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Deborah

Activities Coordinator From Texas, United States United States flag
Deborah
Deborah Activities Coordinator
4 years ago
Finish the Proverbs #4
Can this be done where the answers are on a separate page? I wanted to hand out to my seniors to complete on their own while we are in quarantine.
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Deborah
Deborah Activities Coordinator
4 years ago
Gone with the Wind Quiz
Is it possible to move the answers all to the 2nd page?
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Deborah
Deborah Activities Coordinator
7 years ago
Sports Afternoon
We did a similar activity. We used ring toss, buckets for ball toss, and we did sheets of paper with numbers 1, 2 and 3 written on them, place on the floor that residents could toss bean bags on to...
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Deborah
Deborah Activities Coordinator
7 years ago
What Kim said. We do a social hour every day at 230pm. We serve drinks (alcohol and non) along with a lite finger food snack. Some days it's just a social where we get the residents visiting and...
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Deborah
Deborah Activities Coordinator
7 years ago
Check with you colleges for guest speakers who might come out for free or low cost. I have one lady who speaks once a month and she charges $75. Contact the local Alzheimer's Association to see if...
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Deborah
Deborah Activities Coordinator
7 years ago
I'm in a similar situation. It can be overwhelming and it's easy to get burnt out. People don't realize all the duties that an activities director takes on in their role and a lot of times you aren'...
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Deborah
Deborah Activities Coordinator
7 years ago
We play Bingo more than I would care to or than my ED/Regional want - but it's what the residents enjoy and it what I have the highest attendance at. I'll even hear the residents talking excitedly ab...
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Deborah
Deborah Activities Coordinator
7 years ago
Sticks & Bark Collage
Love this idea. We are in a wooded area and my residents would enjoy using nature as their materials. We have gotten twigs of the trees before - or broken ones on the ground - and glued them on hea...
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Deborah
Deborah Activities Coordinator
7 years ago
Professions that are Vanishing
I think my residents will enjoy talking about this past/former jobs - but I know in the Dallas area there are still some people who have a chimney sweep business - and they tend to be in high demand a...
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Deborah
Deborah Activities Coordinator
7 years ago
Reminiscence - Childhood Nursery Rhymes
Love this. During one of our conversations at social hour the discussion turned to a nursery rhyme and we all said it together - but then moved on to something else. I'm excited to do this activity...
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