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2015-09-24 06:21:38 PM pec1963 Oh Man the residents are so excited
2015-09-24 06:21:39 PM tinab I guess we could hold a football for our residents.....
2015-09-24 06:21:39 PM stacy I'll go with you tinab
2015-09-24 06:21:48 PM jorey I am not sure yet what Ocotber holds. So far just hair cuts for everyone the first week! lol
2015-09-24 06:21:56 PM kathyhughes LOL
2015-09-24 06:21:59 PM tinab my second home is Germany
2015-09-24 06:22:04 PM pec1963 we joined fantasy football at NFL for free
2015-09-24 06:22:10 PM amyr enter the chat room
2015-09-24 06:22:14 PM kathyhughes and that would be great Christina
2015-09-24 06:22:17 PM stacy Thank you, I love your square dancing .....
2015-09-24 06:22:18 PM kathyhughes Hello Amy
2015-09-24 06:22:31 PM cgbrown1977 The kids have to go to every business and get a stcker or a stamp for coming and they do an activity and get treats. Our residents always host cookie decorating tables
2015-09-24 06:22:34 PM diannhartley my residnets and i bet on the football games every sunday...snacks andthings...its soooooo fun!!!
2015-09-24 06:22:35 PM amyr hi everyone! sorry i'm late
2015-09-24 06:22:37 PM jorey hahha thats great Kathy! Too funy!
2015-09-24 06:22:53 PM tinab Maybe put a small barrel in the suitcase...so I could roll out the barrel
2015-09-24 06:22:53 PM stacy If you need company, my passport is always readily available to help, lol....
2015-09-24 06:22:55 PM hopi1974 I am Planning a Tail Gate party for OSU we have big OSU football fans...
2015-09-24 06:23:06 PM pec1963 they love football
2015-09-24 06:23:13 PM kathyhughes Love tailgating
2015-09-24 06:23:15 PM katew left the chat room
2015-09-24 06:23:17 PM meganisabel My residents love the Packers!
2015-09-24 06:23:19 PM stacy FOOTBALL......YEAH.....
2015-09-24 06:23:27 PM kathyhughes the residents enjoyed it every Sunday
2015-09-24 06:23:37 PM kathyhughes and the families got into it
2015-09-24 06:23:37 PM stacy Yes, we do a football league every year with the residents
2015-09-24 06:23:43 PM pec1963 Broncos, Cowboys, Steelers
2015-09-24 06:23:50 PM lindaz My residents love Red Sox and Patriots
2015-09-24 06:23:52 PM diannhartley mine love to gamble...even if it is for cookiesandchips!!!
2015-09-24 06:24:08 PM stacy Our Super Bowl Parties are pretty awesome and the staff gets into the football fun too
2015-09-24 06:24:11 PM tinab sounds like a good way to gamble
2015-09-24 06:24:21 PM diannhartley they LOVE it!!
2015-09-24 06:24:22 PM pec1963 Ours have really got into the fantasy football
2015-09-24 06:24:33 PM diannhartley and its friendly competition
2015-09-24 06:24:33 PM kathyhughes I would bet that they would gamble on a lot of things
2015-09-24 06:24:40 PM amyr our ppl love baseball more than football
2015-09-24 06:24:42 PM stacy That's Awesome.....
2015-09-24 06:24:45 PM pec1963 Most things
2015-09-24 06:24:50 PM tinab someone started a fantasy football group at one of my buildings
2015-09-24 06:25:11 PM stacy We are definitely a football facility....staff...residents and even the families get into the fun....
2015-09-24 06:25:25 PM pec1963 ours is a team resident and staff the whole building is involved
2015-09-24 06:25:41 PM hopi1974 At the end of the month in Oct. I ma taking my residnets to the casino for senior night...
2015-09-24 06:25:48 PM kathyhughes Do you do football trivia?
2015-09-24 06:25:49 PM stacy thats cool pec1963
2015-09-24 06:25:49 PM jorey Our residents wont gamble unless it is for real money lol we tried black jack but half of them wouldnt come down because of that lol
2015-09-24 06:26:07 PM pec1963 Good Idea Kathy will do that
2015-09-24 06:26:07 PM kathyhughes I don't blame them!
2015-09-24 06:26:08 PM stacy Yes, especially about the football stadiums and players
2015-09-24 06:26:09 PM tinab maybe I should look for an old electric football game...
2015-09-24 06:26:25 PM stacy left the chat room
2015-09-24 06:26:29 PM tinab football trivia would be fun
2015-09-24 06:26:35 PM kathyhughes I don't have one of those in my basement!
2015-09-24 06:26:39 PM stacy enter the chat room
2015-09-24 06:26:47 PM diannhartley mine are so poor that they feel happy with cookies
2015-09-24 06:26:49 PM pec1963 But they arefun
2015-09-24 06:26:50 PM lindaz We have Wii football
2015-09-24 06:26:56 PM amyr left the chat room
2015-09-24 06:26:58 PM kathyhughes We also would have charades with all of the "calls" that the ref's would do
2015-09-24 06:27:06 PM tinab thats a thught linda
2015-09-24 06:27:06 PM meganisabel Oh Wii football would be fun!
2015-09-24 06:27:15 PM pec1963 We have Wii but not football good idea
2015-09-24 06:27:16 PM cgbrown1977 One of the things the opening speaker talked about at the conference was doing activities and celebrating things that we would do at home.. He said to mix things up...Why do we hang pictures of the president and do activities for presidents day when we don't do that at home...and neither did they
2015-09-24 06:27:19 PM stacy my brother use to have one of those old electric football games, lol...
2015-09-24 06:27:22 PM jorey We held our family feud game today. It turned out great and was a lot of fun! Residents and staff came
2015-09-24 06:27:25 PM amyr enter the chat room
2015-09-24 06:27:26 PM kathyhughes and Jorey you can use scratch off lottery tickets
2015-09-24 06:27:43 PM tinab 15 yard penalty...unnecessary pile up
2015-09-24 06:27:51 PM stacy My residents are NOT good at the Wii
2015-09-24 06:27:57 PM jorey the Ref calls is a great idea!
2015-09-24 06:28:00 PM pec1963 We are going to do the Price is right
2015-09-24 06:28:01 PM diannhartley mine either stacy
2015-09-24 06:28:07 PM diannhartley it frustrates them
2015-09-24 06:28:14 PM krisy1 Mine arent either stacy!
2015-09-24 06:28:15 PM stacy Hand, arm and eye coordination....not a pretty sight with my residents
2015-09-24 06:28:35 PM krisy1 Mine want to watch me play
2015-09-24 06:28:44 PM kathyhughes I would bet that they would want an Atari
2015-09-24 06:28:48 PM tinab tennis and golf on wii sports
2015-09-24 06:28:55 PM stacy They can't figure out the buttons to push, then release, then have to move their arms and legs...lol
2015-09-24 06:28:57 PM jorey thats a good Prize kathy!
2015-09-24 06:28:59 PM diannhartley pong:D
2015-09-24 06:28:59 PM tinab no buttons just move
2015-09-24 06:29:05 PM kathyhughes right
2015-09-24 06:29:11 PM krisy1 I have one of those in my basement :)
2015-09-24 06:29:12 PM stacy Atari 5200 was right up my alley....
2015-09-24 06:29:16 PM pec1963 they dont care what we do as long as we laugh and have fun
2015-09-24 06:29:16 PM tinab bring on stagecoach
2015-09-24 06:29:21 PM tinab or pong
2015-09-24 06:29:26 PM kathyhughes and they would gamble for lottery tickets
2015-09-24 06:29:28 PM stacy Now we are talking ..... Along with the original playstation
2015-09-24 06:29:33 PM kathyhughes right
2015-09-24 06:29:35 PM diannhartley left the chat room
2015-09-24 06:29:37 PM stacy PAC MAN
2015-09-24 06:29:43 PM stacy Q-BERT
2015-09-24 06:29:46 PM kathyhughes sometimes old school.....is the best
2015-09-24 06:29:48 PM stacy FROOGGER
2015-09-24 06:29:51 PM tinab centipede
2015-09-24 06:29:52 PM diannhartley enter the chat room
2015-09-24 06:29:55 PM kathyhughes and they might understand it better
2015-09-24 06:29:59 PM stacy SPACE INVADERS
2015-09-24 06:30:03 PM pec1963 Should make your own maze and play pac man
2015-09-24 06:30:09 PM tinab it takes them right back to the good old days
2015-09-24 06:30:11 PM stacy I like CENTIPEDE
2015-09-24 06:30:13 PM kathyhughes see if you could get one of those pac man tables
2015-09-24 06:30:27 PM tinab that would be cool
2015-09-24 06:30:30 PM pec1963 where do you get them kathy
2015-09-24 06:30:31 PM diannhartley thats would be great fun!!!
2015-09-24 06:30:32 PM stacy I want to play atari now, great.....
2015-09-24 06:30:38 PM jorey We are starting hallway games. So anything you can do down the hallway. We are making a bowling set with pop bottles now :)
2015-09-24 06:30:48 PM kathyhughes saw one on American Pickers and they weren
2015-09-24 06:30:52 PM meganisabel My grandparents still have an Atari that works!
2015-09-24 06:30:58 PM kathyhughes werem't interested
2015-09-24 06:31:04 PM tinab bocce ball would work in the hallway
2015-09-24 06:31:06 PM stacy I would love to get one of those Skee Ball Machines....
2015-09-24 06:31:16 PM kathyhughes bet that if you got the word out someone has one
2015-09-24 06:31:19 PM stacy That wouold be awesome for the residents
2015-09-24 06:31:21 PM cgbrown1977 Mini golf too
2015-09-24 06:31:27 PM diannhartley they musta never worked in activities Kathy
2015-09-24 06:31:38 PM pec1963 i love american pickers . I will thanks
2015-09-24 06:31:51 PM tinab they have a bean bag version of skee ball in S&S catalog
2015-09-24 06:31:58 PM kathyhughes we did shuffle board in the hallway.....with small brooms and net balls
2015-09-24 06:32:05 PM jorey bocce ball and mini golf! super ideas
2015-09-24 06:32:06 PM lindaz We have magnetic fishes
2015-09-24 06:32:13 PM stacy I acturally have a resident who is always watching American Pickers...On the History channel right???
2015-09-24 06:32:20 PM kathyhughes right
2015-09-24 06:32:30 PM stacy He's gotten us hooked on that show....
2015-09-24 06:32:30 PM tinab they are fun to watch
2015-09-24 06:32:38 PM diannhartley yuuuuuuuuupppppp....oops wrong show
2015-09-24 06:32:43 PM stacy Tuesdays almost all day too
2015-09-24 06:32:56 PM pec1963 love them all they can sure brighten your day
2015-09-24 06:32:59 PM kathyhughes I like Hoarders makes me feel better about my clutter
2015-09-24 06:33:07 PM pec1963 lol
2015-09-24 06:33:09 PM stacy LOL....LOL...Kathy
2015-09-24 06:33:13 PM diannhartley hahahahh!!
2015-09-24 06:33:15 PM tinab amen Kathy
2015-09-24 06:33:28 PM tinab makes me feel organized!
2015-09-24 06:33:32 PM jorey i was walking in the hallway yesterday and a resident was watching Jaws lol then a couple doors down another one was too! I thougt it was pretty funny considering the generation lol
2015-09-24 06:33:32 PM stacy That show can be a little freaky to see people live that way
2015-09-24 06:33:34 PM kathyhughes Have 40 years of stuff
2015-09-24 06:33:36 PM hopi1974 LOL I cant watch that show because I hate CLutter I like to throw it away
2015-09-24 06:33:42 PM lindaz We just got Carol Burnetts first five session
2015-09-24 06:33:52 PM pec1963 My consaltant will be in our facility next week I am looking forward to picking her brain
2015-09-24 06:33:59 PM kathyhughes thats good Linda
2015-09-24 06:34:01 PM katew enter the chat room
2015-09-24 06:34:01 PM hopi1974 I need the space for new things if we arent using it lol
2015-09-24 06:34:08 PM diannhartley cool linda!!!!
2015-09-24 06:34:12 PM stacy Yeah, but Hopi, they never throw there stuff away and won't let other either
2015-09-24 06:34:13 PM tinab Where??? and can I borrow it when you are done
2015-09-24 06:34:36 PM cgbrown1977 I just saw that carol burnett Dvd's advertised
2015-09-24 06:34:37 PM pec1963 They love Mash also
2015-09-24 06:34:41 PM diannhartley i wonder if the library has carol burnett
2015-09-24 06:34:48 PM hopi1974 lol
2015-09-24 06:34:52 PM pec1963 they should
2015-09-24 06:34:53 PM lindaz Not yet
2015-09-24 06:34:57 PM tinab I put it on TVland....
2015-09-24 06:34:58 PM kathyhughes I would guess they might
2015-09-24 06:34:59 PM amyr left the chat room
2015-09-24 06:35:05 PM tinab lots of good old shows
2015-09-24 06:35:08 PM stacy We just started this month putting "Comedy Hour" on the calender...
2015-09-24 06:35:13 PM pec1963 Netflex
2015-09-24 06:35:20 PM stacy They watched Red Skelton today
2015-09-24 06:35:22 PM amyr enter the chat room
2015-09-24 06:35:25 PM meganisabel What Comedy Hour?
2015-09-24 06:35:26 PM jorey how do you do that stacy :)
2015-09-24 06:35:35 PM pec1963 Great Idea Stacy what do you do
2015-09-24 06:35:35 PM kathyhughes and when getting rid of stuff I always called around to other activities dept to see if they needed the stuff
2015-09-24 06:35:48 PM tinab good idea Kathy
2015-09-24 06:35:55 PM kathyhughes and we would bring stuff to our local meetings for a swap
2015-09-24 06:36:03 PM pec1963 CCleaning our storeage unit out
2015-09-24 06:36:04 PM stacy I have a lot of old VCR and DVD's of the old TV shows that had all the good comedians...
2015-09-24 06:36:12 PM tinab activities white elephant..
2015-09-24 06:36:19 PM katew sounds fun
2015-09-24 06:36:22 PM kathyhughes right
2015-09-24 06:36:32 PM kathyhughes and we would swap all the time
2015-09-24 06:36:34 PM stacy Sometimes we watch a couple episodes of them...then we engage the residents in some jokes or funny storyies
2015-09-24 06:36:41 PM hopi1974 Yeah I did that to my old job when I have things I think they may need but I know they dont use VCR antmore either
2015-09-24 06:36:57 PM jorey We have a resident that is just hilarious and I was tell her she should have been a comedian and she says my dad used to tell me I should be on the radio lol just a quit gal that never says anythig unless its to bring humor lol
2015-09-24 06:36:59 PM tinab I have other staff that drops stuff in my office almost daily
2015-09-24 06:37:05 PM hopi1974 I need to find one that is more in need of things
2015-09-24 06:37:14 PM kathyhughes you do know that you can knit with video tape
2015-09-24 06:37:14 PM stacy then they get into the conversations and start telling us (the staff) about their funny stories or jokes/.....It's quite cute and funny
2015-09-24 06:37:27 PM hopi1974 no how?
2015-09-24 06:37:28 PM tinab I never know what I will find when I come in
2015-09-24 06:37:50 PM tinab good idea Kathy
2015-09-24 06:37:51 PM kathyhughes Use the tape like yarn
2015-09-24 06:37:59 PM hopi1974 wow...
2015-09-24 06:38:09 PM stacy That's cool Kathy.....
2015-09-24 06:38:11 PM pec1963 good idea
2015-09-24 06:38:11 PM katew interesting
2015-09-24 06:38:22 PM meganisabel Good idea!
2015-09-24 06:38:24 PM kathyhughes you can weave it or crotchet it as well
2015-09-24 06:38:27 PM tinab good way to recycle old movies that don't play anymore
2015-09-24 06:38:29 PM diannhartley a sweater????
2015-09-24 06:38:44 PM diannhartley sounds uncomfortable
2015-09-24 06:38:45 PM kathyhughes check my Pinterest page...the PAPA board
2015-09-24 06:38:50 PM tinab award winnig sweater depending on the movie
2015-09-24 06:38:57 PM kathyhughes you can make purses
2015-09-24 06:38:58 PM diannhartley hahahahahahah
2015-09-24 06:38:58 PM pec1963 lol
2015-09-24 06:39:02 PM stacy We tried watching a video and doing "The Art Of Paper Folding"...Now that was funny trying to do Origami's
2015-09-24 06:39:05 PM hopi1974 hahahhaha
2015-09-24 06:39:06 PM pec1963 great idea
2015-09-24 06:39:08 PM diannhartley you people rack me UP!!!!!
2015-09-24 06:39:28 PM cgbrown1977 I think a purse would be great...a sweater, I don'y know about.
2015-09-24 06:39:50 PM kathyhughes the ladies loved to watch the craft shows and then try to do the craft
2015-09-24 06:39:55 PM tinab I remember how hard it was to get some of the residents to weave the old loop pot holders!
2015-09-24 06:40:03 PM stacy Don't know if my residents would be into the croheting or knitting with this bunch right now
2015-09-24 06:40:05 PM kathyhughes It is hard
2015-09-24 06:40:10 PM diannhartley i have never laughed thismuch on a chat room!!! you guys are great fun!!!
2015-09-24 06:40:24 PM stacy Crafts are definitely more their style
2015-09-24 06:40:26 PM kathyhughes good
2015-09-24 06:40:39 PM pec1963 we started a stitchery club started out really slow now we have about 10 residents
2015-09-24 06:40:41 PM tinab we need fun to refresh our brains
2015-09-24 06:40:44 PM jorey I felt that way last week Diann as well. Left the chat feeling good :)
2015-09-24 06:40:46 PM stacy 8-)
2015-09-24 06:40:54 PM meganisabel We hardly ever do crafts in our facility just doesnt seem like there is time.
2015-09-24 06:40:59 PM diannhartley laughing is soooooo good for us!!!
2015-09-24 06:40:59 PM stacy (y)
2015-09-24 06:41:12 PM tinab i am dizzy looking at that emoticom stacy
2015-09-24 06:41:12 PM stacy thats Right Diannhartley
2015-09-24 06:41:22 PM stacy lol...tinab
2015-09-24 06:41:22 PM pec1963 laughing is the cure for everything
2015-09-24 06:41:24 PM kathyhughes it is always fun to try a craft
2015-09-24 06:41:30 PM kathyhughes and see what happens
2015-09-24 06:41:40 PM lindaz We do cooking or /i do cooking we made applesauce
2015-09-24 06:41:46 PM pec1963 agreed
2015-09-24 06:41:47 PM tinab My challenge if if it needs drying time...no place to put it
2015-09-24 06:41:55 PM diannhartley Im picturing Kathy sitting back with a glass of wine knitting video tapes!!!:D
2015-09-24 06:41:58 PM lindaz they do eating
2015-09-24 06:41:59 PM katew I have never been good at crafts. It encouraged the residents to help me more
2015-09-24 06:42:00 PM kathyhughes the residents also liked to fold napkins in different things
2015-09-24 06:42:13 PM kathyhughes I could do that Diann
2015-09-24 06:42:14 PM stacy We just made bird feeders out of toilet paper rolls
2015-09-24 06:42:16 PM pec1963 make a rose
2015-09-24 06:42:24 PM tinab big origami
2015-09-24 06:42:27 PM cgbrown1977 We have a resident kitchen, but it is so small, sometimes it is a challenge to bake
2015-09-24 06:42:31 PM stacy Tissue Paper Flowers.....
2015-09-24 06:42:51 PM pec1963 we are going to recycle news paper and make fire starting logs and sell them
2015-09-24 06:42:52 PM stacy What about a cooking corner cgbrown1977
2015-09-24 06:43:07 PM krisy1 Wow!! you are lucky to have a kitchen !
2015-09-24 06:43:14 PM tinab i have a convection oven on a rolling cart in one building and a full kitchen in the other
2015-09-24 06:43:15 PM diannhartley Thanks for making this class fun!!
2015-09-24 06:43:16 PM stacy How about paper mache with all that newspaper
2015-09-24 06:43:18 PM kathyhughes Have you tried Otis Spunkmeyer
2015-09-24 06:43:24 PM krisy1 what do you cook ?
2015-09-24 06:43:39 PM tinab yummy Kathy
2015-09-24 06:43:42 PM jorey We just got a generous doantion from the Soroptimist to get a kitchen aide mixer! and any other needed kitchen utensils
2015-09-24 06:43:44 PM cgbrown1977 No I havent we have a stove top and a double oven
2015-09-24 06:43:46 PM stacy Bread Machine works too
2015-09-24 06:43:57 PM stacy We do all kinds of stuff at cooking corner
2015-09-24 06:44:03 PM tinab crock pot cooking is good too
2015-09-24 06:44:03 PM kathyhughes I had a NASCO portable ovem
2015-09-24 06:44:04 PM amyr we love our otis spunkmeyer oven. we call him spunky
2015-09-24 06:44:07 PM kathyhughes oven
2015-09-24 06:44:10 PM diannhartley thats great Jorey
2015-09-24 06:44:11 PM kathyhughes it was great
2015-09-24 06:44:18 PM katew What are the rules about donations if you are not a not for profit
2015-09-24 06:44:21 PM stacy Christmas we make sugar cookies with the residents - they roll out the dough and make the shapes
2015-09-24 06:44:30 PM tinab easy bake...100 watt light bulb oven
2015-09-24 06:44:35 PM kathyhughes electric fry pan
2015-09-24 06:44:39 PM stacy Summertime we do differnt types of Summer Salads ....
2015-09-24 06:44:49 PM lindaz We have an oven and make cookies often
2015-09-24 06:44:58 PM pec1963 we do too they love that but i think they eat most of the decorations and frosting
2015-09-24 06:44:58 PM stacy National Grill Chees is a popular with all the different fillers
2015-09-24 06:45:03 PM kathyhughes A long time ago Kate
2015-09-24 06:45:18 PM tinab fruit salad is great in the summer...a little fresh mint to jazz it up
2015-09-24 06:45:19 PM lindaz we got the oven for free with cookie contract
2015-09-24 06:45:19 PM jorey We do whats cooking every Monday. We make a special treat with the residents
2015-09-24 06:45:32 PM meganisabel We use to have an oven and bake cookies.. but it was to expensive i guess... now we get the cheapest store bought cookies
2015-09-24 06:45:35 PM diannhartley mine like to make pizzas
2015-09-24 06:45:38 PM kathyhughes I had the facility lawyer make the resident council a non profit
2015-09-24 06:45:43 PM cgbrown1977 I usually set up some residents in the activity room with cupcakes I already baked so they can start frosting and decorating, and have others inside the kitchen mixing and forming cookies
2015-09-24 06:45:48 PM diannhartley its fun and easy for them
2015-09-24 06:46:00 PM katew interesting idea
2015-09-24 06:46:02 PM stacy For Halloween We Do A Haunted Ginerbread House and at Christmas we do a "Santa's Gingerbread Village"
2015-09-24 06:46:07 PM kathyhughes but I would check with the facility lawyer
2015-09-24 06:46:08 PM tinab fun
2015-09-24 06:46:09 PM cgbrown1977 How do you do that Kathy???
2015-09-24 06:46:16 PM pec1963 Good idea Kathy
2015-09-24 06:46:18 PM kathyhughes I can't remember
2015-09-24 06:46:29 PM kathyhughes it was over 25 years ago
2015-09-24 06:46:42 PM katew Our resident council funds and fundraising is coming under some scurity.
2015-09-24 06:46:47 PM cgbrown1977 That would be great!
2015-09-24 06:46:51 PM kathyhughes It was great though
2015-09-24 06:46:56 PM stacy Rehab loves it when we do the gingerbread activities for Fine Motor Skills and have the residents stand and practive balance with decorating the houses
2015-09-24 06:47:00 PM diannhartley What do you do if nobody wants to be the council president?????
2015-09-24 06:47:00 PM jorey how so Kate?
2015-09-24 06:47:03 PM kathyhughes we could then take donations
2015-09-24 06:47:14 PM tinab makes sense
2015-09-24 06:47:26 PM amyr we made dog treats in spunky and sold them for resident council
2015-09-24 06:47:30 PM kathyhughes I did not have a president
2015-09-24 06:47:33 PM pec1963 I hope the rules havent changed because i am going to make that happen Kathy
2015-09-24 06:47:36 PM kathyhughes we had floor reps
2015-09-24 06:47:49 PM katew It isn't really clear yet but there is possibly some concerns about an unreported income source
2015-09-24 06:47:56 PM diannhartley no bbody wants anything to do with it but complain
2015-09-24 06:48:21 PM kathyhughes I would check to see if it is possible
2015-09-24 06:48:26 PM hopi1974 By law do we have to have a night program?
2015-09-24 06:48:27 PM katew Nothing is changing yet, but I am trying to be prepared with a way to keep fundraising
2015-09-24 06:48:31 PM kathyhughes of course they do Diann
2015-09-24 06:48:31 PM stacy I've been at my facility for 9 years and they have never wanted nor had any interest in being any position of resident council like pres, vice pres, secretary or treasure...
2015-09-24 06:48:34 PM pec1963 I plan on it
2015-09-24 06:48:34 PM krisy1 Do you have to have a president ?
2015-09-24 06:48:47 PM katew The residents gain so much from controlling those funds
2015-09-24 06:48:54 PM pec1963 We have a full council
2015-09-24 06:49:01 PM diannhartley Im at a loss....I have to have a council...but nobody right now wants to beon it
2015-09-24 06:49:15 PM tinab we have a president in name only in one building and none in our other building
2015-09-24 06:49:23 PM stacy I even have the ombudsman come in once a year and she even goes over the roles and responsibilities of the officer positions and still no interest from my residents
2015-09-24 06:49:32 PM kathyhughes You do not have to have a resident council if the residents don't want one
2015-09-24 06:49:47 PM kathyhughes and Hopi I would check your regulations
2015-09-24 06:49:53 PM diannhartley OH!!! I didntknow that....
2015-09-24 06:49:54 PM kathyhughes in your state
2015-09-24 06:49:54 PM amyr how do explain that to state?
2015-09-24 06:49:59 PM lindaz Serve food at the meeting something special they"ll
2015-09-24 06:50:18 PM hopi1974 OK I WILL PER. COMPANY OR STATE?
2015-09-24 06:50:21 PM tinab document the attempts to get the residents interested
2015-09-24 06:50:24 PM diannhartley oh they come....but no body wants to be the pres or vp
2015-09-24 06:50:26 PM kathyhughes You can take a monthly survey and document it
2015-09-24 06:50:29 PM pec1963 Change the approach, think outside the box but if the resident s dont want one they dont have to have one
2015-09-24 06:50:32 PM kathyhughes state
2015-09-24 06:50:38 PM hopi1974 OK
2015-09-24 06:50:44 PM amyr oh sounds good thanks
2015-09-24 06:51:10 PM kathyhughes then I would not worry about it Diann
2015-09-24 06:51:26 PM stacy We still meet every month for resident council, they just elect and agree each month that no one wants to hold those positions at that time
2015-09-24 06:51:27 PM kathyhughes see the Resident Council is up to the residents
2015-09-24 06:51:39 PM pec1963 We serve treats at ours food always works gets them in the door then they want to become involved

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