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Morgan
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Wisconsin,
United States
Morgan
Activity Director
Activity Director
Christmas Socks, Christmas Slippers, Christmas Headwear is always a fun one too (hats, headbands, etc.)
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Morgan
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Belinda- a 50/50 raffle is when you buy a raffle ticket for a certain amount of money, and then at the end of the evening draw the winning ticket. The winning ticket gets half of the money that was co...
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Morgan
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I am not sure if this will help you or not but here is what I do when a couple of my residents are stubborn and reluctant to move from the normal, I have to put my foot down and be stubborn too. I hat...
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Morgan
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Activity Director
I have one resident who does similar things, they laugh when residents get something wrong, shake their head, and say things like they can't do this or that when they are capable, it just takes longer...
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Morgan
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If they like puzzles, JigZone is a really great app for puzzles. Another great one if they like taking care of things is TinyZoo. TinyZoo is where they build their own mini zoo and feed the animals an...
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Morgan
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Activity Director
Hi everyone, I am wondering if anyone has a set day/time for an independent euchre game and how it works. I have several more independent residents who enjoy Euchre, but it is only a 4 person game and...
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Morgan
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Michele,
The order that I work with is the Sisters of Charity Our Mother of the Church. And have you (Michele and Erica) tried service activities? Like making cookies together to bring to the poli...
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Morgan
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Hi Michele! What a small world, I am the activity coordinator in a facility in rural WI that is run by nuns from out East! I wonder if they are connected in some way?
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Morgan
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I do not have a lot of specific advice for you, but I just wanted to let you know that it will get better! The same thing happened to me, and it was hard, but we got through it. I was actually able to...
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Morgan
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Activity Director
Hi everyone,
In my assisted living facility I am the only activity person here in the mornings. I get migraines chronically and sometimes have to call out sick. I am wondering what you all do if t...
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Morgan
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Activity Director
Local authors are often willing to come in and read some of their works! Also maybe a local sports team?
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Morgan
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Activity Director
Hi everyone, I am running into a problem and myself and the others in the admin team are not sure where to go next. We have a separate unit for our residents who have advanced dementia. There are usua...
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Morgan
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Activity Director
I work in a Catholic non-profit facility that has Mass every morning. Each morning after Mass we do an exercise game (balloon bat, ring toss, stretch, basketball, etc.) and I gauge the residents inter...
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Morgan
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Activity Director
Hi All! At my assisted living facility we have a resident turning 100 at the end of September! This is the first 100th birthday at this facility, and I am wondering what you guys do to celebrate? We w...
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Morgan
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My residents just love our Around the World activity. Each month we go to a different location, this month was Ireland. I had a friend who lived there and she let me borrow some items to share. We wat...
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Morgan
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My residents who are limited mobility, and actually who are not limited mobility enjoy hand massages with lightly scented lotion and getting their fingernails painted. Also reading aloud is a popular...
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Morgan
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We hand out quarters, that what they like best. They can then use them in the vending machines to get snacks or pop.
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Morgan
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My resident's love reading from the Guideposts books 'Listening to the Animals". There are 20 books total in the series and they are about animals helping people or famous animals or animals saving pe...
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Morgan
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Look & Listen
We do this at my facility in Wisconsin as well. We call it Show and Tell a Story. We have had a resident bring down rosary beads that her niece who is a nun gave her that were blessed by the Pope, a r...
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Morgan
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Activity Director
One thing that I have found that works with a lot of lady residents is hand massage with a lightly scented lotion and painting their fingernails. Also I have a collection of books that have short stor...
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Morgan
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Hello all!
I am writing to ask about ideas of what to do during a coffee social. We play bingo twice a week, and after bingo we always have a coffee social. On Fridays along with our coffee we have...
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Janet Runyon
Adult Day Center Coordinator
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I just have to tell you that your word search puzzles are perfect! The right font, print - everything. You even add a little picture on them that adds interest. You've really improved on them and I am eternally grateful. So are my clients!
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