have a few men that attend but not many
2014-04-30 04:52:48 PM nans my birthday is mon but i will have to work cause of the activities we get holiday pay for that
2014-04-30 04:52:52 PM marybowden Ours don't really get involved except in movies and the occassional bingo. I'm going to try poker again (no gambling just the cards)
2014-04-30 04:53:13 PM marybowden At least you get extra money :)
2014-04-30 04:53:17 PM lindayoung1964 I did a breakfast once they liked it
2014-04-30 04:53:26 PM lindayoung1964 but dont always work
2014-04-30 04:53:37 PM nans i am going to try the wii we just recieved fishing game maybe they will like that
2014-04-30 04:53:40 PM marybowden HOw about pizza, rootbeer and a sports movie?
2014-04-30 04:53:59 PM nans we do breakfast for the vets on memorial day and veterans day
2014-04-30 04:54:20 PM lindayoung1964 either idea might work but our residents in general did not like the wii
2014-04-30 04:54:22 PM nans can you serve beer
2014-04-30 04:54:22 PM marybowden The wii works well too. I instituted it two years ago when I filled in as activity director and we have been doing it since then
2014-04-30 04:54:42 PM lindayoung1964 maybe we need to try it again
2014-04-30 04:55:08 PM nans i want a male volunteer to do ours with them havent found one yet
2014-04-30 04:55:37 PM marybowden I can only serve Odoulls. Their meds interact with alcohol and the owner would not like it.
2014-04-30 04:55:49 PM lindayoung1964 a male volunteer would be nice and that just gave me an idea
2014-04-30 04:56:19 PM lindayoung1964 i am going to ask our male volunteer security guard hold our mens group
2014-04-30 04:56:48 PM nans i wish our manitance crew would get involved
2014-04-30 04:57:10 PM nans sorry about the typing
2014-04-30 04:57:28 PM marybowden Nan you can always try the high schools. A grandson of one of our nurses asked to volunteer..he needed hours for honors society. For maintencance crews, maybe see if they will allow male residents to help them build raised flower boxes
2014-04-30 04:58:26 PM nans we have 2 raised gardens boxes a volunteer garden club built them 2 years ago
2014-04-30 04:59:06 PM nans we put in tomatoes, green beans and peppers
2014-04-30 04:59:10 PM lindayoung1964 THAT PROBLEM IS EVERYWHERE, CAN NOT GET STAFF INVOLED FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS
2014-04-30 04:59:29 PM lindayoung1964 WE DO TOMATOES AND FLOWERS
2014-04-30 04:59:31 PM nans i know they say it is not there jobs
2014-04-30 04:59:37 PM lindayoung1964 THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT
2014-04-30 05:00:16 PM nans we put out hanging baskets of flowers. they choose what to put in the garden same res same thing every year
2014-04-30 05:00:18 PM lindayoung1964 OUR DEPARTMENT REALLY SUPPORTED US HALLOWEEN, OUR TRICK-OR-TREAT WITH THE RESIDENTS WAS A HUGE HIT
2014-04-30 05:00:32 PM lindayoung1964 YES NAN SAME WITH US
2014-04-30 05:00:42 PM marybowden it is hard to do that. For unity day last year we made each department rotate calling bingo for our all day bingo marathon. The aides and a few nurses are the issues when some residents are having outbursts and need a one on one. They expect me to drop everything, even an ongoing group activity, to deal with them.
2014-04-30 05:01:31 PM nans we have the school kids come in from 3 till 4:30 the trick or treat the res pass out candy and where paper bag hats we make with them
2014-04-30 05:01:46 PM nans we are to do 2-3 jobs at one time
2014-04-30 05:02:07 PM marybowden We have resident and staff family come trick or treat while residents pass candy and then we had halloween games and prizes.
2014-04-30 05:02:45 PM nans halloween trivia and stories in the evenig but they get tired
2014-04-30 05:04:08 PM lindayoung1964 we decorated our departments, set residents by their door and gave them candy to give out, had games for them in solarium
2014-04-30 05:04:24 PM nans we very low cog residents right now and ones that are there for short stay for re hab and dont want to get involved. our groups are about 6-10 residents. except bingo then we have about 20
2014-04-30 05:04:28 PM lindayoung1964 kids played the games the residents loved watching the kids
2014-04-30 05:04:58 PM nans dogs and kids they all love them to watch them
2014-04-30 05:05:08 PM lindayoung1964 i tottally agree
2014-04-30 05:05:38 PM nans i want to bring in a petty zoo on the patio this summer but cant fin anyone to contact
2014-04-30 05:06:12 PM marybowden Have you contacted any local small farmers?
2014-04-30 05:06:40 PM lindayoung1964 we have the Past 80 party coming up that is held within our county we attended it every year, residents love it at the end they crown a king and queen that is the oldes we have 102 year old this year hope she goes
2014-04-30 05:06:48 PM nans not yet but good idea
2014-04-30 05:06:57 PM marybowden For your low cog residents, have you tried sensory boxes?
2014-04-30 05:07:10 PM lindayoung1964 nan will your department not help you, as in nursing
2014-04-30 05:07:32 PM nans they love the find things in rice and sorting and folding clothes
2014-04-30 05:07:56 PM nans right they dont want to help at all
2014-04-30 05:08:13 PM lindayoung1964 i like that idea also of the finding things inrice
2014-04-30 05:08:32 PM lindayoung1964 that is a shame one of these day they will be there and nobody will help them
2014-04-30 05:08:43 PM nans they bring out the troubled ones at the wrong activities expect the girls to baby sit
2014-04-30 05:09:34 PM nans i mainly do the paper work and i have 2 assistance that do the activities. but i love the 1-1s so i go room to room when i can
2014-04-30 05:09:42 PM marybowden That's a good one, sensory bags, season sensory boxes.
2014-04-30 05:10:46 PM marybowden Nan I wish I had the ability to do that. I enjoy being the wone doing activities Tues-Friday (my assistant works M, SAt, Sun), but some times I wish I had more time to do one on ones and all the office and paper work.
2014-04-30 05:10:48 PM lindayoung1964 what all do you put in the boxes
2014-04-30 05:11:58 PM lindayoung1964 i help my director withthe paper work, i do the daily charting when i am there, do care plans everything she does if it is not done
2014-04-30 05:12:34 PM nans i used to do all the one on ones till my boss retired and now i am going to be the boss they ask for me that makes me feel so good and needed there
2014-04-30 05:12:41 PM marybowden I use scented oils, objects that represent the season, textured items. once took a seminar on Sand Therapy and it was informative, can be useful for calming someone down.
2014-04-30 05:13:35 PM lindayoung1964 thaks
2014-04-30 05:14:11 PM nans in the fall i use gords pumkins sented candels indian corn fall leaves ect
2014-04-30 05:14:56 PM nans fresh flowers for spring
2014-04-30 05:15:15 PM lindayoung1964 gotch ya
2014-04-30 05:15:20 PM marybowden I have done the same for fall. At chrstmas, scented candles or oils that smell pine, etc. Also ornaments, mini tree, etc.
2014-04-30 05:15:30 PM lindayoung1964 ok
2014-04-30 05:15:40 PM nans can you send info on the on the sand therapy to me
2014-04-30 05:15:48 PM lindayoung1964 me too
2014-04-30 05:15:56 PM marybowden On pinterest if you type in sensory boxes there are a lot of ideas. I also do a science club. Sure what's your email?
2014-04-30 05:16:06 PM nans i dont like the smell of pine but use it any way
2014-04-30 05:16:21 PM nans mine is nschultz@mcmcf.org
2014-04-30 05:16:38 PM marybowden I like the candle "fresh baslam"..it's not too strong of pine, which is nicer
2014-04-30 05:16:58 PM nans good idea
2014-04-30 05:17:24 PM nans just thought of a good theme for the prom the beauty and the beast
2014-04-30 05:17:33 PM marybowden Aww that would be sweet!
2014-04-30 05:17:47 PM marybowden Linda what's your email?
2014-04-30 05:17:50 PM lindayoung1964 linda is lucymay1964@yahoo.com
2014-04-30 05:18:06 PM lindayoung1964 that is cute will pass it on
2014-04-30 05:18:21 PM nans are you going to do the chat tonight at 8
2014-04-30 05:18:31 PM marybowden Yes I plan to.
2014-04-30 05:18:32 PM lindayoung1964 yes going to try
2014-04-30 05:19:03 PM lindayoung1964 are there any other events we need to discuss
2014-04-30 05:19:39 PM nans have any planned for this summer
2014-04-30 05:20:04 PM nans we live by the beach i would like to take the guys fishing if it warms up
2014-04-30 05:20:16 PM lindayoung1964 we do outings andcookouts and we have a main event every wednesday
2014-04-30 05:20:29 PM nans that would be off the pier
2014-04-30 05:20:38 PM lindayoung1964 i would love that nan, we dont take them fishing
2014-04-30 05:20:52 PM nans what is the events on wed?
2014-04-30 05:20:54 PM lindayoung1964 we used to take themout on boat

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