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We do a walking challenge. Staff purchase or already have a fitbit or pedometer (unless your company will help pay for them). We track the steps each week and give prizes throughout the 6 week challenge. At the end we give prizes for the top three participants with most steps.

Hi - A while back we held a staff pampering day. Lifestyle staff organised pamper stations ie - foot spa, shoulder massage, yummy bbq and salad for lunch.
We also have a monthly "Random acts of know kindness" draw. Staff and residents can only nominate one staff each month. Prizes are ViP car park for the month, complete with signage, a gift around $30 plus laminated RAOK certificate. Then we profile that staff for the month ie Ten questions with..... On A3 and add a pic of them collecting prize .We display in staff room, questions are fun and
non intrusive + resident draws the name out during their lunch :)

I need help on making a monthly challenges like doing something new everyday..if its from this site he will do it...any ideas. He has parkinsons

Hi Tina
I am not sure what you are asking
Do you want activities for someone with Parkinson’s disease??
What are his symptoms??

Doing mindfulness workshops. Years back I worked for a place, that promoted this philosophy called FISH.. upper management had gone through a training. "Fish" was developed in Washington State/ based on the Pikes Place Fish Market. They had this philosphy (I don't remember all the details) there were 4 Principles: Choose your attitude- take responsiblity for how you respond to what life throws at you {If I'm in a bad mood, it's going to reflect, and others will respond as such}, Make their day (A nice word, a smile goes a long way), Be There- be present for those around you, listen.., and Play make being at work fun. With these 4 concepts, we also as luck would have it had 4 disciplinaries- Upper Management, Management, Nursing, Direct Care workers, each department had a stuffed fish, and we made up cards with the 4 principles, and as a coworker, you recognized people who exibited 1 or more of these traits, and we hand monthly staff meeting, at which time, a person who received the most "fish" for that month, recieved a small gift card, and then for each quarter, a person was then chosen to recieve another gift card. A person from each department was awarded the fish for the month. It was a great way to promote a fun work environment. At the start of the initiative I was a Care Worker, and then promoted to management, during my time with the agency, there was a big change in moral amongst staff, there were less call outs, less turnover with staff. We had a lot of fun with it.

Thank you for this information Katherine

Hi, we do 20 min Tia Chi exercise programme each lunch break which helps to punctuate a very busy day.

Thank you for this information John
This sounds like a great idea