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2017-09-20 05:50:25 PM debra enter the chat room
2017-09-20 05:50:54 PM debra left the chat room
2017-09-20 05:55:46 PM ruthiesister enter the chat room
2017-09-20 05:58:24 PM asantana enter the chat room
2017-09-20 05:58:52 PM debra enter the chat room
2017-09-20 05:59:13 PM ruthiesister welcome
2017-09-20 05:59:32 PM debra Hi is there a speciality chat tonight?
2017-09-20 05:59:34 PM asantana thank you
2017-09-20 05:59:50 PM ruthiesister yes
2017-09-20 06:00:04 PM debra thank you!
2017-09-20 06:00:06 PM ruthiesister we have a cpl mins ,
2017-09-20 06:00:32 PM ruthiesister were r u from
2017-09-20 06:00:53 PM asantana i am from Las Vegas NV
2017-09-20 06:01:26 PM ruthiesister i bet the weather is nice ,,
2017-09-20 06:02:17 PM asantana its barely staarting to cool down!
2017-09-20 06:02:28 PM asantana it was a nice day out today.
2017-09-20 06:02:31 PM debra michigan we're going to be 90 degrees this weekend! crazy!
2017-09-20 06:02:54 PM debra where are you ruthie?
2017-09-20 06:03:37 PM ruthiesister i live in the catskills from up state ny ,, and we leaves are changing from 2 wks of cold weather and now it been in the 70 these wk ,,
2017-09-20 06:04:08 PM debra i bet it's beautiful there!
2017-09-20 06:05:01 PM ruthiesister my typing is slow i cut the tip of my finger doing dishes tonight
2017-09-20 06:05:51 PM ruthiesister so what of facility do you work in
2017-09-20 06:05:55 PM debra ugh! is this supposed to be the swing bed chat? kinda concerning since there are only 3 of us
2017-09-20 06:06:26 PM ruthiesister im use to it ,, lol ,,
2017-09-20 06:06:32 PM asantana i work FNt a S
2017-09-20 06:06:33 PM debra skilled nursing
2017-09-20 06:06:43 PM asantana *i work at a SNF
2017-09-20 06:07:05 PM debra how many residents?
2017-09-20 06:07:08 PM ruthiesister how many beds
2017-09-20 06:07:18 PM asantana ive been there for 5 years now in the activity department
2017-09-20 06:07:27 PM asantana 182 bed
2017-09-20 06:07:40 PM ruthiesister wow a big one
2017-09-20 06:08:00 PM asantana yes! 42 of them are in our secure unit
2017-09-20 06:08:21 PM debra we have 80 where I am, 40 in the alzheimers wing, 16 in rehab, and 10 in a greenhouse at on our facilities property
2017-09-20 06:09:04 PM debra do you work with all of them asantana?
2017-09-20 06:09:15 PM ruthiesister i work in a very small hospital with a total of 16 beds in the hospital , and i can have anywhere from 1 to 10 swb (swingbed) patients
2017-09-20 06:09:20 PM sjorgensen enter the chat room
2017-09-20 06:09:41 PM ruthiesister welcome
2017-09-20 06:09:56 PM asantana wow, what a difference.
2017-09-20 06:09:57 PM sjorgensen Make it 4 of us!
2017-09-20 06:10:06 PM debra Wow!
2017-09-20 06:10:10 PM asantana i do work with all the residents
2017-09-20 06:10:29 PM ruthiesister how many people are in your act dept
2017-09-20 06:10:30 PM asantana im all over the place am
2017-09-20 06:10:32 PM debra you must be overwhelmed at times asantana! how many staff?
2017-09-20 06:10:43 PM asantana at my facility
2017-09-20 06:10:48 PM ruthiesister yes
2017-09-20 06:11:02 PM sjorgensen So, why are we talking about a "swing bed" facility?
2017-09-20 06:11:09 PM ruthiesister yes
2017-09-20 06:11:14 PM asantana theres 5 total staff members including AD
2017-09-20 06:11:34 PM debra full or part time?
2017-09-20 06:11:41 PM asantana it can be overwhelming at times.
2017-09-20 06:11:44 PM ruthiesister thats not bad i use to work in a 199 bed facility
2017-09-20 06:11:44 PM asantana all full time
2017-09-20 06:11:52 PM sjorgensen Does a swing bed facility had a large need for activities?
2017-09-20 06:12:34 PM ruthiesister i feel yes , i get all kinds of patients in swb , from falls, to surgery, to dementia
2017-09-20 06:12:40 PM debra ugh! do you enjoy where you are now ruthie? i think it would be great to devote alot of 1:1 time......
2017-09-20 06:12:57 PM sjorgensen Sorry for the "questions"...It's a "speciality chat" for me and I don't know anything about a "swing bed" facility.
2017-09-20 06:13:42 PM sjorgensen I work in a 110 bed facility where we have AL, Memory Care, Rehab, Skilled Nursing, and Long Term Care.
2017-09-20 06:13:44 PM ruthiesister lots of time a swb patient lose hope that they are going to be able to get back to the ife they had
2017-09-20 06:14:10 PM sjorgensen Is a SWB like rehab or long term care?
2017-09-20 06:14:11 PM asantana how many people do you have in your dept RUTHIE
2017-09-20 06:14:35 PM ruthiesister i have just swb and acute patients
2017-09-20 06:14:56 PM ruthiesister so what is the harders part of your swb program
2017-09-20 06:15:05 PM sjorgensen Are your patients able to DO activities??? If so, what kind of activities?
2017-09-20 06:15:13 PM debra me too, sjorgensen tell us about swing beds ruthie ... how it differentiates from where the rest of us are
2017-09-20 06:17:13 PM ruthiesister remember i work in a hospital so lots of my patients have all different kind of reasons they are with me , some ae there just for IVantibac, some falls some surgery , hips,knee ,so everyday is different for me
2017-09-20 06:17:15 PM asantana swing beds are pretty much like a skilled nuring home, is'nt it??
2017-09-20 06:17:30 PM ruthiesister no not really
2017-09-20 06:17:44 PM sjorgensen Are the activities more "in-room" leisure activities???
2017-09-20 06:17:46 PM ruthiesister some go home some not
2017-09-20 06:17:48 PM asantana they have 24 bour nursing care and rehab??
2017-09-20 06:18:21 PM sjorgensen Are the patients able to ambulate or are they mostly confined to their beds?
2017-09-20 06:18:29 PM ruthiesister yea our swb patient have 24 hours care and a full hospital staff at all time
2017-09-20 06:19:13 PM ruthiesister both ,, i can have 6 different kinds of patients so i have to figure out how to make it with for all of them
2017-09-20 06:19:26 PM sjorgensen So, your patients are higher acuity of care? More nursing than activities???
2017-09-20 06:19:33 PM asantana and its only yourself??
2017-09-20 06:19:34 PM ruthiesister so that is when your assessment is very inportant
2017-09-20 06:19:54 PM ruthiesister yea i'm a dept of 1
2017-09-20 06:20:00 PM sjorgensen Are your patients more 1:1's?
2017-09-20 06:20:28 PM asantana wow!! good things its not a lot of beds
2017-09-20 06:20:47 PM ruthiesister but i love it , everyday is different , i make a calendar but to me it's paper because it's hard to make a calendar for patient you don't no you have yet ,
2017-09-20 06:21:02 PM debra I'll bet!
2017-09-20 06:21:14 PM sjorgensen Approximately how much time do you spend with each patient doing "activities?"
2017-09-20 06:21:43 PM ruthiesister so every morning i visit every patient see how their night went and what are they feeling like doing and then i make a pan for the day
2017-09-20 06:22:05 PM sjorgensen What kind of activities work for you and your patients? What do they feel like doing?
2017-09-20 06:22:18 PM ruthiesister i have learn that in a swb you have to be able to change your day or hour depending on the day
2017-09-20 06:22:40 PM asantana and find time to document
2017-09-20 06:22:53 PM ruthiesister i have found that activities that make my patients feel like they are still part of the community work the best
2017-09-20 06:23:13 PM ruthiesister so i work with my community on activities ,
2017-09-20 06:23:26 PM sjorgensen I can see how that would happen...it happens at my facility depending on our resident's moods, pain level, etc.
2017-09-20 06:23:43 PM asantana do you have volunteers come in weekly??
2017-09-20 06:24:04 PM sjorgensen Can you be a little more specific about the kind of community activities you do with your patients?
2017-09-20 06:24:23 PM debra do you have a "basic" calendar that you follow?
2017-09-20 06:24:24 PM asantana i bet volunteers would be great at a SWB
2017-09-20 06:24:24 PM ruthiesister we make pet toys for the humane soc , hand puppets for the libaray , thing for the relay for life
2017-09-20 06:24:49 PM asantana i love that!!
2017-09-20 06:24:54 PM debra great!
2017-09-20 06:25:19 PM ruthiesister we have been work on the kindness rock program that is all over the america
2017-09-20 06:25:38 PM ruthiesister have any of you hear of that
2017-09-20 06:25:55 PM sjorgensen Oh, so some of your patients are cognitive and can still do physical type of activities! I was thinking that they were critical and in pain and didn't want to participate.
2017-09-20 06:26:11 PM asantana never heard of it
2017-09-20 06:26:14 PM debra i briefly heard of it but not really sure what's it's about
2017-09-20 06:26:16 PM sjorgensen I have not heard of the kindness rock program! What Is it?
2017-09-20 06:26:42 PM ruthiesister not all of them ,, nd doing act help makes them not think about the pain and on sometihng alse
2017-09-20 06:26:45 PM ruthiesister else
2017-09-20 06:27:12 PM sjorgensen Tell us about the Kindness Rock Program.
2017-09-20 06:28:24 PM ruthiesister we paint rock with encourageing words on them or saying and places them around the community with our hospital name on the back so when you find them you know were it came from people can rehide them or keep it if it was something they needed to feel better
2017-09-20 06:28:51 PM sjorgensen That makes me smile!!!
2017-09-20 06:29:04 PM asantana same here!!!
2017-09-20 06:29:06 PM debra great idea! i have a bunch of rocks but they might be too small.... what size did you use
2017-09-20 06:29:21 PM asantana that would definitly brighten my day up
2017-09-20 06:29:30 PM sjorgensen We do something similiar at my facility where we paint rocks and put them in and around our OWN courtyard for others to find!
2017-09-20 06:29:35 PM ruthiesister we also make them for our patients that have gone home we make them one and i or a staff person will bring it thier house and put it in thier mailbax
2017-09-20 06:30:17 PM sjorgensen Like a "secret admirer" or a little rock "love note!"
2017-09-20 06:30:42 PM sjorgensen That is so sweet!
2017-09-20 06:30:48 PM ruthiesister so when they are home they know that we are still thinking of them and a word can make a difference in someone day
2017-09-20 06:31:31 PM sjorgensen That would surely make your "former" patient feel special!
2017-09-20 06:31:43 PM ruthiesister we did for a younger guy that left a few weeks ago ,, and we made him a rock that said dream big
2017-09-20 06:32:16 PM sjorgensen Great idea...what other ideas do you have for activities for your patients?
2017-09-20 06:33:21 PM ruthiesister for my guys i have a couple geocachs also on the hospital growns which the guys like
2017-09-20 06:33:44 PM sjorgensen Geocachs??? Could you explain?
2017-09-20 06:34:11 PM ruthiesister i have a garden were we've had tomatoes and cumber,califlower
2017-09-20 06:35:03 PM ruthiesister Geo caching is like modern day teasure hunting
2017-09-20 06:35:10 PM sjorgensen We have a garden, too...but, the residents don't seem to want to go out in the daytime heat or get their hands dirty!
2017-09-20 06:35:23 PM debra how do you do that? with your phone?
2017-09-20 06:35:29 PM asantana its too hot in vegas for any kind of gardening lol
2017-09-20 06:35:35 PM sjorgensen Treasure hunts...and maybe "scavenger" hunts???
2017-09-20 06:35:39 PM ruthiesister lol, thats true ,
2017-09-20 06:36:13 PM asantana do you do outings with the residents??
2017-09-20 06:36:38 PM sjorgensen We have done some magazine scavenger hunts...not actual scavenger hunts outdoors.
2017-09-20 06:36:49 PM ruthiesister treasure hunting , we have 2 one in the paerking lot on a guardrail , and one the front of the hospital
2017-09-20 06:37:15 PM ruthiesister that why i like the geo for my guys i can get them outside and walking
2017-09-20 06:37:28 PM sjorgensen And, the residents will go out in their hospital gowns and go on a treasure hunt?
2017-09-20 06:37:31 PM asantana ahhh
2017-09-20 06:38:58 PM ruthiesister you put coordinates of our location and we put thing inside og our cach ,and people find it ,writer there name if they take something out they have to put something in ,, and you can track what kind of people have been at your caCH and were they from
2017-09-20 06:39:23 PM debra awesome!
2017-09-20 06:39:24 PM ruthiesister looking up it ,it all over the world i have been doing it for 10yrs , and
2017-09-20 06:40:07 PM ruthiesister have gone geo in alaska and australia , bermuda
2017-09-20 06:40:54 PM ruthiesister so yoyu look under geocach.com
2017-09-20 06:41:04 PM sjorgensen I am so sorry for not knowing very much about SWB...but, I'd really like to understand. So, GEO for the guys, huh? Sounds technical and something they'd be interested in doing.
2017-09-20 06:41:05 PM ruthiesister damn figure
2017-09-20 06:41:45 PM ruthiesister it not just for guys put it something that the guy so like doing ,
2017-09-20 06:42:14 PM sjorgensen I'm going to look it up...sounds simple and interesting!
2017-09-20 06:42:24 PM debra me too!
2017-09-20 06:42:27 PM ruthiesister anything i do anyone can do ,, because not everyone is going to like everything you do ,
2017-09-20 06:42:52 PM debra i know lots of people do it around here but i never thought to do it at our facility....
2017-09-20 06:43:03 PM sjorgensen That is soooooooo true! I always try to have alternate plan B and alternate plan C for that same reason!
2017-09-20 06:43:18 PM ruthiesister that why making pet toys , hand puppets, painting rocks ,gardening , geocaching ,
2017-09-20 06:43:42 PM debra pet toys .... what do you make?
2017-09-20 06:44:16 PM sjorgensen What other things do you do? So far, you have given me several "new" activities to do with my residents! Thanks.
2017-09-20 06:44:21 PM debra agreed sjorgensen! sometimes we even hit plan f!
2017-09-20 06:44:34 PM ruthiesister we take old tennis balls and put them in old socks ,, we take feathers on fishing line on a dole
2017-09-20 06:44:40 PM sjorgensen Hahahaha....yep; some days are like that!
2017-09-20 06:45:37 PM ruthiesister i love pinterest is a wonderful thing
2017-09-20 06:45:53 PM sjorgensen Old tennis balls, huh? Sounds like a good activities director...we get all the "left-overs" and the "trash" and turn it all into treasure and arts & crafts!
2017-09-20 06:45:57 PM ruthiesister we make bird house for the parks in town
2017-09-20 06:46:26 PM debra with what materials? someone donate wood?
2017-09-20 06:46:50 PM ruthiesister we help with the decoration for the hospital float at x-mas
2017-09-20 06:47:08 PM ruthiesister mainataINCE or i ask my community
2017-09-20 06:47:21 PM debra hospital float????
2017-09-20 06:47:40 PM ruthiesister and i have patients that go home and later come back and donate stuff
2017-09-20 06:48:03 PM ruthiesister yep the hospital puts on a holiday parade every yr ,
2017-09-20 06:48:15 PM asantana we get a lot of donations from family members
2017-09-20 06:48:18 PM ruthiesister remember i live in a very small town
2017-09-20 06:48:44 PM asantana it sound like you live in a small community
2017-09-20 06:48:52 PM ruthiesister and then the town does a st patty's day so we help with those
2017-09-20 06:49:05 PM debra what's your population?
2017-09-20 06:49:39 PM ruthiesister i use anyone thatr i think can help me and my patients ,, and i'm not hy about it ,, lol
2017-09-20 06:49:50 PM sjorgensen Oh...I saw a bird house project. You just can buy a "ready-made" birdhouse, smeer on peanut butter all over the wood, sprinkle it with birdseed and hang it outside! Kinda like peanut butter on a pinecone...same principle, but, has a different look!
2017-09-20 06:50:06 PM ruthiesister mmm not sure 6000 ,maybe ,
2017-09-20 06:50:47 PM debra like it sjorgensen!
2017-09-20 06:50:51 PM ruthiesister yea , anything i have learn you really have to think outside the boxs all the time
2017-09-20 06:51:07 PM sjorgensen People like helping other people...especially people in need. I ask for donations and "free stuff!" If you don't ask, you'll never know!
2017-09-20 06:51:43 PM ruthiesister yea ,, so your swb patient will help if they think they are helping someone else
2017-09-20 06:52:13 PM sjorgensen I've got friends collecting toilet paper tubes for me...and you all know why! Hahaha
2017-09-20 06:52:23 PM debra i think most residents will! i have one who has been knitting pre-mie hats and she's at it 24/7.
2017-09-20 06:52:24 PM ruthiesister ok,,lol..
2017-09-20 06:52:58 PM ruthiesister ok,,, so before we close up .. i need everyones start datev and mep 1-2
2017-09-20 06:52:59 PM debra alright.... why sjorgensen????
2017-09-20 06:53:21 PM debra I'm MEPAP2-Own Pace
2017-09-20 06:53:28 PM sjorgensen For all the toilet paper tube crafts I do!
2017-09-20 06:53:56 PM ruthiesister yoyu can make alotr of stuff with those silly things ,, lol
2017-09-20 06:54:03 PM debra elaborate please! i have a trunk full of them! and not sure what the heck to do with them
2017-09-20 06:54:14 PM sjorgensen I have a resident who crochets baby headbands! So cute and it makes her feel useful.
2017-09-20 06:54:16 PM asantana MEPAP1-070417
2017-09-20 06:54:28 PM ruthiesister go on pintest
2017-09-20 06:54:29 PM debra ive just been saving them from my own home
2017-09-20 06:55:00 PM ruthiesister pinerest
2017-09-20 06:55:04 PM sjorgensen Toilet paper tubes and pinterest...say no more! Take a look. You'd be surprised what you can do with them...at a surprizingly low lost!
2017-09-20 06:55:09 PM debra headbands - great idea! i'll tell her about it!
2017-09-20 06:55:14 PM ruthiesister lol,, yep
2017-09-20 06:55:20 PM debra will also check out pinterest!
2017-09-20 06:55:31 PM sjorgensen You're gonna LOVE it!
2017-09-20 06:55:47 PM ruthiesister sjoregensen i need your staert date and mep
2017-09-20 06:55:50 PM sjorgensen Watch out, though...it's easy to spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME looking at stuff!
2017-09-20 06:55:50 PM ruthiesister start
2017-09-20 06:55:53 PM debra my husband will be happy to get them out of the car!
2017-09-20 06:56:14 PM asantana it was nice talking to everyone and great chat. have to get dinner on the table now.
2017-09-20 06:56:41 PM ruthiesister i had a patient that made pockets books out of the gorcery bags
2017-09-20 06:56:56 PM ruthiesister ok,, thank youhy for coming
2017-09-20 06:57:01 PM debra that's right - it's early there! time for bed for me! good night all!!!!!
2017-09-20 06:57:01 PM asantana left the chat room
2017-09-20 06:57:12 PM sjorgensen My start date and MEPAP number is 080117.
2017-09-20 06:57:13 PM ruthiesister good nite
2017-09-20 06:57:27 PM debra left the chat room
2017-09-20 06:57:33 PM ruthiesister mep ?
2017-09-20 06:57:41 PM ruthiesister 1-2
2017-09-20 06:57:56 PM sjorgensen Oh, sorry MEP 1
2017-09-20 06:58:12 PM ruthiesister thatas ok, , i hope you enjoyed the class
2017-09-20 06:58:17 PM sjorgensen Thanks for the chat tonight!
2017-09-20 06:58:37 PM ruthiesister have a good month ,,,
2017-09-20 06:58:44 PM ruthiesister good nite
2017-09-20 06:58:54 PM sjorgensen Bye bye!
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