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2020-02-19 06:57:21 PM elaine What is the topic tonight?
2020-02-19 06:57:34 PM ruthiesister welcome ,
2020-02-19 06:57:49 PM jcullum Hello
2020-02-19 06:58:00 PM ruthiesister how is everyone tonight
2020-02-19 06:58:16 PM elaine Thank you Hello, doing ok
2020-02-19 06:58:23 PM jcullum good
2020-02-19 06:59:12 PM ruthiesister remind me of where your from and what kind of facility you work at
2020-02-19 06:59:37 PM jcullum I am from Virginia and work in Assisted Living
2020-02-19 07:00:05 PM elaine W. Virginia, rehab, skilled LTC
2020-02-19 07:00:17 PM ruthiesister sorry if i'm typeing slow not feeling great tonight been fighting a really bad cold ,, the joys of up state NY in the winter
2020-02-19 07:00:58 PM elaine Lots of people here have some cold/flu/virus
2020-02-19 07:01:00 PM ruthiesister we have been getting a lot of flu in the hospital the last month
2020-02-19 07:01:29 PM ruthiesister if you remember i work in a small hospital in up state ny ,, 16 beds ,
2020-02-19 07:01:59 PM elaine Flu can spread fast in a small facility
2020-02-19 07:01:59 PM ruthiesister in what they call swingbed ,, it like and short term rehab but not ,, lol
2020-02-19 07:02:29 PM jcullum So far we don't have any flu in our community
2020-02-19 07:03:24 PM elaine Are specialty chats only 3rd Wed. of the month?
2020-02-19 07:03:27 PM ruthiesister we get many diffrent kinds of patients and you never know hope long they are stay or going
2020-02-19 07:03:47 PM ruthiesister no there is one every weds
2020-02-19 07:04:22 PM elaine Thanks, how long have you been at your facility?
2020-02-19 07:04:23 PM ruthiesister there is a assistant living and dementia
2020-02-19 07:05:08 PM ruthiesister i have been doing act for 18 yrs and have been working in a swingbed program for 12
2020-02-19 07:05:23 PM jcullum Why are they in a swingbed program
2020-02-19 07:05:31 PM ruthiesister i use to work in LTC 200 bed was a hard change to 16
2020-02-19 07:06:56 PM ruthiesister swingbed is for patients that still need hospital care like from surgery ,wound care anti bac , or just knees and hips
2020-02-19 07:07:15 PM jcullum OK
2020-02-19 07:07:17 PM elaine We don't have any swing beds at our facility. I like getting to know LTC. I don't get to know the skilled people as well.
2020-02-19 07:07:24 PM ruthiesister lot of thing ,, we get every kind of patient
2020-02-19 07:08:07 PM ruthiesister it hard and diffrent from ltc .
2020-02-19 07:08:43 PM ruthiesister because everyday i can be getting someone new and people going ,
2020-02-19 07:08:59 PM ruthiesister so planning activitiwes get tough
2020-02-19 07:09:00 PM jcullum Do you do activities with them
2020-02-19 07:09:13 PM jcullum What kind of Activities
2020-02-19 07:09:49 PM elaine Is it a lot of paperwork and insurance regulations to get approval for swing beds?
2020-02-19 07:11:21 PM ruthiesister oo you name it ,,right now i have a patient that is high functional MR .. and a woman that had a shoke in her 28 and gard to communicate with , because sometime the word she said it not what she means
2020-02-19 07:11:40 PM ruthiesister so what i had plan on my calendar was not what happenned
2020-02-19 07:12:15 PM ruthiesister i have to change activities everyday on the patient who they are feeling and what level they are at ,
2020-02-19 07:12:50 PM elaine Do you word your activities vaguley so you can fit it to a chnging popoulation? That must be tricky.
2020-02-19 07:12:56 PM jcullum I can see how that would be possible.
2020-02-19 07:13:55 PM ruthiesister so very busy on the floor my guy is very ,very busy all day ,so and nursing whats me to have him all day because they can't take care of other pt ecause he is up and down ,
2020-02-19 07:14:36 PM ruthiesister i look at my calendar as something the astate makes me do but it really doesn;t mean anything in the real world
2020-02-19 07:14:39 PM elaine Your regulations are probably different for planning the calendar. Do they give you flexibilty? If it's on our printed calendar we have to do it.
2020-02-19 07:15:39 PM ruthiesister i write on the calendar that all activities are stubject to change ,do to patient wants and needs
2020-02-19 07:16:59 PM ruthiesister i try to have a clp bigger thing a month but the rest is genrual things ,, craft , movie , today news,
2020-02-19 07:17:07 PM elaine Is it just you or anyone else in activities?
2020-02-19 07:17:17 PM ruthiesister no just me ,
2020-02-19 07:17:36 PM ruthiesister sometime i can have 2 pt sometimes i can 8-10
2020-02-19 07:17:52 PM ruthiesister coming and going
2020-02-19 07:18:16 PM jcullum That does seem like a difficult job
2020-02-19 07:18:27 PM kamron87 enter the chat room
2020-02-19 07:18:30 PM ruthiesister it harder to do care plans now ,, we never had to do them but in the last yr they change that and we need care plans
2020-02-19 07:18:41 PM kamron87 hello everyone sorry im late
2020-02-19 07:18:48 PM ruthiesister welcome
2020-02-19 07:19:21 PM elaine what's the range of pt. stays?
2020-02-19 07:19:52 PM ruthiesister so i have to figure out out to group sonme of them in the day , and match there personaize and likes today to make a acitvity
2020-02-19 07:20:12 PM ruthiesister the last cpl days we have been working on painting ,
2020-02-19 07:20:39 PM jcullum Do you have to have a full day of activities
2020-02-19 07:20:44 PM ruthiesister i have permade canvas that you paint with a picture on
2020-02-19 07:21:12 PM kamron87 is this for swing beds?
2020-02-19 07:21:28 PM elaine one of our residents told state finger painting was childish so we had to cut back on that even though others like it
2020-02-19 07:22:29 PM ruthiesister i set my calendar i when i work in LTC , something at 10 in the morning ,,something 2 , and they can have lunch in the solarium together or with me if they like
2020-02-19 07:22:46 PM ruthiesister will be you paint brushs
2020-02-19 07:23:33 PM ruthiesister so tell me how you group your resident to do small activities
2020-02-19 07:23:48 PM ruthiesister in to
2020-02-19 07:24:06 PM ruthiesister sorry i thing this meds is making me type really bad
2020-02-19 07:24:24 PM elaine I have the game fanatics, the music lovers, the TV fans, and the walkers
2020-02-19 07:24:35 PM kamron87 so are we just discussing activities or is this a swing bed discussion??
2020-02-19 07:24:49 PM ruthiesister both
2020-02-19 07:25:11 PM kamron87 aaaaok, im not really clearwhat a swing bed facility is
2020-02-19 07:25:52 PM ruthiesister so did it take a bit to find resident to can match up together to do a small activity with
2020-02-19 07:25:59 PM ruthiesister do any of you do that
2020-02-19 07:26:37 PM ruthiesister lol im sorry
2020-02-19 07:27:07 PM kamron87 I work at a LTC ficility. I just looked up swing beds, I thought I knew what it was...lol
2020-02-19 07:27:13 PM ruthiesister so do you make small group of resident that have the same interest
2020-02-19 07:27:24 PM jcullum Yes
2020-02-19 07:27:29 PM ruthiesister there is many kinds of swingbed
2020-02-19 07:27:49 PM ruthiesister i like said earlies i work in a hospital setting
2020-02-19 07:27:57 PM elaine Some of the similar interest people gravitate together to do activities, some you know not to put together or there may be a fight and others I discovered by trying different activities
2020-02-19 07:28:00 PM ruthiesister not in a nursing home ,
2020-02-19 07:28:40 PM ruthiesister so how long did it take you to make these like groups and know who to put with who ,
2020-02-19 07:29:04 PM ruthiesister remeberi have a day ,,or a week
2020-02-19 07:29:05 PM jcullum It hellps to get to know your residents
2020-02-19 07:29:40 PM ruthiesister to do get people ,in small group to do something together
2020-02-19 07:29:47 PM jcullum Do you get an assessment on the people you work with
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2020-02-19 07:30:28 PM elaine Looking at the assessment and MDS gives me a start, but walking the halls and talking to people has been the best way to see what people are willing/interested in doing.
2020-02-19 07:30:38 PM ruthiesister i do ,, i try and sit with them for a good 20 mins , the first day and everyday im in the room trying to leanr more ,
2020-02-19 07:31:31 PM elaine family input also helps
2020-02-19 07:31:38 PM ruthiesister by just going every morning to see everyone how was there night ,, whats going ,, oo what are you watching , or talk about thier breakfast anything to get to know them nore
2020-02-19 07:32:17 PM ruthiesister its was with my stoke lady ,it took a bit her husband only can come in 2 days a week ,
2020-02-19 07:32:54 PM ruthiesister it takes me 3 dayd to really get a feel for the pt ,
2020-02-19 07:33:15 PM jcullum I can imagine
2020-02-19 07:33:20 PM ruthiesister and then i can do pretty good find an why to get something going with a few pts
2020-02-19 07:33:21 PM elaine Sometimes photos that family have brought in reveals hidden talents/interests
2020-02-19 07:34:14 PM ruthiesister and then i works for a day or 2 ,, then those people are gone or now i only have 1 left , and i have to start all over again
2020-02-19 07:34:41 PM jcullum Do you like that?
2020-02-19 07:34:46 PM ruthiesister yea, i leanred my stoke lady liked to paint card to her girls ,
2020-02-19 07:34:52 PM elaine We used to have a lot more musicians that would get together to jam, now it is more listening to CDs
2020-02-19 07:34:54 PM jcullum I would think it would allow you to be creative
2020-02-19 07:35:45 PM ruthiesister i do like it most days like any job ,, i love learning about people and the famlies ,
2020-02-19 07:36:14 PM ruthiesister it taking care of my cummunity ,, being so small we get to really know them
2020-02-19 07:36:26 PM jcullum It would be sort of like a puzzle
2020-02-19 07:36:31 PM elaine You do get swamped with the paper work for so many changing people?
2020-02-19 07:37:03 PM elaine sorry, Do you....?
2020-02-19 07:37:07 PM ruthiesister this week has been tough with the stoke lady ,and the MR patient ,
2020-02-19 07:37:36 PM ruthiesister updating care plans ,,and notes everyday , and meeting today,
2020-02-19 07:37:53 PM ruthiesister we have a swingbed meeting every wednesday with the hole team ,
2020-02-19 07:38:03 PM elaine Is your position 40 hrs?
2020-02-19 07:38:08 PM ruthiesister and we meet with each patient and their families
2020-02-19 07:38:19 PM ruthiesister oo yea ,and then some
2020-02-19 07:38:50 PM ruthiesister i like that we do it as a team because everyone see a different side of the person ,,
2020-02-19 07:39:03 PM ruthiesister and we all learn some about them ,
2020-02-19 07:39:10 PM elaine team meetings are helpful
2020-02-19 07:39:45 PM jcullum I'm sure that helps because everyone relates differently
2020-02-19 07:39:58 PM ruthiesister thier are 10 of us in the meeting ,,it can be a little over welming for the patient and famlies at first ,, lol
2020-02-19 07:40:19 PM elaine I was just gonna ask who is on the team?
2020-02-19 07:40:40 PM jcullum I wonder if it is harder because the patients probably want to get out of there too
2020-02-19 07:40:42 PM ruthiesister from a cna to doc, dietary ,nursing , phamacy ,
2020-02-19 07:41:21 PM elaine Your state regs are hospital right?
2020-02-19 07:41:56 PM ruthiesister ooo yea,, i have a guy not doesn't want anything to do with me ,, lol ,or activites as he would say ,, but every morning i go in say hello , shoot the *** ,and see what ican do for him today ,or anything he needs
2020-02-19 07:42:27 PM ruthiesister yes, cms,
2020-02-19 07:43:37 PM elaine I have a man whose brother wants him involved, but everytime we ask he declines (pleasantly). We still keep checking with him.
2020-02-19 07:43:46 PM ruthiesister i try everyday , and even if i never get that guy to come down and do something with me ,, he knows who i am i know him ,, and i break up his day ,
2020-02-19 07:45:03 PM ruthiesister yea i tell them , i can bring anything you want to your rm ,, you want to watch a movie ,, i have a tv and cd player on wheels and you tell me what you like as far as movies and i'll find it ,
2020-02-19 07:45:05 PM elaine This man will let me joke with him. He just chooses not to come out of his room, except for therapy.
2020-02-19 07:45:53 PM ruthiesister yea and thats fine , you offer ,books ,magazines , music,, movies,, word puzzles books '
2020-02-19 07:46:53 PM ruthiesister like my guy said he likes cards he use to play i kid around and ask him if he wants to play loss his social soc check ,, lol,,
2020-02-19 07:46:54 PM elaine I have a TV/video cart too that I've used with people - it's pretty big and akward, but serves it's purpose
2020-02-19 07:47:26 PM ruthiesister i'll get him yet to play cards in his room with me
2020-02-19 07:47:46 PM ruthiesister i know i will im just that charmming ,,lol
2020-02-19 07:48:12 PM elaine go for the challenge! I tell my guy sometime you're gonna say YES
2020-02-19 07:48:21 PM jcullum I do think sometimes it take getting to know them and sometimes they will come around and participate.
2020-02-19 07:48:24 PM ruthiesister lol,, yep
2020-02-19 07:49:01 PM ruthiesister i tell him ,, listen im a old bartendar ,, i heard them all ,, lol,, he laughs at ,
2020-02-19 07:49:30 PM elaine We have people that will do something in their room, but not in groups and that's fine too.
2020-02-19 07:49:51 PM ruthiesister do you get a lot of rehab people
2020-02-19 07:51:11 PM elaine Mostly rehab people get up, do ADLs, have therapy, eat, therapy again, eat again, sleep - don't have time for us except puzzle books and church
2020-02-19 07:51:57 PM elaine Just thinking did you mean therapy rehab or drug rehab? we get both
2020-02-19 07:51:59 PM ruthiesister yea i would thing it different in ltc , lots of time they don't want to be with the patients
2020-02-19 07:52:13 PM ruthiesister therpay,
2020-02-19 07:52:44 PM ruthiesister lol,,ok ,lets call it a night ,, i'm sorry tonight chat wasn;t as good ,,
2020-02-19 07:52:55 PM ruthiesister i feel like i was all over the place tonight ,
2020-02-19 07:52:58 PM elaine some skilled people are afraid to be with LTC
2020-02-19 07:53:16 PM ruthiesister yep don't want to see the future
2020-02-19 07:53:34 PM elaine Thank you for being on the chat even though you didn't feel well
2020-02-19 07:53:53 PM ruthiesister i'm sorry it wasn't one if my better one ,
2020-02-19 07:54:04 PM ruthiesister was not exciting ,,lol
2020-02-19 07:54:16 PM elaine Wooo Hooo!
2020-02-19 07:54:21 PM ruthiesister and im not sure you leanr anything
2020-02-19 07:54:37 PM ruthiesister ooo before i forget
2020-02-19 07:54:45 PM elaine Getting others perspectives always helps
2020-02-19 07:54:47 PM jcullum It was great! I learned alot
2020-02-19 07:54:47 PM ruthiesister i need start date and mep 1-2
2020-02-19 07:55:06 PM elaine MEPAP 1 own pace
2020-02-19 07:55:12 PM jcullum 110519 Mepap2
2020-02-19 07:55:51 PM ruthiesister elaine whats is your start date
2020-02-19 07:56:13 PM ruthiesister lol,, own pace
2020-02-19 07:56:17 PM elaine I don't have original date
2020-02-19 07:56:31 PM ruthiesister lol,, it took a min ,, lol,, jezzzzzzzzzz
2020-02-19 07:56:48 PM ruthiesister ok,, good night ladies,, i hope to be better next month ,,
2020-02-19 07:57:02 PM elaine Thanks again feel better
2020-02-19 07:57:06 PM ruthiesister it maybe move im going to be in FLA that week
2020-02-19 07:57:08 PM jcullum Hope you feel better. Good Night
2020-02-19 07:57:21 PM elaine have fun!
2020-02-19 07:57:28 PM ruthiesister thank you
2020-02-19 07:57:32 PM ruthiesister . good night
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2020-02-19 07:57:38 PM elaine night
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2020-02-26 06:51:42 PM jesseshoemaker is the specialty chat ending??
2020-02-26 06:52:22 PM cchase Hello there - yes this is one hr. specialty chat. topic will be adult day health
2020-02-26 06:52:51 PM cchase starts @ 8pm est,
2020-02-26 06:53:09 PM jesseshoemaker oh ok i was afraid i missed it
2020-02-26 06:53:25 PM cchase (y)
2020-02-26 06:54:10 PM cchase I will be your moderator tonight
2020-02-26 06:54:18 PM jesseshoemaker hello=)
2020-02-26 06:54:30 PM cchase hi there
2020-02-26 06:54:48 PM cchase you will earn credit for participation for the hr.
2020-02-26 06:55:02 PM jesseshoemaker ok sounds good
2020-02-26 06:55:04 PM cchase we are still a little early
2020-02-26 06:55:32 PM jesseshoemaker thats fine, i just wanted to make sure i got it uploaded and going.
2020-02-26 06:55:38 PM cchase would you pls. type your name and class you are now enrolled?
2020-02-26 06:56:07 PM jesseshoemaker Jesse Shoemaker MEPAP 120319
2020-02-26 06:56:21 PM jesseshoemaker MEPAP2....sorry
2020-02-26 06:56:39 PM cchase I was just wondering about the class you first typed
2020-02-26 06:56:55 PM cchase 8-)
2020-02-26 06:57:23 PM jesseshoemaker i just got home from work (Tp)
2020-02-26 06:57:35 PM cchase awww -- cute
2020-02-26 06:57:57 PM cchase so my name is celeste and I have been with ADN since 2011
2020-02-26 06:58:24 PM jesseshoemaker nice to meet you celeste
2020-02-26 06:58:42 PM cchase I hold several certifications and was once (yrs. ago) too many ...a student here just like you
2020-02-26 06:58:51 PM cchase nice to meet you too
2020-02-26 06:59:15 PM cchase hey elaine pls. type the class you are enrolled in
2020-02-26 06:59:19 PM jesseshoemaker i am excited, i wish i would have started this sooner
2020-02-26 06:59:44 PM elaine Elaine Hill MEPAP 1 own pace
2020-02-26 06:59:46 PM cchase tell me about your experience elaine and jesse
2020-02-26 06:59:58 PM cchase welcome elaine
2020-02-26 07:01:00 PM elaine There are a lot of good suggestions on the chats. It's nice to get so much input.
2020-02-26 07:01:38 PM jesseshoemaker i have been with the activites department for almost 5 years. i started in the dietary department then became a resident assistant in our memory care neighborhood. i have been with my company now for 8 years
2020-02-26 07:01:43 PM cchase glad to know that these chats have been a good informational opp.
2020-02-26 07:02:02 PM cchase nice jesse
2020-02-26 07:02:25 PM cchase you might be interested in my Alzheimer's chat next week
2020-02-26 07:02:36 PM elaine It took me a while to figure stuff out (technology), but I have a system now and it's easier.
2020-02-26 07:02:56 PM jesseshoemaker i love these chats, its is refreshing to hear other peoples great ideas and their take on mine and dont get me started on how it amazing this support system is
2020-02-26 07:03:20 PM cchase elaine pls share what your backgrd. is and what facility you work in
2020-02-26 07:04:18 PM elaine I have been in our activities dept. for 10 years. Our director died and I was by myself for 6 months. Now there are 2 more people in the dept. so life is a little easier.
2020-02-26 07:04:32 PM jesseshoemaker our Life Enrichment Manager left about a year ago and i have been running the show ever since. i really atruggled in the begining because i knew so little about the administetive side of it.
2020-02-26 07:04:55 PM jesseshoemaker I also hold a CDP license
2020-02-26 07:05:01 PM cchase geesh sorry to know about your director
2020-02-26 07:05:20 PM elaine She was wonderful and I miss her lots.
2020-02-26 07:05:34 PM jesseshoemaker after this class i want to pursue the montissori based class
2020-02-26 07:05:37 PM cchase CDP license?
2020-02-26 07:05:51 PM jesseshoemaker Certified Dementia Practitoner
2020-02-26 07:06:03 PM cchase jesse - I am montersori certified
2020-02-26 07:06:20 PM elaine I had been in speech pathology for 15 years, but when we moved to West Virginia I started in activities and loved it.
2020-02-26 07:06:33 PM cchase ok - CDP certified... I am AC-BC. ACC. CDP and CMDCP
2020-02-26 07:06:42 PM jesseshoemaker i want to take that one next.
2020-02-26 07:06:48 PM cchase nice elaine
2020-02-26 07:07:11 PM cchase so I started right here - just like you
2020-02-26 07:07:42 PM jesseshoemaker insperation
2020-02-26 07:07:54 PM elaine i forgot to say I work in a facility with LTC, skilled and Rehab
2020-02-26 07:07:56 PM cchase I am a Program Director for a medical adult day health facility - and adult day will be our topic tonight
2020-02-26 07:08:20 PM cchase do any of you have experience or know about adult day?
2020-02-26 07:09:02 PM elaine A number of the communities in our area have programs and I visited 2 of them.
2020-02-26 07:09:21 PM cchase tells us what you saw there elaine
2020-02-26 07:09:36 PM jesseshoemaker i work in an assisted living and independant with a secure memory care area. when i first started we had a day program but we no longer have it
2020-02-26 07:10:11 PM cchase good experience jesse
2020-02-26 07:10:35 PM elaine There was a lot happening - bingo, craft, educational program - it was well separated and the people were very friendly
2020-02-26 07:10:38 PM cchase so what do you all know about adult day
2020-02-26 07:11:50 PM elaine Is it primarily 9-5 ish for people mwho have a support at home, but need assistance during the day?
2020-02-26 07:12:13 PM cchase yes - elaine good
2020-02-26 07:12:43 PM cchase we use the term "age in place" for elders that remain at home
2020-02-26 07:13:08 PM elaine I've never heard that
2020-02-26 07:13:22 PM cchase they go to day health for socialization & because they are not always safe at home alone all day
2020-02-26 07:13:44 PM jesseshoemaker does offering that require lots of different licenses and guidelines
2020-02-26 07:13:46 PM cchase yes- they are aging in place(home)
2020-02-26 07:14:14 PM jesseshoemaker i dont really know why we stopped offering it, it was a great service to offer
2020-02-26 07:14:20 PM elaine is there a difference if it says medical adult day and just adult day?
2020-02-26 07:14:27 PM cchase there are two types of ctrs. one is more like a senior ctrs. the other a medical model
2020-02-26 07:14:58 PM cchase adult day health tends to be a medical model
2020-02-26 07:15:16 PM cchase day care is generally the social model
2020-02-26 07:15:26 PM elaine If its's medical a nurse would be on staff and otherwise nursing is't required?
2020-02-26 07:15:27 PM cchase I direct the medical model
2020-02-26 07:15:47 PM jesseshoemaker ours was definatly the social model
2020-02-26 07:15:50 PM cchase yes- I have several RN's CNA's
2020-02-26 07:16:14 PM cchase I have a social worker, marketing staff and physical therapist
2020-02-26 07:16:21 PM elaine The ones I went to must not have been medical
2020-02-26 07:16:39 PM cchase medical model is now required to do all the documentation you would find in LTC
2020-02-26 07:16:55 PM cchase why do you think they were medical elaine?
2020-02-26 07:17:43 PM cchase jesse - what made it a social model?
2020-02-26 07:17:53 PM elaine The ones I saw were more social and educational. I don't think they had medical staff.
2020-02-26 07:19:07 PM cchase we call the seniors - participants
2020-02-26 07:19:16 PM jesseshoemaker we offered structured activites during the time they were there. we would assist with things like bathroom and eating cueing but our nurses were not passing their meds.
2020-02-26 07:20:04 PM cchase ok - a number of socail models have staff that is certified to admin. meds
2020-02-26 07:20:19 PM elaine I like participants. They call are seniors residents (because they reside there)
2020-02-26 07:20:37 PM cchase social models really are more like senior ctrs.
2020-02-26 07:21:19 PM cchase medical model will have give insulin, have oxygen, take care of wounds, etc.
2020-02-26 07:21:33 PM elaine How many participants do you generally have?
2020-02-26 07:22:11 PM cchase the numbers are transitional and often depends of the season
2020-02-26 07:22:33 PM cchase generally the daily census runs around 45 avg. per day
2020-02-26 07:23:02 PM elaine Our facility has 176 beds, 22 are rehab
2020-02-26 07:23:24 PM jesseshoemaker we called our program life in rhythem, it included 5-6 residents from the main building who had dementia but not need the full secure area and 5-6 out side participants
2020-02-26 07:23:29 PM cchase yes - you have a good size
2020-02-26 07:24:10 PM cchase life in rhythm - I like that
2020-02-26 07:24:21 PM jesseshoemaker we have taken that life in rhythem structure and implemented it into our memory care area
2020-02-26 07:24:43 PM elaine I was thinking the same thing. Who came up with the title
2020-02-26 07:24:57 PM cchase we have several activity rms. pts. get to choose which event they are interested in going to
2020-02-26 07:25:38 PM cchase rhythm is often used for autistic & dementia as well a downs syndrome pts.
2020-02-26 07:25:42 PM jesseshoemaker my spelling is terrible and my nails are long...forgive me
2020-02-26 07:25:59 PM cchase which my nails were long. LOL
2020-02-26 07:26:07 PM cchase wish
2020-02-26 07:26:40 PM elaine speaking of rhythm have either of you ever done a drum circle?
2020-02-26 07:26:59 PM cchase we have care plans, progress notes, MDS
2020-02-26 07:27:23 PM jesseshoemaker i was just talking to my executive director about getting the supplies we need to get drum circles started.
2020-02-26 07:27:25 PM cchase nursing notes, assessments, all of it
2020-02-26 07:27:26 PM elaine Are the MDS the same as LTC?
2020-02-26 07:27:49 PM cchase not the same... it is MDS-HC
2020-02-26 07:28:01 PM cchase home care
2020-02-26 07:28:45 PM elaine Is there a lot of turnover or do people participate for a while so you get to know them?
2020-02-26 07:29:15 PM cchase they can attend anywhere from 6 days a week to two day minimum
2020-02-26 07:29:33 PM cchase we get to know them fairly well
2020-02-26 07:30:04 PM cchase often some go south to floriday we call them snow birds during out winter
2020-02-26 07:30:28 PM elaine That's what I like about LTC - getting to know them better. Some skilled leave so fast
2020-02-26 07:30:43 PM cchase generally they leave only when it becomes to hard on the family to have them at home at night
2020-02-26 07:31:10 PM cchase they move onto LTC
2020-02-26 07:31:31 PM elaine Then people like me get to see them
2020-02-26 07:32:01 PM cchase yes ma'am
2020-02-26 07:32:27 PM cchase the families are terrific supporters of the cts.
2020-02-26 07:32:51 PM elaine Do they have a participant and family council?
2020-02-26 07:33:04 PM cchase they bring in so much- for parties and more
2020-02-26 07:33:16 PM cchase yes there is a pts. council
2020-02-26 07:33:26 PM cchase a very outspoken one in fact
2020-02-26 07:34:04 PM elaine Do you go on many outings or mostly they come to your building?

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