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2015-09-02 06:12:20 PM de we do tailgating parties
2015-09-02 06:12:57 PM de kinda of like happy hour but with the game on
2015-09-02 06:13:06 PM sherrij Are any of you doing MEPAP 2? When are you starting?
2015-09-02 06:13:08 PM lindac It's supposed to give us credit for our Mid Term Practicum, right!
2015-09-02 06:13:33 PM mliranzo94 how does that go
2015-09-02 06:13:38 PM ambercovey i am doing mepap 2 when this course is over
2015-09-02 06:13:49 PM kimberly1 me to
2015-09-02 06:13:49 PM de 8-) not sure
2015-09-02 06:13:57 PM primus3 i'm starting when this one is over
2015-09-02 06:13:58 PM de so am i
2015-09-02 06:14:24 PM ptonyathomas The practicum reads, " contact a fellow student and set up a chat in your chat room to talk about a special event that you are planning." Last night several students set this up, Kathy said that it is open to anyone, that it fulfilled the practicum, but that there is no extra credit for as far as grades.
2015-09-02 06:14:36 PM ashley17 im going to do MEPAP2 later
2015-09-02 06:14:38 PM de i sat yesterday in a dementia class for 8 hours. i got certified for the study and it was well worth it
2015-09-02 06:15:15 PM ambercovey thats awesome
2015-09-02 06:15:16 PM ptonyathomas When this course is over I am going to finsh my 15 hours of CE and get my provisional. Then I will MEPAP 2. I had such a hard time getting cooperation for the practicums assignments that I decided that would be faster for.
2015-09-02 06:15:20 PM mliranzo94 me too
2015-09-02 06:15:41 PM sherrij I am doing a special event for family council. A roast beef dinner fundraiser. I got t-shirts made today. I have been selling tickets.
2015-09-02 06:15:58 PM lindac That's awesome!
2015-09-02 06:16:09 PM de tony why did you have such a hard time?
2015-09-02 06:16:31 PM mliranzo94 thats nice
2015-09-02 06:16:46 PM de do you not have another local ad to help you?
2015-09-02 06:16:49 PM ptonyathomas Sorry, I was wrong. It is to interact with fellow activity professionals through ADN.
2015-09-02 06:16:51 PM ashley17 great idea for the family council meeting
2015-09-02 06:17:10 PM ambercovey tony how do we do that lol
2015-09-02 06:17:12 PM kimberly1 Anyone interested in chatting with me on adult day health and events?
2015-09-02 06:17:15 PM lindac I think that's for the Final Practicum!
2015-09-02 06:17:24 PM ambercovey i am on the final practicum
2015-09-02 06:17:45 PM ashley17 im on the final practicum also
2015-09-02 06:18:04 PM kimberly1 yes it is on the last page
2015-09-02 06:18:10 PM sherrij How is it going for you on the final?
2015-09-02 06:18:10 PM lindac Im in week 9, so i'll probably start working on it soo!
2015-09-02 06:18:29 PM de :Pstill on week 9
2015-09-02 06:18:42 PM ashley17 im on week 14
2015-09-02 06:18:52 PM ambercovey sherri its slowly all coming together, it feels like so much work at times i dont know where to start lol
2015-09-02 06:18:58 PM kimberly1 week 9 for me
2015-09-02 06:18:59 PM sherrij week 14
2015-09-02 06:19:05 PM ambercovey week 14 too
2015-09-02 06:19:06 PM ptonyathomas I couldn't get activity directors/personnel to call be back for the interviews, inter-facility event or observation. There were also some things/people my advisor saif she wanted me to do specifically, but it took awhile for me to get that from her. I am still waiting on her to get me in a care plan meeting and resident council.
2015-09-02 06:19:11 PM lindac I have my 10 pages essay this week!
2015-09-02 06:19:52 PM ambercovey hows that coming along lindac?
2015-09-02 06:19:57 PM ptonyathomas I am doing the own pace. I started that class in June and finished that class wrok in mid-july. I have aced the assignments, but can't pass the class until I get my practicum stuff completed.
2015-09-02 06:20:25 PM ptonyathomas lindac, what is your paper going to be about?
2015-09-02 06:20:25 PM mliranzo94 im on week 1 8-)
2015-09-02 06:20:30 PM lindac Don't know where to get started!
2015-09-02 06:21:05 PM mliranzo94 omg Lindac me either
2015-09-02 06:21:13 PM ashley17 what topic did you pick
2015-09-02 06:21:15 PM sherrij what is your topic
2015-09-02 06:21:25 PM de if you cant get the ad to get you in a careplann meet contact the social worker. they play a larger role in it then the ad
2015-09-02 06:21:37 PM ptonyathomas I did the respirtory one. I thought it would a lot harder than it was. The modifications was eaven easier for that one.
2015-09-02 06:21:41 PM ambercovey lindac you can break it down by first talking about your topic then symptoms, treatments, causes, etc. make a chart on the stages and you are allowed to use bulliten points and so forth
2015-09-02 06:22:02 PM de hi ml
2015-09-02 06:22:08 PM de welcome
2015-09-02 06:22:24 PM lindac It's Parkinsons
2015-09-02 06:22:39 PM kimberly1 mine is on depression
2015-09-02 06:22:43 PM de i picked dementia
2015-09-02 06:22:58 PM de it what i know most about
2015-09-02 06:23:01 PM ambercovey i also did demenia
2015-09-02 06:23:05 PM ambercovey dementia
2015-09-02 06:23:13 PM lindac Are their supposed to be 10 pages typed?
2015-09-02 06:23:16 PM ptonyathomas Maybe I should add that some of this lesson planning, modifications, etc. are not too hard for me because I was a general ed and special ed teacher for 15 years.
2015-09-02 06:23:22 PM primus3 dementia
2015-09-02 06:23:29 PM de yes but you can double space
2015-09-02 06:23:41 PM ptonyathomas Yes, 10 pages typed. But, as was said earlier, you can use charts, bullet point etc.
2015-09-02 06:23:43 PM ashley17 yes and doubled space
2015-09-02 06:23:49 PM lindac That's still alot of typing, lol
2015-09-02 06:23:57 PM sherrij yes
2015-09-02 06:24:01 PM sylvia14 enter the chat room
2015-09-02 06:24:08 PM de yes
2015-09-02 06:24:26 PM de i barly have time for what i do ,do
2015-09-02 06:24:26 PM ptonyathomas It can be a lot, but once I got started it seemed to go quickly and I was at 10 pages before I realized it.
2015-09-02 06:24:28 PM ashley17 i think i ended up with 21 pages when i did my on parkinsons
2015-09-02 06:24:39 PM sylvia14 Hi everyone its Sylvia!!! Sorry Im a lil late. can I have an update, please?
2015-09-02 06:24:52 PM ambercovey i ended up with more then 10 also
2015-09-02 06:24:54 PM lindac OMG @ ashley
2015-09-02 06:25:07 PM de talking about class and upcoming vents
2015-09-02 06:25:17 PM sylvia14 for MEII?
2015-09-02 06:25:25 PM lindac Well the good thing is we have two weeks to finish it
2015-09-02 06:25:28 PM de no me1
2015-09-02 06:25:43 PM de yes linda good thing
2015-09-02 06:25:49 PM sylvia14 anyone from ME2
2015-09-02 06:26:08 PM de me1 here
2015-09-02 06:26:22 PM ashley17 no from me1
2015-09-02 06:26:28 PM ptonyathomas Not here, but there are a few people in the MEPAP 2 chat room.
2015-09-02 06:26:54 PM sylvia14 ok mmm thank you sorry (F)
2015-09-02 06:27:09 PM ashley17 it's ok sylvia
2015-09-02 06:27:15 PM de ok so here is a up coming event.... my residents only seem to be food motivated . i cant get them to activities unless it envolves food or bingo
2015-09-02 06:27:28 PM lindac Ours too
2015-09-02 06:27:37 PM ambercovey we start our cooking club on monday the residents are so excited
2015-09-02 06:27:40 PM ashley17 our loves bingo
2015-09-02 06:27:42 PM lindac In our birthday parties they aeat and leave
2015-09-02 06:27:44 PM primus3 left the chat room
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2015-09-02 06:27:46 PM ambercovey they get to come in the kitchen and help prepare special meals
2015-09-02 06:28:00 PM ptonyathomas Sounds like our residents. We had an ice cream social today and I saw residents there that I have only seen out of their rooms a handful of times.
2015-09-02 06:28:02 PM de same here linda
2015-09-02 06:28:16 PM mliranzo94 im in MEPAP 1 week 1
2015-09-02 06:28:20 PM ashley17 we have cooking club once a week
2015-09-02 06:28:28 PM lindac We put music or take our games and nothing!
2015-09-02 06:28:39 PM sherrij We are doing apple slices, cider, and apple bars tomorrow.
2015-09-02 06:28:52 PM de i did a pineta this time for birthdays at the end so they hung around a little longer this time
2015-09-02 06:29:08 PM ashley17 we are going to make dutch apple pie next week
2015-09-02 06:29:17 PM ptonyathomas We do cooking corner twice a month. We have several people that won't come to that be cause they don't cook, but they don't hesitate to ask us why they don't get any when it is finished.
2015-09-02 06:29:35 PM sherrij What are you cooking
2015-09-02 06:29:46 PM lindac That' so sad!
2015-09-02 06:29:51 PM de welcome mliranzo
2015-09-02 06:30:03 PM primus3 my residents had a milkshake social today they loved it
2015-09-02 06:30:12 PM ashley17 when we have birthday parites we have entertainment that comes in they love the music and we have a couple that love to dance with the music
2015-09-02 06:30:16 PM ambercovey did they make the milkshakes?
2015-09-02 06:30:18 PM de we did cookies and milk social
2015-09-02 06:30:24 PM ptonyathomas We have done Monkey bread, ice cream cakem turnovers, etc. The turnovers were such a big hit the first time that we do them about every other month now.
2015-09-02 06:30:35 PM primus3 no thet picked they flavors tho.
2015-09-02 06:30:51 PM ambercovey still sounds fun!
2015-09-02 06:30:51 PM primus3 strawberry, choc, van, banan PB\
2015-09-02 06:31:04 PM lindac Alot of them aren't real hands on
2015-09-02 06:31:10 PM ashley17 monkey bread on of my favorites
2015-09-02 06:31:18 PM de niether are ours
2015-09-02 06:31:19 PM ashley17 one
2015-09-02 06:31:22 PM mliranzo94 oh that sounds cool
2015-09-02 06:31:34 PM primus3 it was they got a kick out of making sure there was enough ice cream to go around
2015-09-02 06:31:44 PM primus3 always asking for rum in them lol
2015-09-02 06:31:48 PM de do you work at a nursing home? mliranzo
2015-09-02 06:31:57 PM ashley17 what are some crafts that you are doing this month
2015-09-02 06:32:01 PM lindac When we give out food we do the dinnind rooms first and then go into the in room!
2015-09-02 06:32:13 PM ptonyathomas We did harvest corn decorations with bubble wrap.
2015-09-02 06:32:15 PM primus3 my folks like ceramics.
2015-09-02 06:32:30 PM primus3 the sculpted heads, and painting mugs etc
2015-09-02 06:32:33 PM ptonyathomas We are also doing fall wreaths.
2015-09-02 06:32:51 PM sherrij sunflowers on paper plates
2015-09-02 06:32:52 PM primus3 fall wreaths are nice
2015-09-02 06:32:55 PM ashley17 scarecrows we are going to make
2015-09-02 06:32:55 PM de we decorated crosses with the diffrent colored pebbles
2015-09-02 06:32:59 PM lindac Do theu actually do the wreaths themselves?
2015-09-02 06:33:09 PM ptonyathomas We did sunflowers a couple months ago with coffee filters.
2015-09-02 06:33:28 PM de you can do wreathe out of coffe filters. its cheap and easy
2015-09-02 06:33:39 PM ambercovey i love all of these ideas, you guys seem so much more creative then our ad
2015-09-02 06:33:50 PM ptonyathomas Those that can do the wreaths them selves do. We have some who can't make it, but we have them tell. or show, us what to put on their wreath.
2015-09-02 06:34:04 PM lindac okay
2015-09-02 06:34:09 PM de great
2015-09-02 06:34:16 PM ptonyathomas A lot of ideas for our facilty come from activity connection
2015-09-02 06:34:30 PM de pintrest is the best
2015-09-02 06:34:43 PM sherrij We need to help our residents with the crafts a lot in the nursing home
2015-09-02 06:34:47 PM ambercovey i just feel like our lady just does the same things over and over and over
2015-09-02 06:34:48 PM ashley17 i love pintrest
2015-09-02 06:34:58 PM ptonyathomas I am in a nursing home we have to help a lot also.
2015-09-02 06:34:59 PM lindac My AD is very limited to what she wants to do!
2015-09-02 06:35:08 PM ambercovey sounds like mine
2015-09-02 06:35:20 PM ambercovey but it doesnt make since, she has a great budget and can do so much
2015-09-02 06:35:24 PM lindac She sticks to real basic things1
2015-09-02 06:35:27 PM de amber go to your administrator and make a suggestion that you have a suggestion box
2015-09-02 06:35:56 PM lindac We have good buget for many activities, she just isn't open minded
2015-09-02 06:35:59 PM de that way you can add ideas
2015-09-02 06:36:11 PM ambercovey de: thats why my admin. asked me to do these courses
2015-09-02 06:36:30 PM ashley17 my AD makes me come up with the crafts and then when the day comes we have everyone in there she starts helping with the crafts and says that i have it handle then leaves me with all the resdients and do crafts with all by myself
2015-09-02 06:36:30 PM sherrij Some people have a hard time changing.
2015-09-02 06:36:32 PM ptonyathomas Is your AD a relativly young person? When I was looking for a job, I talked to several older ones who were pretty set in their ways and didn't have much variety on their calendars. The one I am with now is in her mid-20s and loves being creative and coming up with new ideas.
2015-09-02 06:36:35 PM de sounds like to me a change is about to happen:)
2015-09-02 06:36:40 PM ambercovey we have 3 floors at the nursing home and she wants me to take over 2 of them so that the ad can just focus on the one because she is really good with dementia and feels i will be better on the other floors
2015-09-02 06:37:05 PM mliranzo94 im limited by the admin with what i spend and with the supplies i can order
2015-09-02 06:37:10 PM lindac Mine is in her early 30's
2015-09-02 06:37:30 PM ashley17 my AD is in her 50's
2015-09-02 06:37:35 PM lindac OMG
2015-09-02 06:37:48 PM ashley17 i feel like i pretty much do everything
2015-09-02 06:37:57 PM ashley17 she is very lazy
2015-09-02 06:38:05 PM ptonyathomas We are spoiled at my faciltiy. We have a nice budget and 6 people in our department. I can't imagine doing it alone like most of you do. I admire you.
2015-09-02 06:38:08 PM de well i am 47 and i come up with all kinds of stuff. and i leave a suggestion box out for residents and employees
2015-09-02 06:38:13 PM lindac I feel when you don't enjoy what your doign you should get a change and let someone do that job by heart!
2015-09-02 06:38:36 PM ambercovey yes i feel like ours just does it for the check and lets the activity aides do most of all the work
2015-09-02 06:38:39 PM mliranzo94 well i am the director and im 21
2015-09-02 06:38:49 PM ambercovey she is lucky to have about 6 aides
2015-09-02 06:38:53 PM ptonyathomas Exactly, that i s why i quit teaching and started working in a nursing home.
2015-09-02 06:39:09 PM de i have one and we split the work
2015-09-02 06:39:10 PM ashley17 i just started my vacation and she is complaining that she has to work 7 days in a row
2015-09-02 06:39:14 PM lindac At our's it's just me and my AD with 125 Resident's. But she's always in meeting or doing notes!
2015-09-02 06:39:41 PM de linda there is alot of paper work involved
2015-09-02 06:39:45 PM mliranzo94 wow so theres no other activity staff lindac
2015-09-02 06:40:07 PM lindac Just us too! Paperwork all day! Jeez
2015-09-02 06:40:24 PM de no not all day..
2015-09-02 06:40:33 PM sherrij For me the paperwork is way easier than it was for social work
2015-09-02 06:40:40 PM lindac She spends all her day doing notes!
2015-09-02 06:41:17 PM mliranzo94 oh god
2015-09-02 06:41:23 PM primus3 that stinks
2015-09-02 06:41:24 PM de but if she were to make a cut off time mine is 3:00 is a card game residents play with out anyone. that gives me 2 hours to catch up on paper work
2015-09-02 06:41:36 PM primus3 i couldnt be in the office all day
2015-09-02 06:41:45 PM mliranzo94 im allowed to have as much workers as long as i dont pass 200hrs a week
2015-09-02 06:42:07 PM ashley17 thats what my AD does paper all day thats what she says but she is always on the run going to store for something or taking a smoke break more then she should or she leaves early and tells me i have everything handle
2015-09-02 06:42:10 PM de you are lucky mliranzo
2015-09-02 06:42:27 PM lindac She does her notes at the nurses stations! Iget to run all the activities and In room visists. She only helps on Monday's cause it's my day off!
2015-09-02 06:42:44 PM ambercovey thanks everyone for tonight i appreacite it but i need to get the twins to bed and lil guy ready for school tomorrow
2015-09-02 06:42:53 PM de do you have any volunteers?
2015-09-02 06:42:56 PM mliranzo94 wow thats crazy and no activities on weekends ?
2015-09-02 06:43:12 PM lindac We do have activites all week
2015-09-02 06:43:23 PM ashley17 we do activities all week as well
2015-09-02 06:43:26 PM mliranzo94 no voluntees, only the church people
2015-09-02 06:43:27 PM ambercovey left the chat room
2015-09-02 06:43:53 PM lindac Us too
2015-09-02 06:43:56 PM mliranzo94 we do too but activity department close at 4 everyday
2015-09-02 06:44:03 PM primus3 us too
2015-09-02 06:44:17 PM lindac We stay until 5
2015-09-02 06:44:17 PM de linda you know you can call the salvation army or the vfw hall to help find volunteers. they can do your in room visits
2015-09-02 06:44:49 PM primus3 we just started closing at 5 used to be 4
2015-09-02 06:44:50 PM mliranzo94 Linda i dont know how you do it
2015-09-02 06:45:00 PM ashley17 thank you everyone for a great night but i have to start packing for my tip
2015-09-02 06:45:01 PM primus3 the dementia side closes at 8
2015-09-02 06:45:03 PM lindac Will do, i asked my AD if we could do flyers and put them in schools but she didnt like the idea
2015-09-02 06:45:17 PM de also contact a judge in your area set up community service thru your facility
2015-09-02 06:45:18 PM ashley17 trip
2015-09-02 06:45:34 PM ptonyathomas Monday=Thursday we have an activity until 7; Friday-Sunday we leave at 5.
2015-09-02 06:45:46 PM ashley17 goodnight everyone
2015-09-02 06:45:53 PM lindac Goodnight
2015-09-02 06:46:01 PM sherrij goodnight
2015-09-02 06:46:06 PM mliranzo94 bye
2015-09-02 06:46:25 PM de late night activity can be a nurse pressing play on a dvd and its movie night
2015-09-02 06:46:34 PM lindac Until 7 wow!
2015-09-02 06:46:45 PM lindac Ours are falling asleep at that time
2015-09-02 06:47:07 PM sherrij I can't find people to work all those hours
2015-09-02 06:47:16 PM primus3 night guys
2015-09-02 06:47:18 PM ptonyathomas The evening activity is an On WHeels on MOnday, Bingo on Tuesday, 1:1 on Wednesday and Porch Talk on Thursdays.
2015-09-02 06:47:23 PM primus3 left the chat room
2015-09-02 06:47:37 PM de put a list up on the wall of diffrent iteams have the residents search for them and tell you were they found tthem scavenger hunt on a saturday
2015-09-02 06:47:39 PM lindac We don't have staff help
2015-09-02 06:47:44 PM ptonyathomas Our evening activities don't have as much participation as daytime, but we do have some.
2015-09-02 06:48:04 PM ptonyathomas I like the scavenger hunt idea
2015-09-02 06:48:09 PM sherrij I like scavenger hunt idea
2015-09-02 06:48:13 PM lindac Me too
2015-09-02 06:48:24 PM de come monday theyll bring you there list
2015-09-02 06:48:30 PM kimberly1 anyone interested in setting up a chat?
2015-09-02 06:48:37 PM ptonyathomas I will
2015-09-02 06:49:13 PM ptonyathomas when were you wanting to do a chat Kimberly?
2015-09-02 06:49:18 PM de have a libarian come read for a hour on saturday. book club
2015-09-02 06:49:44 PM kimberly1 when is a good for me is best in evening time
2015-09-02 06:49:47 PM lindac Does the librarian volunteer? or
2015-09-02 06:49:51 PM de yep
2015-09-02 06:50:01 PM ptonyathomas On saturdays we have Wii and some sory of trivia or brainteaser activity
2015-09-02 06:50:17 PM lindac That's nice we just opened our own library at our facility!
2015-09-02 06:50:24 PM de yes but you have to be there for that
2015-09-02 06:50:47 PM kimberly1 say around 8 pm
2015-09-02 06:50:54 PM sherrij I just got rid of all our books. No one reads
2015-09-02 06:50:59 PM lindac What other activities do you guys do on the weekends?
2015-09-02 06:51:22 PM de i have a full day on sat and 1/2 day on sundays for res to do. im off every weekend.
2015-09-02 06:51:28 PM mliranzo94 left the chat room
2015-09-02 06:51:30 PM sherrij Music entertainment, church
2015-09-02 06:51:44 PM ptonyathomas 8 PM, which time zone kimberly?
2015-09-02 06:51:49 PM mliranzo94 enter the chat room
2015-09-02 06:52:04 PM lindac We have Religious Services on Sunday and were not present for that!
2015-09-02 06:52:12 PM de we have lost and found housekeeping puts out any unclaimed or donated cloths or ites=ams in activities for residents to pick up or claim
2015-09-02 06:52:29 PM ptonyathomas Sundays for us are hand massages, toe tappin tunes and church services.
2015-09-02 06:52:38 PM ashley17 left the chat room
2015-09-02 06:53:04 PM de daily chronical is simply providing a sat news paper for resideents to read
2015-09-02 06:54:05 PM de cookie of the week...... give to shift nurse she puts them out after breakfast
2015-09-02 06:54:24 PM lindac Well it was nice chatting with you guys see you next Tuesday!
2015-09-02 06:54:36 PM de goodnite linda
2015-09-02 06:54:38 PM mliranzo94 alright guys i have to go my 16 month old is having way too much fun making a mess! so good night! thank you guys
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2015-09-02 06:55:38 PM de well i guess thats everybody
2015-09-02 06:55:58 PM de good night to all left
2015-09-02 06:56:19 PM sherrij goodnight
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2015-09-02 07:45:57 PM lindab do the residents run it?
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