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2015-09-02 06:08:40 PM sdavis 3 weeks how have its been
2015-09-02 06:08:59 PM mliranzo94 okay thanks
2015-09-02 06:09:07 PM tinab the course has been following all that I am going thru.
2015-09-02 06:09:34 PM tinab Just busy between meetings and still doing both jobs
2015-09-02 06:09:38 PM sdavis that's good
2015-09-02 06:09:39 PM cgbrown1977 Yes for me to tinab!
2015-09-02 06:10:09 PM tinab did I mention I have 2 AL buildings I am in charge of!
2015-09-02 06:10:42 PM cgbrown1977 No.. you have your hands full.
2015-09-02 06:10:44 PM carolk9 enter the chat room
2015-09-02 06:10:58 PM tinab I am looking forward to making it a beter place for my staff and my residents
2015-09-02 06:11:02 PM mliranzo94 oh thats alot
2015-09-02 06:11:04 PM cgbrown1977 I have one building but 7 floors.
2015-09-02 06:11:35 PM cgbrown1977 Who is the chat moderator tonight?
2015-09-02 06:11:36 PM mliranzo94 i only have 1 building with 200 beds
2015-09-02 06:11:44 PM tinab and feet cg... about 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day at work
2015-09-02 06:12:07 PM carolk9 I work at a facility with that has only 23 residents.
2015-09-02 06:12:14 PM cgbrown1977 huge population there
2015-09-02 06:12:50 PM carolk9 Yeah...they are all different situations.
2015-09-02 06:12:58 PM tinab I have about 125 residents
2015-09-02 06:13:00 PM cgbrown1977 I have just over a hundred right now. We are full until the 2nd memory care floor opens this month
2015-09-02 06:13:27 PM carolk9 thats a lot of resident's.
2015-09-02 06:14:02 PM tinab I think that the moderator is supposed to be Celeste Chase
2015-09-02 06:14:07 PM sdavis yes i know me 2am going from one office to a other now i how 2 hall's it 2 AD so we have 2 hall it's 6 hall's in all we need more help
2015-09-02 06:14:20 PM cgbrown1977 That's what I thought tinab
2015-09-02 06:14:29 PM carolk9 Our facility could house only up to about 52
2015-09-02 06:14:45 PM cgbrown1977 What type of facility Carol?
2015-09-02 06:15:13 PM tinab one building house 32 and the other 92 right now
2015-09-02 06:15:26 PM carolk9 Nursing home (very country) here.4
2015-09-02 06:16:00 PM carolk9 left the chat room
2015-09-02 06:16:10 PM mliranzo94 ohh
2015-09-02 06:16:19 PM cgbrown1977 Ours is smack dab in the middle of town. We are the highest building downtown.
2015-09-02 06:16:20 PM carolk9 enter the chat room
2015-09-02 06:16:43 PM sdavis I like country do you guys do a lot of country things
2015-09-02 06:17:15 PM mliranzo94 in what state cg?
2015-09-02 06:17:25 PM tinab wow...we are on 54 acres...and my AL's are the farthest appart with a nursing home between
2015-09-02 06:18:22 PM cgbrown1977 I'm in Wisconsin. I live in Milwaukee. I work in west allis which is just a small town attached to milwaukee
2015-09-02 06:18:40 PM carolk9 Yes. We listen to country music alot and southern gospel. And we talk about the good old days quite often. I'm in North Texas.
2015-09-02 06:18:51 PM sdavis 1977 your building down town is it nice in side and out
2015-09-02 06:18:53 PM mliranzo94 oh nice
2015-09-02 06:19:17 PM cgbrown1977 I bet it is beautiful for your residents to go outside.
2015-09-02 06:19:32 PM lmv1970 does the weather stay nice all the time
2015-09-02 06:19:36 PM carolk9 I lived in Kenosha Wisconsin back in 1987. It is beautiful there.
2015-09-02 06:19:56 PM tinab It is fun here, we see ground hogs, geese and deer on the property
2015-09-02 06:20:07 PM sdavis carolk9: that;s alright
2015-09-02 06:20:20 PM cgbrown1977 It's not bad. Nothing real fancy, but we like it. It used to be an old hotel.
2015-09-02 06:20:25 PM carolk9 Sounds beautiful. Ground hogs are cute!!!
2015-09-02 06:20:48 PM tinab I won't take mine out during heat advisory days... way too many in the summer
2015-09-02 06:20:53 PM lmv1970 I bet there is a ton of history
2015-09-02 06:21:02 PM tinab that sounds cool cg
2015-09-02 06:21:28 PM sdavis hogs geese deer i love it
2015-09-02 06:21:33 PM carolk9 I can't take the resident's out here the weather is still getting to 100 degrees
2015-09-02 06:21:47 PM mliranzo94 our place is so out dated
2015-09-02 06:22:06 PM cgbrown1977 Yes, it is just a few blocks from the Wisconsin State fair. There are stories about entertainers who stayed there when they performed at the fair.
2015-09-02 06:22:24 PM tinab the small AL I work in was built in 1927....
2015-09-02 06:22:54 PM carolk9 I sometimes look at the old photo's and from what the photo's show our facility used to be a little bit larger back in the 60's - 80's.
2015-09-02 06:23:01 PM tinab the bigger one is only 6 or 7 years old
2015-09-02 06:23:05 PM sdavis i no am in dallas Texas and we can't go out it's 98 to a 100
2015-09-02 06:23:31 PM carolk9 We are on the west side of Wichita Falls.
2015-09-02 06:23:33 PM cgbrown1977 So do you all work with alzheimer's patients
2015-09-02 06:23:49 PM lmv1970 I can't even imagine, here in wyoming its in the 70's
2015-09-02 06:24:07 PM mliranzo94 our place needs a remodel ASAP to be honest i dont why the state hasnt made them update
2015-09-02 06:24:12 PM lmv1970 we are going out with jackets
2015-09-02 06:24:21 PM carolk9 We have alzheimer's, dementia, total care , walkie talkies and all kinds all under one roof.
2015-09-02 06:24:22 PM tinab I have a mix of alzheimers and mental health
2015-09-02 06:24:44 PM carolk9 Sundowner's too....
2015-09-02 06:25:12 PM mliranzo94 we have a little bit of all
2015-09-02 06:25:26 PM lmv1970 what do you do for the sundowners
2015-09-02 06:25:38 PM carolk9 I'm the only one in my activity department.
2015-09-02 06:25:39 PM cgbrown1977 We have a lot of mental health issues. We have assisted and memory care.
2015-09-02 06:25:57 PM tinab last wed I did my chat from work...they were replacing the carpet in the living room and they wanted to keep teh residents busy!
2015-09-02 06:26:32 PM tinab I have one aide and am interviewing for one more
2015-09-02 06:26:57 PM carolk9 The sundowner patient just attends the activities as an active/passive participant. I don't have a specific sundowner activity. But, that is a good idea.
2015-09-02 06:27:00 PM sdavis tinab i done no how you did it
2015-09-02 06:27:04 PM sylvia14 enter the chat room
2015-09-02 06:27:14 PM tinab Does any one else feel like their AL is more like nursing home lite?
2015-09-02 06:27:37 PM sylvia14 Hi Sylvia here!!! sorry i was in the wrong chat room, can I get an uodate, please?
2015-09-02 06:28:16 PM mliranzo94 what is memory care cg ?
2015-09-02 06:28:16 PM mliranzo94 is it like a group
2015-09-02 06:28:25 PM tinab I had one resident blaring a news show and 3 dementia ladies trying to play Skip-bo....it wasn't easy but I can laugh now!
2015-09-02 06:28:37 PM sylvia14 well, I look at it like that, but cant really tell im in skilled care
2015-09-02 06:29:17 PM cgbrown1977 The memory care floors are locked units to keep residents from wandering. Alzheimer's and other demtia patients on the floors
2015-09-02 06:30:08 PM tinab ispent 10 years taking care of my mother with alheimers before I started where I am
2015-09-02 06:30:08 PM sylvia14 yeap so they dont have to do the black tiles on the floor anymore!!!
2015-09-02 06:30:23 PM carolk9 We have wonderguard's they seem like ankle monitors.
2015-09-02 06:30:32 PM mliranzo94 oh okay i see, i wish we had a locked unit cause the wander go everywhere
2015-09-02 06:30:43 PM sylvia14 we do too carolk9!!!
2015-09-02 06:31:11 PM cgbrown1977 They have wanderguards too...just in case they get out
2015-09-02 06:31:52 PM carolk9 Today I noticed this round plastic brace around the door handle of a patients room and I could barely open the door. It was placed there to keep the wanders out.
2015-09-02 06:32:07 PM tinab The small AL I work in may as well be a lock down with 2/3 wearing wanderguards and too many alarms!
2015-09-02 06:32:57 PM sylvia14 carolk9, but isnt that like treating themlike children? I really dont thing is allowed, at least notin colorado
2015-09-02 06:33:06 PM mliranzo94 we have wanderguards also but we have had some really smart residents that know the door tricks of the light staying green fro 15 seconds and run out the building
2015-09-02 06:33:15 PM lmv1970 Do they have wonderguards in a lockdown facility?
2015-09-02 06:33:29 PM lmv1970 oh wow
2015-09-02 06:33:39 PM sdavis alarms on the doors not on them right
2015-09-02 06:33:41 PM mliranzo94 no they are all over
2015-09-02 06:33:42 PM carolk9 Idk I just barely saw this door handle thing today. It was kind of odd.
2015-09-02 06:33:43 PM tinab my main activity room overlooks the employee parking lot...I have a few people who look out and swear that their husband is out there to pick them up
2015-09-02 06:33:57 PM mliranzo94 alarms on the doors yes
2015-09-02 06:34:13 PM lmv1970 They aren't on the residents?
2015-09-02 06:34:47 PM cgbrown1977 We do have wanderguards even though you need a code to get on the locked unit...they sometimes still get out.
2015-09-02 06:34:56 PM mliranzo94 on the resident who wander, they put wanderguards on and when they get close to the door the alarms goes off
2015-09-02 06:35:05 PM tinab the wanderguards we have are like ugly bracelets with sensors by the exit doors
2015-09-02 06:35:16 PM lmv1970 That's what we had in a previous place I was employed
2015-09-02 06:35:17 PM sylvia14 our residents have them on the wrist, and if anyone leaves the alarm on the door and nurse station goes off
2015-09-02 06:35:21 PM sdavis tinab that's funning
2015-09-02 06:35:22 PM mliranzo94 yea same at my place
2015-09-02 06:35:28 PM carolk9 we've had people holding that door for 15 seconds too and going out to the parking lot
2015-09-02 06:35:51 PM mliranzo94 yea same here
2015-09-02 06:35:52 PM tinab until you have to redirect 10 times sdavis
2015-09-02 06:36:12 PM cgbrown1977 Anyone have any fun activities to share for the dementia residents?
2015-09-02 06:36:20 PM lmv1970 Do you have to file a report or call the police if they get out to the parkign lot
2015-09-02 06:36:45 PM tinab even if someone has alzheimers, it doesn't mean that they have lost everything yet...they can be sneaky
2015-09-02 06:36:56 PM carolk9 No. They just put it in the 24 hour report and call the family member.
2015-09-02 06:37:03 PM cgbrown1977 They certainly can!
2015-09-02 06:37:19 PM lmv1970 that makes sense
2015-09-02 06:37:35 PM tinab and they are strong when they are determined to get out!
2015-09-02 06:37:40 PM sdavis I no we have some residents keep getting the code
2015-09-02 06:37:49 PM mliranzo94 same here carol
2015-09-02 06:37:52 PM carolk9 Yes they are smart.
2015-09-02 06:38:09 PM lmv1970 they get the code?
2015-09-02 06:38:28 PM lmv1970 how many alzheimer patients are in one facility?
2015-09-02 06:38:45 PM tinab we have some mental health that watch when you punch in the code to clear it
2015-09-02 06:38:49 PM sylvia14 Now speaking of Alz, what kind kind of 1:1 you do for them in case you have an 1:1. I know about the laundry, and the songs, and the apron with many buttons and zippers but when they are very advanced what then?
2015-09-02 06:39:00 PM sdavis yes we had one got out of the windon
2015-09-02 06:39:10 PM cgbrown1977 We have one lady who get's so mad and determined to leave. Not always but she has bad days. She thinks she works there and we won't let her go home from work. She says it's illegal to hold an employee like that.
2015-09-02 06:39:14 PM tinab we had one climb a fence
2015-09-02 06:39:34 PM sylvia14 a fence????
2015-09-02 06:39:43 PM tinab sylvia you can always try reading to them
2015-09-02 06:40:19 PM carolk9 climb a fence..
2015-09-02 06:40:20 PM tinab in our courtyard....now the fence is 16 feet tall with cameras
2015-09-02 06:40:42 PM tinab and alarm!
2015-09-02 06:40:50 PM sylvia14 thank you tinab
2015-09-02 06:41:00 PM sdavis that's good tinab
2015-09-02 06:41:00 PM carolk9 That's good!!!
2015-09-02 06:41:35 PM carolk9 I read to alzheimer patients.
2015-09-02 06:41:40 PM tinab I have found that my residents enjoy when you read to them. I have some of the readers digest condensed books.
2015-09-02 06:42:23 PM tinab you have to make them sound good....after all we are just stiffled actresses!!\
2015-09-02 06:42:41 PM carolk9 :D
2015-09-02 06:43:12 PM tinab It is easier than commiting to anovel!
2015-09-02 06:43:15 PM sdavis reading is good and with the 1-1
2015-09-02 06:43:32 PM sylvia14 can audio books work? right now I have no assistant and I have to do the activities, attend to the morning meeting, care conf, assessments, documentation, etc.
2015-09-02 06:43:36 PM cgbrown1977 I always keep remember when ideas handy. When it is just one or two residents I will ask them if they remember when they were little, went for car rides, went to school etc. I don't force any issue by saying "you must remember"...if they don't I move on
2015-09-02 06:44:26 PM tinab I love reminiscing with them as well....always ends up about food in the end!
2015-09-02 06:45:16 PM carolk9 my residents love reminiscing alot too (goes good with coffee and doughnuts)
2015-09-02 06:45:20 PM tinab when they get more advanced in the disease process you can prompt them with things they told you in teh past
2015-09-02 06:46:02 PM tinab I had one lady who's favorite memory was of a cross country trip with her three daughters and her mother
2015-09-02 06:46:03 PM carolk9 good idea tinab
2015-09-02 06:46:05 PM sylvia14 great ideas, thanks everyone
2015-09-02 06:46:24 PM tinab once i reminded her she would perk up
2015-09-02 06:47:21 PM mliranzo94 wow sylvia you have alot to do
2015-09-02 06:47:27 PM cgbrown1977 Some days they don't remember much and others they do much better.
2015-09-02 06:47:30 PM lmv1970 I've read about memory boxes
2015-09-02 06:47:32 PM tinab think about the old games they used to ply...marbles, jacks, hopscotch
2015-09-02 06:47:53 PM lmv1970 taking old pictures or clippings from magazines that bring memories about
2015-09-02 06:47:55 PM tinab audio books is a great idea
2015-09-02 06:47:57 PM lmv1970 songs
2015-09-02 06:48:26 PM tinab readers digest has a reminiscing magazine.
2015-09-02 06:48:59 PM sylvia14 so tinab, you dont think they'll get anoyed?
2015-09-02 06:49:04 PM tinab Old comercial jungles and nursey rythms are fun too!
2015-09-02 06:49:37 PM tinab you have to gauge each persons reaction
2015-09-02 06:50:02 PM sylvia14 I see,ok tinab
2015-09-02 06:50:02 PM sdavis yes me 2 i have one of my's like this song i sing to her about the ant with hi hope's and some time she will just sing that song not no all the words but she love it.
2015-09-02 06:50:08 PM tinab if they seem annoyed you have to try something different
2015-09-02 06:50:25 PM carolk9 left the chat room
2015-09-02 06:50:43 PM cgbrown1977 Yes and they like to do finish the sayings...like all's well.... and most will say that ends well. or opposites hot...cold. It's important to keep them using their brains.
2015-09-02 06:50:47 PM carolk9 enter the chat room
2015-09-02 06:51:27 PM carolk9 Nice chatting with you all. Thank you for the ideas, Goodnite all
2015-09-02 06:51:28 PM mliranzo94 left the chat room
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2015-09-02 06:51:42 PM sdavis yes your right 1977
2015-09-02 06:52:03 PM tinab I did trivia today using the game Where in the US is Carmen Sandiego....geography trivia. When one of the answers was San Fransisco, I sang the jungle for Rice-a-Roni...they think I'm crazy but they love it!
2015-09-02 06:52:24 PM sylvia14 lol thats nice!!!
2015-09-02 06:52:27 PM tinab amen cg
2015-09-02 06:52:44 PM cgbrown1977 They remember those jingles and old songs.
2015-09-02 06:53:28 PM cgbrown1977 Well I have enjoyed talking to all of you. Have a great night!
2015-09-02 06:53:33 PM lmv1970 i've used 1955 trivia and i've gotten great response, or pictures of different places in wyoming and tried to get them to guess where they were
2015-09-02 06:53:39 PM tinab when I do hangman/wheel of fortune and they can't remember letters I have them give me a number between one and ten and count out the letters left and use that one
2015-09-02 06:53:55 PM tinab Tahnks cg!!
2015-09-02 06:54:02 PM sdavis tinab i like your idea's and and mys think am crazy were in
2015-09-02 06:54:07 PM tinab thanks...carazy fingers
2015-09-02 06:54:18 PM sylvia14 ah smart tinab,that's a great way of doing it, i didnt thought of that
2015-09-02 06:54:41 PM cgbrown1977 left the chat room
2015-09-02 06:54:44 PM tinab they still participate but they win..they feel smart
2015-09-02 06:54:49 PM lindac left the chat room
2015-09-02 06:55:41 PM tinab mine know that I am crazy...I cluck like a chicken during exercise...
2015-09-02 06:56:18 PM tinab it is about adapting to where the residents are today
2015-09-02 06:56:50 PM sylvia14 mine tell me that I belong on a stage and make them laugh more when I ask what kind of stage the last one leaving town? LOL
2015-09-02 06:57:04 PM tinab love it!
2015-09-02 06:57:32 PM tinab I swear I will be a direct admit someday!
2015-09-02 06:57:47 PM sylvia14 me too!!!
2015-09-02 06:57:53 PM sdavis Me 2 for milking the cow i get in a chair it works all the time
2015-09-02 06:58:11 PM sylvia14 have you started working on you October calendars yet?
2015-09-02 06:58:23 PM sdavis me 2
2015-09-02 06:59:02 PM sdavis no
2015-09-02 06:59:23 PM lmv1970 no
2015-09-02 06:59:32 PM tinab I actual have the basic (reoccuring events) calendars done thru December...just have to plug in the daily groups that the residents want.
2015-09-02 06:59:50 PM sylvia14 I have too tinab
2015-09-02 07:00:19 PM tinab Only because I had to do a six month planning calendar earlier this year
2015-09-02 07:00:21 PM sdavis tinab your alright
2015-09-02 07:00:35 PM sylvia14 does anyonedoes menu chat, leadership forum, ambassador meetings or family councils?
2015-09-02 07:01:03 PM tinab thanks - I think all of us are alright. We have the rigth heart for some very special people!
2015-09-02 07:01:30 PM sdavis yes we do
2015-09-02 07:01:43 PM tinab I haven't attended our family council yet
2015-09-02 07:01:50 PM sylvia14 truetinab, we all do that's whywe are where we are and we are doing this
2015-09-02 07:02:23 PM tinab Ladies I hope that you have a great night...chat with you tomorrow
2015-09-02 07:02:30 PM sylvia14 i have no idea if i can start one? im afraid to ask the ED or administrator if I can start one
2015-09-02 07:02:46 PM sdavis yes were in the right place
2015-09-02 07:02:51 PM sylvia14 tomorrow?
2015-09-02 07:03:18 PM tinab for mepap2 w/Kathy
2015-09-02 07:03:24 PM sylvia14 what we going on tomorrow? 8-|
2015-09-02 07:03:37 PM tinab the crazy train!!
2015-09-02 07:04:03 PM sylvia14 ah ok, btw, we have no mid test or finals on MEII right?
2015-09-02 07:04:48 PM sdavis yes tomorrow you guys are the best(y)
2015-09-02 07:05:10 PM sylvia14 so are (y)
2015-09-02 07:05:13 PM tinab I think you are right, just the regular assigment, practicum then the national exam after we are done
2015-09-02 07:05:33 PM sdavis I have one more chat
2015-09-02 07:05:35 PM tinab the best!!
2015-09-02 07:05:52 PM sylvia14 tinab, and sdavis can i have your emails, please?
2015-09-02 07:06:44 PM sdavis kaykay195810@gmail
2015-09-02 07:07:06 PM sdavis .com
2015-09-02 07:07:42 PM lmv1970 you guys are lucky! good luck! have a good night every one!
2015-09-02 07:07:50 PM lmv1970 left the chat room
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2015-09-02 07:08:25 PM sylvia14 thank you ladies and good night
2015-09-02 07:08:30 PM tinab thanks goodnight
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