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2014-03-06 10:45:27 PM sharonl Some of our Independent Residents love to volunteer and visit our ALZ Residents. What are some effective and successful ways I could plug these residents in to some activities, beyond just going to say hello and chat! Thanks!
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2014-03-08 04:46:34 PM mary66 Well some of my Independent residents go in to our ALZ unit and takes our ALZ residents out for walks around our courtyard and also voleenteers with cooking social events they really enjoy helping out.
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2014-03-23 05:51:02 PM jruiz hi guys! this is today, correct?
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2014-03-23 06:05:07 PM debbie134 Do you have entertainment for both groups? If so, the more independent residents can encourage the ALZ residents in their participation.
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2014-03-23 06:06:48 PM alicee im here
2014-03-23 06:07:14 PM alicee right
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2014-03-23 06:08:53 PM debbie134 Quiet group tonight
2014-03-23 06:09:07 PM alicee i have avtivties for both at same time and my more alert will help my alzheimers residents
2014-03-23 06:10:31 PM debbie134 I often have both groups at the same time. I have found that watercolor painting is somethhing both groups enjoy. They encourage one another no matter what level they are at.
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2014-03-23 06:11:13 PM monicaholmes hi
2014-03-23 06:13:19 PM debbie134 At dinner time, we have a mixed group of residents in the dining room. Any suggestions on how to keep the peace when some residents are sundowners and others have no patience for them?
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2014-03-23 06:14:43 PM jamiesmith Hi everyone!
2014-03-23 06:14:52 PM debbie134 Hi Jamie
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2014-03-23 06:16:37 PM jamiesmith For your sundowners, have you noticed if there is anything specific that sets off the sundowning behavior?
2014-03-23 06:18:20 PM debbie134 They come into the dining room all smiles, but as soon as they sit down it starts. Once they start I have high functioning residents who yell at them. They all do fine at lunch. They are in the same seats, with the same staff in the room.
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2014-03-23 06:18:55 PM jamiesmith The only time we mix our alzheimers residents with our other residents is during big events (entertainment, birthday parties).
2014-03-23 06:20:33 PM debbie134 We mix often. It really is only at dinner time that it goes down hill. I have spoken to the residents who seem to have little to no patience for them. They ay that the ALZ residents should not be in the dining room at dinner. Only the residents that feed themselves are in the dinning room.
2014-03-23 06:21:11 PM jamiesmith Hmm, have you tried or are you able to seatr them by themselves somewhere else? I dont mean that in a isolating them kind of way. but we have some residents that are careplanned to eat their meals at a bed side table in the dining room because sitting them at a table with other residents creates too many distractions for them
2014-03-23 06:22:36 PM debbie134 The food service director feels that since they " all play nice" at lunch, they should remain in their assigned seats for dinner.
2014-03-23 06:22:47 PM jruiz hey guys
2014-03-23 06:23:04 PM jruiz sorry im having conection problems
2014-03-23 06:23:22 PM jamiesmith Is there a difference in noise level between lunch and dinner? Or if they dont take an afternoon lunch maybe they are overly tired and could benefit from an afternoon nap?
2014-03-23 06:23:23 PM jruiz is it too late to jump in?
2014-03-23 06:23:54 PM jamiesmith oops..that should say afternoon nap maybe...
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2014-03-23 06:25:00 PM debbie134 Never too late to jump in. If anything the dining room is quierter at dinner. Most of the ALZ residents do take an afternoon nap. Their fa,ilies insist that they eat in the dining room. It is a beautiful room. It makes you think of a hotel restaurant.
2014-03-23 06:25:17 PM jamiesmith and the food service director needs to realize that you have to change the environment to suit the residents needs not the other way around
2014-03-23 06:25:52 PM monicaholmes I notice when the Alzheimers the don't get their ways.
2014-03-23 06:25:53 PM debbie134 She feeld the continuity is more helpful to the ALZ residents.
2014-03-23 06:26:15 PM debbie134 that should say feels
2014-03-23 06:26:50 PM jamiesmith that is a tough one. It could be any number of things that can cause sundowning. It could even be the dosage and time of their meds.
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2014-03-23 06:29:23 PM debbie134 True. I have independent residents who have stopped coming to the dining room at night because of the bickering.
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2014-03-23 06:31:26 PM jamiesmith Im back. Sorry my laptop shutdown on me
2014-03-23 06:33:34 PM jamiesmith Thats not good for the independent residents. When the sundowning behavior begins are you able to remove those residents from the dining room?
2014-03-23 06:33:55 PM monicaholmes No. No they would not benefit.
2014-03-23 06:34:55 PM debbie134 Not always. We try to redirect them. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But, they are assigned to eat there and their familied complain if they don't.
2014-03-23 06:35:23 PM debbie134 families complain
2014-03-23 06:35:48 PM monicaholmes No. No they would not benefit, will give naps between lunches if we see them overly tirey.
2014-03-23 06:36:52 PM jamiesmith Wow that is really tough. At my facility if our residents are causing disruptive behaviors we have to remove them
2014-03-23 06:38:47 PM jamiesmith our residents and families complain if we dont remove them
2014-03-23 06:39:11 PM debbie134 I wish their families could see how the negative behavoirs affect the other residents. I am not suggesting that they never eat in the dining room, but there are times that they need to be removed. I noticed that the percentages of meals consumed go done on these night.
2014-03-23 06:40:48 PM monicaholmes yes, we have a list to show us they dislike to eat.
2014-03-23 06:42:18 PM debbie134 We have soft music playing in the background in hopes of keeping a calm atmosphere going
2014-03-23 06:42:38 PM jamiesmith Oh yea I was definitely not saying that they never eat in the dining room either. But exactly like you said during disruptive behaviors they do need to be removed. By leaving them there you taking a chance that this will cause disruptive behaviors in others (such as other residents becoming agitated, yelling )
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2014-03-23 06:44:30 PM jamiesmith If its anything like my Alzheimers unit this usually leads to physical altercations between residents that couldve been avoided if the sundowning resident had been removed from the environment
2014-03-23 06:44:33 PM debbie134 So true Jamie. This is exactly what happens. I am trying to track disruptive behavoir and low percentages of food intake and then present this to the upper management. I can not think of anything else to do.
2014-03-23 06:46:47 PM debbie134 We do not have a specific Alz wing. In fact due to our location, we try not to take ALZ/dementia residents. We have found that the familied will try to mask their condition to get them in our facility. We sit on a point between two lakes. God forbid anyone elopes.
2014-03-23 06:47:00 PM jamiesmith I think you are going about it the right way. Show them that some of the independent residents no longer want to come to the dining room because of the bickering, this can begin a pattern of not going to the dining room at dinner, then they stop going at lunch, then breakfast. It lessens their social interaction
2014-03-23 06:47:45 PM debbie134 Thanks. I am hoping that this will show proof that there is a problem.
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2014-03-23 06:49:53 PM monicaholmes I move the sundowners out of the dining area into they room into they calm down.
2014-03-23 06:50:27 PM jamiesmith Our facility is right off a main route. Our "risk" residents have a bracelet called a Watchmate. It triggers our front door to automatically lock when they come within so many feet and also triggers an alarm when they get near our back door
2014-03-23 06:52:04 PM debbie134 We have that too. Our staff is very alert to alarms going off. Still, it would only take once and it could be a nightmare.
2014-03-23 06:52:08 PM jamiesmith Depending on the resident we will try to get them to their room too. But they dont always go to their room so sometimes we can just get them out of the dining room and let walk around the hallway (we have a locked alzheimers unit)
2014-03-23 06:52:35 PM jamiesmith *let them walk
2014-03-23 06:53:27 PM debbie134 If we had a secured area for them to walk I would be thrilled. But the dining room is next to the kitchen and laundry. No safe place to walk for at risk residents.
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2014-03-23 06:55:05 PM debbie134 Our facility is an old, converted mansion. It was a rehab facility originally. It is so beautiful and the outdoor area so amazing that people asked to live their fulltime. Just not set up for dementia residents.
2014-03-23 06:55:33 PM jamiesmith that sounds really pretty
2014-03-23 06:56:38 PM debbie134 It is. My office looks out over the lake. We spend all summer outside weather permitting. I can't complain abouty where I work.
2014-03-23 06:57:27 PM debbie134 Thanks for your input Jamie and Monica. I appreciate it. Have a good night.
2014-03-23 06:57:39 PM jamiesmith Kinda wishing I worked there now. Haha. Our area isnt really much to look at
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2014-03-23 06:58:30 PM jamiesmith we have a closed off courtyard that we allow our residents to walk around and do activities there when the weather is nice
2014-03-23 07:00:43 PM jamiesmith It was nice chatting with you ladies. Have a good night
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2014-03-23 07:02:20 PM monicaholmes we have a walking area for the dementria and we have vegetable area plant where they plant vegetable and we also have area the can plant flowers its so beautiful especially during the summer.
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2014-03-23 07:14:22 PM monicaholmes good night
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2014-03-26 05:49:21 PM ginad Hi!
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2014-03-26 05:56:37 PM scleyhan hello!
2014-03-26 05:57:04 PM scleyhan there's a chat tonight, correct?
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2014-03-26 05:57:18 PM ginad i think so
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2014-03-26 05:57:53 PM cchase hi hi all
2014-03-26 05:58:01 PM ginad Hello!
2014-03-26 05:58:09 PM nansullivan Hi
2014-03-26 05:58:13 PM ginad Gina Dunlap MEPAP 1 010714
2014-03-26 05:58:15 PM cchase this is our specialty chat
2014-03-26 05:58:19 PM cchase hey Gina
2014-03-26 05:58:48 PM ginad Hi!
2014-03-26 05:58:48 PM cchase wasn't sure if I could get in chat
2014-03-26 05:59:06 PM cchase first time the system was slow like this
2014-03-26 05:59:17 PM cchase you all got on with no problem?
2014-03-26 05:59:23 PM ginad yes
2014-03-26 05:59:24 PM nansullivan No problem here.
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2014-03-26 05:59:30 PM scleyhan none here either
2014-03-26 05:59:39 PM cchase hmmm
2014-03-26 05:59:49 PM cchase I must be wearing out my keys
2014-03-26 05:59:56 PM cchase (Tp)
2014-03-26 06:00:16 PM ginad Maybe
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2014-03-26 06:00:46 PM cchase okay so is everyone up for chat tonight
2014-03-26 06:00:51 PM lindayoung1964 is this the specialty chat
2014-03-26 06:00:53 PM ginad Sure
2014-03-26 06:00:54 PM cchase hello
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2014-03-26 06:01:06 PM cchase yes - alzheimer's speciality chat
2014-03-26 06:01:21 PM jackieo hi all
2014-03-26 06:01:22 PM cchase what class are you all in??
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2014-03-26 06:01:34 PM cchase hey jackie
2014-03-26 06:01:35 PM nansullivan MEPAPII
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2014-03-26 06:02:23 PM cchase okay let's lay out some ground rules
2014-03-26 06:02:39 PM elizabethwoosley mepap1 010714
2014-03-26 06:02:41 PM cchase give each other the floor when a question is out there
2014-03-26 06:03:06 PM cchase answer one at a time so I can keep us
2014-03-26 06:03:16 PM cchase ops up!! see
2014-03-26 06:04:00 PM cchase who works with alzheimer's folks
2014-03-26 06:04:06 PM dbrewer I do
2014-03-26 06:04:07 PM ginad I do not
2014-03-26 06:04:17 PM scleyhan i do
2014-03-26 06:04:19 PM jackieo went to my first adult day care today
2014-03-26 06:04:22 PM nansullivan About 70% of our residents have some form of dimentia.
2014-03-26 06:04:40 PM elizabethwoosley Like Nan, most of our residents have some form of dementia
2014-03-26 06:04:41 PM cchase yes - some form of dementia
2014-03-26 06:04:43 PM scleyhan most of mine are rehab, but we have quite a few with dementia
2014-03-26 06:04:54 PM cchase but that is not always of the Alzheimer's type
2014-03-26 06:05:08 PM nansullivan True.
2014-03-26 06:05:14 PM lindayoung1964 so does mine what do you do when all they want to do is sleep
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2014-03-26 06:05:32 PM jackieo we are independent but are under construction for AL and memory care
2014-03-26 06:05:40 PM scleyhan I try to wake mine when we try to sleep, but it can be a battle.
2014-03-26 06:05:40 PM cchase jackie - I do an adult day chat the being of each month
2014-03-26 06:05:54 PM jackieo ok I'll check it out
2014-03-26 06:05:54 PM nansullivan True dx Alzheimer's about 25%. So approximately 30 residents.
2014-03-26 06:06:15 PM cchase what do you all know about alzheimer
2014-03-26 06:06:25 PM ginad I know just the basics
2014-03-26 06:06:32 PM dbrewer Its a very sad disease
2014-03-26 06:06:33 PM nansullivan Basics.
2014-03-26 06:06:46 PM cchase what is the basics???
2014-03-26 06:07:02 PM jackieo just what i have been learning every day with class and have been going to meetings in my area
2014-03-26 06:07:06 PM nansullivan Various stages of the disease. Affecting different areas of the brain.
2014-03-26 06:07:22 PM cchase what are the stages??
2014-03-26 06:07:24 PM scleyhan how the disease progresses, s/s of behaviors
2014-03-26 06:07:41 PM nansullivan Forgetting simple things, final stages, they forget to breath.
2014-03-26 06:07:52 PM skharma Its a disease process that effects the cognition of residents, they will be confused and un oriented ?
2014-03-26 06:08:09 PM scleyhan they can begin with just confusion, and as they progress they loose the ability to find words
2014-03-26 06:08:15 PM scleyhan they lose the motor functions
2014-03-26 06:08:24 PM nansullivan If you haven't read Still Alice, it is a MUST read for anyone dealing with Alzheimer's residents.
2014-03-26 06:08:46 PM elizabethwoosley I've read that
2014-03-26 06:08:48 PM cchase right on the confusion and eventual lose of words
2014-03-26 06:09:02 PM cchase still alice is very good reading
2014-03-26 06:09:06 PM nansullivan I think that book puts its into perspective.
2014-03-26 06:09:12 PM jackieo they will ask questions over and over, be confused about their whereabouts, will not remember people. someone told me not to touch them without warning and don't tell them no
2014-03-26 06:09:44 PM scleyhan you have to kind of get into their world
2014-03-26 06:09:51 PM scleyhan go with whatever they are saying
2014-03-26 06:09:54 PM cchase why is it that they do not remember???
2014-03-26 06:09:55 PM scleyhan or thinking
2014-03-26 06:10:00 PM nansullivan It depends on the way the disease has affected them. Some become hostile and angry, some talk like a baby. etc.
2014-03-26 06:10:10 PM cchase yes go into there world
2014-03-26 06:10:18 PM elizabethwoosley The brain is shrinking
2014-03-26 06:10:19 PM nansullivan Giant holes in their brain. Black holes.
2014-03-26 06:10:21 PM scleyhan i think it depends on what part of the brain is being affected at the stage they are in
2014-03-26 06:10:28 PM skharma The area of their brain that holds memories is shrinking
2014-03-26 06:10:30 PM cchase yes brain is shrinking
2014-03-26 06:11:01 PM cchase what causes the holes
2014-03-26 06:11:26 PM scleyhan tangles
2014-03-26 06:11:43 PM scleyhan and plaques
2014-03-26 06:11:45 PM cchase no the stages are not relataed to which part of the brain is affected
2014-03-26 06:12:10 PM cchase each specific location has a function and that's what you lose
2014-03-26 06:12:21 PM cchase yes plaques and tangles
2014-03-26 06:12:31 PM cchase good
2014-03-26 06:13:06 PM cchase what else do you all know?
2014-03-26 06:13:31 PM nansullivan Two types of Alzhiemers.
2014-03-26 06:13:40 PM tubbsretricia enter the chat room
2014-03-26 06:13:44 PM cchase what are the types
2014-03-26 06:13:49 PM cchase hello
2014-03-26 06:13:55 PM cchase welcome
2014-03-26 06:13:57 PM ginad I don't know
2014-03-26 06:13:58 PM nansullivan Sporatic and familial
2014-03-26 06:14:07 PM nansullivan excuse my poor spelling
2014-03-26 06:14:21 PM skharma Well my question is your supposed to stay in their world? just go along with what they say?
2014-03-26 06:14:23 PM cchase no worries
2014-03-26 06:14:43 PM cchase to a degree that is correct
2014-03-26 06:14:52 PM nansullivan I think what they mean is don't try to get them to orient to today and where they are.
2014-03-26 06:14:59 PM lindayoung1964 I hope so that is what I do
2014-03-26 06:15:01 PM cchase so long as there is no safety issues
2014-03-26 06:15:03 PM tubbsretricia yes that is correct
2014-03-26 06:15:10 PM lindayoung1964 true
2014-03-26 06:15:19 PM lindayoung1964 saferty first
2014-03-26 06:15:27 PM cchase what they mean is
2014-03-26 06:15:37 PM cchase you go into there world
2014-03-26 06:15:37 PM nansullivan I love working in the Alzheimer's unit in our facility.
2014-03-26 06:15:58 PM cchase if they tell you that they just spoke to Mom
2014-03-26 06:16:00 PM elizabethwoosley I try to engage as much as possible where they are. Iif someone says they are waiting for their mother to pick them up,I ask about their mother
2014-03-26 06:16:06 PM cchase you say how is she?
2014-03-26 06:16:13 PM tubbsretricia It is very hard to live in there world. When you don't understand some of the things they are say
2014-03-26 06:16:22 PM jackieo how do you redirect someone when they want to get up and wander during a project or storytime or something that the rest of the group is doing sitting down
2014-03-26 06:16:25 PM elizabethwoosley Yes, how is she? You love her don't you
2014-03-26 06:16:36 PM lindayoung1964 try to redirect if it don work then i go to their world
2014-03-26 06:16:43 PM cchase good elizabeth
2014-03-26 06:16:48 PM skharma ok, well, I had an instance where a gentleman kept wanting to drive and was pretty persistent
2014-03-26 06:16:55 PM elizabethwoosley Thanks!
2014-03-26 06:16:55 PM nansullivan If you read their initial assessment you may get a glimpse into their world. And if you can possibly talk with a family member, even better.
2014-03-26 06:17:10 PM cchase when they need to leave you let them go
2014-03-26 06:17:16 PM lindayoung1964 I had a man the other day tell me he found another woman
2014-03-26 06:17:31 PM lindayoung1964 i ask him how many he had and he counted to six
2014-03-26 06:17:34 PM cchase there history is something that can be helpful
2014-03-26 06:17:37 PM tubbsretricia If they want to go home and fight to get out the door what do you do
2014-03-26 06:17:51 PM nansullivan redirect, redirect, redirect.
2014-03-26 06:17:54 PM cchase LTM - is untake for quite some time
2014-03-26 06:18:15 PM cchase they will tell you that they want to go home
2014-03-26 06:18:17 PM tubbsretricia and when redirecting do not work and they start to fight
2014-03-26 06:18:22 PM elizabethwoosley Our dementia unit has been cultivating a very good working relationship with the nurses and aides. If someone wants to leave we are fortunate to usually have someone else there to take them back and engage 1:1
2014-03-26 06:18:30 PM cchase usual meaning that they are sending out an sos
2014-03-26 06:18:41 PM cchase they are afraid and home is safe
2014-03-26 06:18:58 PM scleyhan I think approach is everything as well
2014-03-26 06:19:01 PM cchase you ask them to go for a walk with youo
2014-03-26 06:19:08 PM scleyhan if you go in strong, they are going to be afraid of you
2014-03-26 06:19:22 PM nansullivan Tubbsretricia, try to get another person to help you. Sometimes a different face may work.
2014-03-26 06:19:24 PM cchase and on the way home - not really going there
2014-03-26 06:19:31 PM tubbsretricia okay I do that and someone will come by and it starts all over again
2014-03-26 06:19:39 PM cchase you say that you are hungry - let's get a sandwich
2014-03-26 06:19:50 PM cchase rely on the fact that they forget
2014-03-26 06:19:50 PM elizabethwoosley Approach is important. Go slowly and stay on their level. If they are sitting, lower yourself
2014-03-26 06:19:59 PM cchase right
2014-03-26 06:20:01 PM cchase good
2014-03-26 06:20:13 PM cchase never approach from the back
2014-03-26 06:20:19 PM scleyhan or if they are hungry, actually get them a sandwich
2014-03-26 06:20:22 PM cchase or touch thenm unexpectedly
2014-03-26 06:20:23 PM scleyhan if they agree to something like that
2014-03-26 06:20:27 PM tubbsretricia I walk side by side
2014-03-26 06:20:34 PM cchase right
2014-03-26 06:20:41 PM tubbsretricia I do a lot of distracting
2014-03-26 06:20:45 PM nansullivan Perfect. Side by side is what they need.
2014-03-26 06:20:47 PM cchase food works often very well
2014-03-26 06:20:53 PM elizabethwoosley We call it positive physical approach. Go in from the front, 6 ft away, raise your hand and say hi and wait for eye contact before going closer.
2014-03-26 06:21:08 PM nansullivan I like your approach elizabeth.
2014-03-26 06:21:09 PM cchase you should always offer a hand first
2014-03-26 06:21:18 PM cchase before you try to walk side by side
2014-03-26 06:21:20 PM lindayoung1964 then speak
2014-03-26 06:21:31 PM tubbsretricia I also go to a room with just the two of us and talk
2014-03-26 06:21:39 PM elizabethwoosley Thanks Nan. We work hard at this to train everyone. We practice with each other.
2014-03-26 06:21:48 PM cchase tell them your name and call themm by their name
2014-03-26 06:21:51 PM nansullivan I'd like your training manual!
2014-03-26 06:21:58 PM scleyhan me too!
2014-03-26 06:22:10 PM tubbsretricia I like your manaul as well
2014-03-26 06:22:17 PM cchase I am putting together a course that you all may
2014-03-26 06:22:20 PM lindayoung1964 me too.
2014-03-26 06:22:23 PM scleyhan unfortunately a lot of aids/nurses in my building don't have the patience, and that makes it worse
2014-03-26 06:22:30 PM cchase sign up for
2014-03-26 06:22:32 PM tubbsretricia maybe I can get it for our facility
2014-03-26 06:22:42 PM cchase patience is the key
2014-03-26 06:22:46 PM tinajg enter the chat room
2014-03-26 06:22:53 PM tubbsretricia yes the aids /cna do the same in our building
2014-03-26 06:22:58 PM elizabethwoosley Actually... You are welcome to purchase one. We use "The Gems and Dementia, including Alzheimer's: A guide book for Care partners. Written by Teepa Snow
2014-03-26 06:23:09 PM nansullivan Awesome!
2014-03-26 06:23:18 PM tubbsretricia thank you
2014-03-26 06:23:26 PM lindayoung1964 how long would your course be
2014-03-26 06:23:30 PM elizabethwoosley feel free to write to me at ewoosley@cedarvillage.org
2014-03-26 06:23:36 PM scleyhan sounds good
2014-03-26 06:23:49 PM cchase there are many such
2014-03-26 06:23:53 PM elizabethwoosley Celeste, what is your class?
2014-03-26 06:23:55 PM cchase books and information

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