How To Review Your Activity Calendar

I also find that the old saying “the squeaky wheel always gets the oil” or something like that, the more assertive/high functioning residents make a suggestion at the residents meeting which doesn’t interest others, but still want me to organise that activity, I feel if there’s an individual activity I can help that person with I will, but there is no point in planning and implementing something that no one is going to attend, and that’s where person centred care comes in, right.

My biggest issue is they always complaining there's not enough activities and I add more to the calendar, and they only want to assist when Bingo is provided, I have tried aromatherapy, coloring, weekly package with reading and coloring material, still getting complains and unhappiness, any ideas what else can we try?

Hi Tamara

Higher functioning residents are sometimes hard please

What I did was to have them be volunteers

And when we had our volunteer honoring program i made sure to include them

I gave them a small gift for their efforts at that time as well

You could have them help you at an activity Be a partner with

Lower functioning residents so they could participate in an activity

I am sure there are other things that they could do depending on your facility

The struggle is definitely real...we make a point of asking during Resident Council, the problem there is that it includes our more cognitive residents that already have a big say as to what they like to see on the calendar. Changes are often met with sulking from them. I have included over the past 6 months a Spanish Speakers Group and a Punjabi Speakers Group 1x month each and that has gone well. I would love to see/read how others deal with their more cognitive residents and the complaints of 'nothing to do' when we offer activities for those with less cognitive abilities.