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Teresa
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Michigan,
United States
Teresa
Activity Director
Multiple Calendars:
Does anyone do more than one calendar for a facility? If so, details please.
What software do you do it in? Why do you do it? How many different calendars do you do a month?...
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Teresa
Activity Director
Count us in, we are assisted living memory care in Michigan. My email is [email protected]
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I made individual cards by downloading free clip art and adding text in large fonts. I saved each clip so that I could prepare individual cards and then cut them apart as well as provide the resident...
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Teresa
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In particular I would try to have the person taking it down actually do the putting up as a daily project. That worked for one of our ladies who always tore the picture off the board. Once she started...
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Teresa
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I had this happen before also and I wanted to try this idea but the gentlemen passed just before I got it in place. So if you try it please let me know the outcome good or bad. I would talk to the wom...
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Teresa
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Corn hole is popular with our group. Also Velcro dart throwing game. We
Ike to put out buckets for them to throw things into ( sometimes marshmallows, rubber bands, beans, bean bags, wadded up paper...
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We change it so morning people get a variety of things to do. Yes I know consistency can be key so we do have our everyday things such as daily chronicles, music and daily word search, but exercise is...
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Teresa
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What did this resident do for a career? Ask the resident (when actually pushing someone) why they are moving the wheelchair. Depending on where they are at in their disease process the person living w...
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Teresa
Activity Director
Another toolkit question
I Have 6 levels of cognition (groups) to help staff determine what residents should attend what activities. The calendar lets me choose whose should attend what activities...
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Teresa
Activity Director
I’m looking for a way that when I login to do my calendar. My list of all my activities (like an index) just my index populated on the left and my calendar populates next to it. Then I can select whic...
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Teresa
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Marketing.... Have him market your activities for the day. Tell him your weakness is marketing and you could use his help. Provide him with anything he can use to market like flyers to pass out, a d...
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Teresa
Activity Director
Toolkit Question: Is there a way to save all of your activities (like a list) and drag them onto the monthly calendar. I love to have a list to look at sometimes you forget all the great ideas you h...
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Teresa
Activity Director
She has a great Chair Zumba video thanks for sharing this link.
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Teresa
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We review resident's rights once a month at a morning coffee gathering. We do it the same day we hold resident council, but rights are in the morning and council is in the afternoon because res. coun...
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Teresa
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Looking for orientation ideas. I have 15 min. To tell our new staff members from all departments everything I need them to know about my activities dept. i really want to do this in the form of a fu...
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