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2015-08-25 06:09:35 PM crystalbailey4 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:09:36 PM bradc yesterday we did a presentation on Emila Earhart and had residents share their theories on what hapened to her- we showed short movies, pictures etc
2015-08-25 06:09:43 PM melsue93 christiking i was planning on doing that next month! I'm glad to hear it look soog
2015-08-25 06:09:51 PM jennide221 sounds like fun brad
2015-08-25 06:09:54 PM acollis03 yes our occupational therapist uses video games alot for activity tolerance stuff
2015-08-25 06:10:10 PM christiking I got the idea off pinterest..
2015-08-25 06:10:21 PM melsue93 thats where i saw it too hahaha
2015-08-25 06:10:26 PM melsue93 love pinterest
2015-08-25 06:10:40 PM christiking I wish I had more help so I could get more residents involved
2015-08-25 06:10:59 PM jennide221 me too christi king....there isn't much for volunteers to do
2015-08-25 06:11:11 PM melsue93 yeah typically its only me who does activities with the residents but i mornally only get 7-14 people out
2015-08-25 06:11:21 PM sherrij Where do you buy your canvas? Any deals somewhere?
2015-08-25 06:11:23 PM bradc my coworkers and I do too @chrisitking
2015-08-25 06:11:23 PM naomid i have the volunteers do 1:1 at tables
2015-08-25 06:11:23 PM tiffany1 I get alot of volunteers and our caregivers are wonderful with small groups.
2015-08-25 06:11:26 PM tracyg We are putting together a calendar of the residents artwork together to sell for funds for our activity dept The residents are really excited
2015-08-25 06:11:38 PM kathyhughes You can also make your own Boggle Board and set it up with worksheets and residents can make as many words as possible from the daily board
2015-08-25 06:11:38 PM aliciag i would like more staff for 1:1 visits
2015-08-25 06:11:41 PM crystalbailey4 Hello everyone
2015-08-25 06:11:54 PM jennide221 most of the kids from the h/s are available to come at night and theres just not a whole lot of people awake when they come
2015-08-25 06:12:00 PM mkucka1 we have two activites going at the same time sensory and big activities
2015-08-25 06:12:01 PM stacey1 I get mine from walmart. It's $3 for 3. So a dollar each. It's a favorite activity so i buy a lot of them
2015-08-25 06:12:04 PM tracyg Boggle Board sounds great!
2015-08-25 06:12:05 PM ashley17 do you have a Hobby Lobby Sherrij?
2015-08-25 06:12:22 PM sherrij Thanks
2015-08-25 06:12:23 PM crystalbailey4 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:12:25 PM ashleyd I have a question for everyone. Who implements your alls weekend activities? I have recently spoke with 2 area facilities and it is there PCA/CNA. I'm not sure why I have never thought of that before.
2015-08-25 06:12:25 PM crystalbailey4 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:12:31 PM asullins I get mine off of oriental trading
2015-08-25 06:12:32 PM mkucka1 we need to get a dry erase board
2015-08-25 06:12:32 PM janfred73 We do a word game where we post a big word or phrase and we use those letters to see how many words we can make. They love it
2015-08-25 06:12:41 PM janfred73 We also play Hangman
2015-08-25 06:12:54 PM tracyg left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:12:56 PM tracyg enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:12:56 PM tiffany1 I have weekend Activity Aids.
2015-08-25 06:12:58 PM asullins We have volunteers who run our weekend activities. Along with staff in the facility
2015-08-25 06:12:59 PM kmatthews311 we played hangman today they had fun
2015-08-25 06:13:03 PM kathyhughes Jenn I had a couple of groups in the evening and when the residents did not participate,,,,I had them work on the activities scrapbooks and displays of activities
2015-08-25 06:13:05 PM christiking I got our canvas at Michael's
2015-08-25 06:13:06 PM melsue93 I do every other weekend
2015-08-25 06:13:08 PM kathyhughes It was a great help
2015-08-25 06:13:26 PM kmatthews311 how much were the canvas's?
2015-08-25 06:13:32 PM stacey1 My receptionists do the weekend activities and i have a volunteer to do sunday school on sunday mornings
2015-08-25 06:13:36 PM tracyg Great use of volunteers. We have them do the hospitality cart in the evenings
2015-08-25 06:13:39 PM cristinadodson we have one activity assistant on weekends but smalller facilities usually use nursing assistance or volunteers
2015-08-25 06:13:41 PM melissagp Staff and some residents help run weekend activities.
2015-08-25 06:13:43 PM jennide221 yeah, i was also thinking of having them help with doing the bulletin board each month
2015-08-25 06:13:46 PM janfred73 I have an activity assistant that works weekends
2015-08-25 06:13:52 PM tracyg We have an activity asst everyday.
2015-08-25 06:14:00 PM vdarmstrong1 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:14:05 PM aliciag my assistand only works m-f
2015-08-25 06:14:10 PM ambercovey we have enough aides who work every other weekend
2015-08-25 06:14:20 PM jennide221 all the activity aides take turns covering the weekend activities...we work 8-4 sat and sun and we rotate
2015-08-25 06:14:23 PM tiffany1 I have a assistant monday through friday
2015-08-25 06:14:26 PM janfred73 I have one full time and one part
2015-08-25 06:14:38 PM mkucka1 we have a 3 aides under me
2015-08-25 06:14:42 PM aliciag a aprt time would be great
2015-08-25 06:14:46 PM aliciag part
2015-08-25 06:15:07 PM bradc we are a department of 4 and cover all 7 days 9-530 everday
2015-08-25 06:15:08 PM stacey1 I wish i had an assistant
2015-08-25 06:15:08 PM naomid just me in activities but we are only open m-f
2015-08-25 06:15:23 PM mkucka1 brad no late nights
2015-08-25 06:15:23 PM christiking left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:15:23 PM christiking enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:15:25 PM vdarmstrong1 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:15:26 PM aliciag we had our state survey last week....NO TAGS for my dept!!
2015-08-25 06:15:27 PM kathyhughes So what do you all do for the residents for fall that are 1-1's?
2015-08-25 06:15:29 PM kmatthews311 me to
2015-08-25 06:15:34 PM tracyg Our act dir works one weekend day. I like being able to meet so many of the family and freinds of the res.
2015-08-25 06:15:46 PM bradc currently we dont have any late nights
2015-08-25 06:15:48 PM ambercovey we have cnas who do our fall risks
2015-08-25 06:15:54 PM vdarmstrong1 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:16:02 PM primus3 gotta be some type of sensory group right?
2015-08-25 06:16:04 PM tracyg We started today, we are making leaf placemats
2015-08-25 06:16:07 PM kathyhughes Congrats Alicia
2015-08-25 06:16:08 PM ambercovey sorry read that so wrong
2015-08-25 06:16:16 PM sherieeudy great job alicia!!!!
2015-08-25 06:16:19 PM kathyhughes Nope it can be anything
2015-08-25 06:16:21 PM bradc we recently had a resident host a game at 630 and had one of my coworkers come in late and stay late so she could help out
2015-08-25 06:16:23 PM aliciag THANKS!!
2015-08-25 06:16:30 PM stacey1 I didn't do any fall related activities for one on one bc last year during the fall, i was just fill in for the Activity Department.
2015-08-25 06:16:30 PM ashleyd i have recently had an activity assistant leave and it makes things complicated. so right now i am working tuesday-saturday and trying to stay afloat with my MDS sections and careplanning. Right now we have an activities staff memeber there everyday except thankgiving day and christmas day. Trying to think of different staffing options.
2015-08-25 06:16:37 PM tiffany1 pumpkin spice scents
2015-08-25 06:16:37 PM ashleyd congrats on no tags!
2015-08-25 06:16:41 PM melsue93 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:16:50 PM melissagp Congrats!!
2015-08-25 06:16:51 PM melsue93 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:16:55 PM tiffany1 warm vanilla scent hand massages
2015-08-25 06:17:04 PM sherieeudy is anyone participating in senior olympics? Ours is in October.
2015-08-25 06:17:07 PM naomid making a bowl out of leaves
2015-08-25 06:17:14 PM vdarmstrong1 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:17:18 PM mkucka1 paint leafs on construction paper
2015-08-25 06:17:21 PM melsue93 We're finishing our Summer Olympics tomorrow
2015-08-25 06:17:24 PM tiffany1 pinecone decorations
2015-08-25 06:17:33 PM kathyhughes No cider carts room to room?
2015-08-25 06:17:36 PM mkucka1 with a fall aroma therapy
2015-08-25 06:17:41 PM vdarmstrong1 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:17:44 PM asullins We paint pumpkins and make homemade playdoh and scent it with fall flavors for our lower functioning residents to use for sensory.
2015-08-25 06:17:44 PM kathyhughes Apple pies room to room
2015-08-25 06:17:45 PM aliciag the pine cone turkeys were a cute idea for table decorations
2015-08-25 06:17:49 PM christiking what are cider carts
2015-08-25 06:17:59 PM tiffany1 warm cookies and hot chocolate carts
2015-08-25 06:18:00 PM janfred73 We just had our senior olympics in June for all the properties in the company
2015-08-25 06:18:04 PM melsue93 for 1:1 fall program I'd bring in different fall scents and reminiscne
2015-08-25 06:18:04 PM stacey1 I may suggest cider on the snack carts to our dining department.
2015-08-25 06:18:09 PM brendaluber1 i am going to do pine come owls
2015-08-25 06:18:11 PM asullins We bake cookies and do a hot chocolate cart.
2015-08-25 06:18:14 PM crystalbailey4 painting pumpkins sounds fun
2015-08-25 06:18:31 PM kathyhughes We would put warm cider and cold cider on a cart and go room to room for the residents who did not come to activities
2015-08-25 06:18:32 PM primus3 we do cookies.
2015-08-25 06:18:33 PM stacey1 The pumpkins were super cute that we painted today
2015-08-25 06:18:35 PM melissagp Pine cone bird feeders
2015-08-25 06:18:36 PM cristinadodson cider cart sounds neat
2015-08-25 06:18:36 PM tracyg Hot cider will be on our coffee cart starting in Oct.
2015-08-25 06:18:40 PM janfred73 we do lots of hot chocolate. I also bake cinn rolls with small groups
2015-08-25 06:18:42 PM kmatthews311 we are painting pumkins
2015-08-25 06:18:45 PM ashley17 i like the bake cookies and the hot chocolate cart
2015-08-25 06:18:46 PM sherieeudy This will be my first time to attend the olympics, any advice is greatly appreciated
2015-08-25 06:18:50 PM stacey1 I do lots of hot cocoa in the winter months
2015-08-25 06:18:52 PM mkucka1 fresh baked doughnuts
2015-08-25 06:18:56 PM christiking We are going to paint pumkins, I have been saving milk jugs too so we can make halloween pumpkins out of them
2015-08-25 06:19:01 PM crystalbailey4 how do you make cider
2015-08-25 06:19:04 PM vdarmstrong1 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:19:05 PM melsue93 Pumpkin cookies and apple cidar on a cart and take to all the rooms
2015-08-25 06:19:09 PM kathyhughes I bought the cider
2015-08-25 06:19:13 PM melsue93 make the hallways smell delicious!
2015-08-25 06:19:17 PM tiffany1 cupcakes in a small travel cooker.
2015-08-25 06:19:17 PM vdarmstrong1 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:19:17 PM ashleyd i am so excited about fall and all the fall crafts. We will be moving our rolling garden inside to decorate with mums
2015-08-25 06:19:20 PM aliciag our facilities have a calander decorating contest every month....finally won my first one! winner gets a 50 gift card to walmart to use for activity dept
2015-08-25 06:19:33 PM asullins We make bird feeders out of toilet paper rolls and hang them outisde of the residents rooms.
2015-08-25 06:19:34 PM cristinadodson we also have coffee house with different flavored creamers
2015-08-25 06:19:36 PM stacey1 I can't wait for the fall crafts and halloween crafts either.
2015-08-25 06:19:40 PM mkucka1 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:19:51 PM janfred73 I LOVE Fall
2015-08-25 06:19:55 PM primus3 nice
2015-08-25 06:19:58 PM asullins We have done a coffee cart before with different flavors of creamers
2015-08-25 06:20:01 PM ashley17 we do a activity cart every friday. we have magazines, word finds, drinks and different snacks on the cart
2015-08-25 06:20:04 PM crystalbailey4 i love fall also
2015-08-25 06:20:05 PM sdoyle enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:20:05 PM tiffany1 Im ready for cooler weather so we can go outside.
2015-08-25 06:20:12 PM kathyhughes Sherri wants to know about the Senior Olympics....so what do you all do for them and Sherri are you planning the events?
2015-08-25 06:20:15 PM vdarmstrong1 No asst. Have turn a lot of weekend activities over to Independent residents with help from the manager on duty
2015-08-25 06:20:23 PM christiking yes me too, I am ready to get them outside and on walks
2015-08-25 06:20:31 PM sdoyle good evening all
2015-08-25 06:20:34 PM crystalbailey4 we have never had summer olympics
2015-08-25 06:20:40 PM janfred73 Ha! My residents won't try the flavored creamers. They don't drink "that weird coffee"
2015-08-25 06:20:40 PM jennide221 we don't do senior olympics :(
2015-08-25 06:20:41 PM stacey1 It's so much easier planning activities for the fall/winter/Christmas/NewYear activities. I haven't planned anything for Senior Olympics.
2015-08-25 06:20:42 PM tiffany1 Go for a fall drive
2015-08-25 06:20:43 PM aliciag mine are ready to go on a fishing trip in the fall
2015-08-25 06:20:46 PM ashleyd halloween is a big to do with my facility. we have a cosume contest! so much fun!!!
2015-08-25 06:20:47 PM tracyg We haven't done them
2015-08-25 06:20:47 PM melsue93 We did Golf, Discus Throw, Basketball, Soccer, Bean Bag Toss, Ping Pong Toss and Biathlon for senior olympics
2015-08-25 06:20:48 PM primus3 I'm interested. Never done anything for the Spcial Oly
2015-08-25 06:20:53 PM sherieeudy No, not planning the events. Just taking residents to participate.
2015-08-25 06:20:56 PM brendaluber1 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:21:01 PM melsue93 I planned everything and we had medals we gave the winners
2015-08-25 06:21:05 PM crystalbailey4 has anyone ever had people bring their pets for show and tell
2015-08-25 06:21:10 PM melsue93 blew kazoos to the national anthem
2015-08-25 06:21:17 PM kathyhughes What are the events?
2015-08-25 06:21:18 PM asullins For senior olympics we have done a balloon volleyball game staff vs. residents
2015-08-25 06:21:26 PM vdarmstrong1 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:21:30 PM sherieeudy Wheel
2015-08-25 06:21:39 PM vdarmstrong1 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:21:47 PM kathyhughes Wheel?
2015-08-25 06:21:50 PM melsue93 The residents love the freidnly competition
2015-08-25 06:22:03 PM sherrij We have pets come all the time. I have it called puppie parade and welcome any dogs to come
2015-08-25 06:22:04 PM jennide221 yes crystal we do pet parades and will be encouraging staff to bring their dogs for dog week
2015-08-25 06:22:04 PM janfred73 balloon volleyball, bean bag toss, paper airplane race, hoop shoot
2015-08-25 06:22:11 PM cristinadodson we did pets for show and tell plus once of month we have therapy dogs come in they are small enough for the residents to hold
2015-08-25 06:22:14 PM janfred73 puzzle contest
2015-08-25 06:22:17 PM asullins Instead of a cake walk we did a Healthy Walk and passed out healthy snacks and t shirts, water bottles etc.
2015-08-25 06:22:20 PM stacey1 When do you do Senior Olympics
2015-08-25 06:22:22 PM jennide221 we also have therapy dogs once a month
2015-08-25 06:22:24 PM sherieeudy wheelchair races with hands, wheelchair races with only feet, walking, different types of dances to name a few
2015-08-25 06:22:35 PM tiffany1 We do pet show and tell and pet therapy
2015-08-25 06:22:48 PM kathyhughes Then I would assume that your residents have practiced
2015-08-25 06:22:48 PM ashleyd are you in a ALF or LTC for the special olympics?
2015-08-25 06:23:01 PM crystalbailey4 do the residents respond well to the pets
2015-08-25 06:23:05 PM roses enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:23:05 PM tracyg We got a blow up bowling set. it's been great!
2015-08-25 06:23:07 PM jennide221 yes they love them
2015-08-25 06:23:11 PM asullins We also did a walk around the facility and had our local firemen come out and lead the walk with their fire truck. It was awesome and we had a lot of participation
2015-08-25 06:23:13 PM aliciag is the olympics a week long or all in one day?
2015-08-25 06:23:18 PM tiffany1 ours love the pets
2015-08-25 06:23:19 PM ambercovey i want a blow up bowling set
2015-08-25 06:23:20 PM roses Sorry late. I was in wrong room.
2015-08-25 06:23:23 PM sherieeudy ummm, no maam
2015-08-25 06:23:24 PM naomid I team mine up 50/50 and each participante has a "job" on has to bike for .25 miles tags the next person to blow a pompom on a tapped course on the table then tag another team mate to do a puzzle and so on and so forth
2015-08-25 06:23:25 PM asullins We just did a day.
2015-08-25 06:23:26 PM melsue93 I'm in the medical unit wich is basically assisted living
2015-08-25 06:23:30 PM ashley17 we do bowling once a week and they love it
2015-08-25 06:23:32 PM janfred73 Ours is all in one day
2015-08-25 06:23:47 PM stacey1 Is it a certain day or time of the year? Or what?
2015-08-25 06:23:57 PM tracyg We have pet therapy two times a week. one room to room and one in the activities room
2015-08-25 06:24:05 PM cristinadodson our residents love pets we do have two residents that do not like to be close or touch them but they still watch
2015-08-25 06:24:05 PM kmatthews311 is it for september?
2015-08-25 06:24:13 PM ashleyd we have pet therapy 4 times a week
2015-08-25 06:24:19 PM aliciag oh i wish i had an activity room!
2015-08-25 06:24:22 PM asullins We have different exercise groups throughout the week but we focus on one day for the actual Senior Olympics
2015-08-25 06:24:23 PM roses Did you know 26th is National Dog Day? We are bringing in pets. If they do a trick, they earn a treat from resident. I pre-bought the treats.
2015-08-25 06:24:24 PM melsue93 I did a week and a half of the summer olympics and they just asked for winter olympics too cause they loved it so much
2015-08-25 06:24:31 PM vdarmstrong1 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:24:37 PM ashleyd there is a facility in a neighboring county that does pony visits as therapy.
2015-08-25 06:24:41 PM sdoyle where do you do activities with out a room?
2015-08-25 06:24:44 PM ashley17 we have a facility dog so they get to see a dog everyday
2015-08-25 06:24:45 PM vdarmstrong1 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:24:47 PM cristinadodson i like that idea rose
2015-08-25 06:24:52 PM kmatthews311 when do we do the winter olp?
2015-08-25 06:25:01 PM asullins We have a staff pet parade.
2015-08-25 06:25:02 PM crystalbailey4 im thinking about doing the pet thing
2015-08-25 06:25:03 PM melsue93 February probably
2015-08-25 06:25:06 PM kmatthews311 we use the dining room
2015-08-25 06:25:12 PM sherrij who takes care of your facility dog? I want one
2015-08-25 06:25:12 PM janfred73 I would love to have a facility dog
2015-08-25 06:25:16 PM judylynnmorgan enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:25:21 PM kathyhughes I always did the Olympics when the real ones were happening
2015-08-25 06:25:21 PM jennide221 i want a facility cat
2015-08-25 06:25:23 PM christiking We use the dinning room for our activities
2015-08-25 06:25:27 PM primus3 I miss our employees were that into animals
2015-08-25 06:25:28 PM kmatthews311 ok
2015-08-25 06:25:29 PM naomid we have a guinea pig rescue that comes by once a week and 2 pit bulls that come once a week each on a different day
2015-08-25 06:25:30 PM ashleyd we don't have an activity room either. we use the sunroom, diningroom, or piano room
2015-08-25 06:25:31 PM primus3 wish
2015-08-25 06:25:31 PM aliciag we use the dining room, so we have to make sure that we do activities not during meals or clean up time
2015-08-25 06:25:32 PM sherieeudy no but i see certain residents that already do these things, going to try to get them to participate. one resident never uses her hands to move her wheelchair, only her legs
2015-08-25 06:25:36 PM melsue93 I told them it'll probably only be a week because it's difficult to come up with winter olympic games to do
2015-08-25 06:25:37 PM sdoyle I use a dining room too
2015-08-25 06:25:38 PM judylynnmorgan hello everyone
2015-08-25 06:25:41 PM bradc our facility is getting a dog so I did a presentation on therapy animals and brought one of my own dogs in. it was a huge hit and the residents have requested that i bring the dog in every thursday
2015-08-25 06:25:47 PM melissagp We use dining room too.
2015-08-25 06:25:54 PM ashley17 activities staff and when we are not there then the other staff members take care of her
2015-08-25 06:25:57 PM kathyhughes then I guess she will be in the legs competition
2015-08-25 06:26:00 PM sdoyle I am in the same situation, working around means and house keeping
2015-08-25 06:26:06 PM melsue93 we use dining room and country kitchen areas to do activities
2015-08-25 06:26:07 PM vdarmstrong1 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:26:07 PM naomid lol
2015-08-25 06:26:10 PM sdoyle meals
2015-08-25 06:26:28 PM kathyhughes so I would have the residents practice and have a good time
2015-08-25 06:26:30 PM tiffany1 I use the diningrooms, activity room and the sunroom.
2015-08-25 06:26:32 PM judylynnmorgan we use dinning room too
2015-08-25 06:26:32 PM bradc we have an activities room and a kitchen
2015-08-25 06:26:32 PM sherieeudy hahaha, guess so:D
2015-08-25 06:26:34 PM vdarmstrong1 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:26:51 PM ashleyd i visited another facility today. An activity room would be awesome!
2015-08-25 06:26:54 PM aliciag so if the housekeeping staff is having a lazy day it throws activities off
2015-08-25 06:26:55 PM crystalbailey4 do the dogs goin the facility or stay outside
2015-08-25 06:26:55 PM bradc we also use the dining room and auditorium
2015-08-25 06:27:05 PM tiffany1 I try to break up the day by using all the rooms
2015-08-25 06:27:06 PM sdoyle a kitchen sounds great!
2015-08-25 06:27:09 PM vdarmstrong1 left the chat room
2015-08-25 06:27:15 PM asullins Our facility dog was inside
2015-08-25 06:27:18 PM kathyhughes We did have a facility bowling league.....and that was always fun....a local bowling alley would sponsor the residents
2015-08-25 06:27:20 PM janfred73 I love my activity kitchen
2015-08-25 06:27:22 PM roses I use a small activities room where my desk is and the dining room.
2015-08-25 06:27:26 PM bradc our facility dog will be inside
2015-08-25 06:27:27 PM christiking I wish we had a kitchen we could use for our "whats cooking" days.. All I have is a little portable oven so they can't even mixi anything
2015-08-25 06:27:29 PM aliciag there are no other options for us. no other rooms to use
2015-08-25 06:27:29 PM kathyhughes that was our only competition
2015-08-25 06:27:40 PM sdoyle my desk is in the dining room too
2015-08-25 06:27:45 PM janfred73 We made a whole entire Thanksgiving meal from scratch a couple years ago
2015-08-25 06:27:47 PM primus3 I have to learn from yu guys and reach out to the community
2015-08-25 06:27:52 PM ashley17 most of they time our dog goes out on its own. she is will walk in front of the sliding doors and go outside and then come back when she is ready to come back inside
2015-08-25 06:27:56 PM sdoyle a facility dog? Does it live there?
2015-08-25 06:28:02 PM kathyhughes yes you do Primus
2015-08-25 06:28:10 PM kathyhughes All you have to do is ask
2015-08-25 06:28:24 PM asullins No our admin owned the dog and brought it in everyday
2015-08-25 06:28:24 PM aliciag i would have an oven and all sorts of stuff going on all day if i had my own room
2015-08-25 06:28:29 PM bradc our facility dog will live at the facility
2015-08-25 06:28:36 PM vdarmstrong1 enter the chat room
2015-08-25 06:28:37 PM bradc and we are planning to get birds
2015-08-25 06:28:37 PM jennide221 we had a marketing meeting today and they want us to reach out to local ALFs to have them do a sort of buddy program with our SNF residents....does anyone do anything like that?
2015-08-25 06:28:38 PM primus3 I know. I wrote down email addresses on the1st chat
2015-08-25 06:28:41 PM melissagp I think we are getting a guinea pig as a pet.
2015-08-25 06:28:44 PM sdoyle I want to get a large rabbit
2015-08-25 06:28:45 PM judylynnmorgan has antone been through a state survey
2015-08-25 06:28:51 PM stacey1 Our old activity director used to bring her dog with her.
2015-08-25 06:28:56 PM bradc our facility used to have chickens, goats and all kinds of animals
2015-08-25 06:28:58 PM stacey1 The lady before me
2015-08-25 06:29:09 PM sdoyle where did they all go?
2015-08-25 06:29:11 PM melsue93 we just had our state survey
2015-08-25 06:29:15 PM sherrij Sounds like a farm
2015-08-25 06:29:17 PM sdoyle chickens and goats?
2015-08-25 06:29:20 PM cristinadodson judy i have bee through 8 state surveys
2015-08-25 06:29:25 PM kathyhughes thats a great idea Jenn
2015-08-25 06:29:26 PM tiffany1 Ugg we will be having our survey soon
2015-08-25 06:29:35 PM bradc a management company took over and got rid of all of them, this was before i started working there
2015-08-25 06:29:44 PM kathyhughes but I would check around to find the right facility
2015-08-25 06:29:45 PM sdoyle I came after survey, thank goodness
2015-08-25 06:29:45 PM aliciag this was the first year activities didnt get a tag in awhile
2015-08-25 06:29:51 PM roses Be careful about bird flu.
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2015-08-25 06:29:58 PM bradc now the current management is trying to make the place more lively again
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2015-08-25 06:30:08 PM jennide221 our marketing director wanted us to do it because we cannot take the residents out to the community since our bus driver was fired
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2015-08-25 06:30:20 PM sdoyle That's great Bradc
2015-08-25 06:30:26 PM judylynnmorgan we are going through our state survey now they say day three is the hardest
2015-08-25 06:30:29 PM kathyhughes so how will they get together?
2015-08-25 06:30:33 PM roses How did the state survey go?
2015-08-25 06:30:37 PM sdoyle I'm trying to do that for our facility
2015-08-25 06:30:42 PM jennide221 the folks from the ALF will come to us and we would host them
2015-08-25 06:30:43 PM ashleyd our survey should be in the next few weeks :( our facility has never been issued a tag in activities. ::fingers crossed::
2015-08-25 06:30:46 PM cristinadodson we have a company living designs that made our bird averys and takes care of our birdsz
2015-08-25 06:30:58 PM crystalbailey4 does anyone ever get people to donate decorations or anything?
2015-08-25 06:31:09 PM ashleyd we have a bird avery also!
2015-08-25 06:31:15 PM kathyhughes yes Crystal
2015-08-25 06:31:20 PM naomid yup, ask schools
2015-08-25 06:31:23 PM sdoyle I will experience my first surevey next year
2015-08-25 06:31:28 PM ashley17 our facility hasn't been tag in activities for 12 years since i have been there
2015-08-25 06:31:29 PM jennide221 it was the next best thing....going out the community is great for marketing, but since we cant do it we had to think out the box
2015-08-25 06:31:32 PM asullins Our home health and hospice groups donate a lot and volunteers and family members.

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