Cecilia

Hi
Our residents don't seem to mourn or talk about a passing resident in a way that they might need counseling. When a resident passes at our facility we post a picture along with their obituary and it stays up until the funeral, so they know the resident passed, but not much talk after a day. Sometimes they see when the undertaker takes the covered body away.
So what should I look for to see if the resident is in need of grief counseling?
Cecilia
LEC/Activities Director

Hi Martha,
one of the ways to get information out is to involve the relatives of your residents, let them know of your plans and give them flyers to give out. See if your area have a community calendar notice on the radio that is free and pass the word through them. But in your planning, be sure to have the activity as big as you can manage. See if your providers can assist with donating items, and all the best. Looking forward to hearing from you when this is over.

Hi Nicole,
I do the same thing. Plan activities on a monthly basis and putting together crafts and entertainment to accommodate the residents needs, and have them participating in crafts that they are able to handle. I print a monthly newsletter which includes a calendar of events and pictures of the past month activities as a reminder. I know it does your heart good when they enjoy an activity or program. I wish all the best to you and pray that the Lord will inspire us all to do what we are doing with good ideas and lots of love. Have a great week Nicole, and thank you.

Hi,
thanks!
I am thinking that each resident can present a hat from the past and tell something about it so on the day of the "Hat Parade", they will wheel in to the activity room wearing their hat while a staff member will narrate about the hat to the audience. Talking about the hat should bring back some happy memories.

Hi all, Happy Monday. I hope that the weekend was great.
Question: How are you celebrating Easter and then later on Mother's Day?
Last year for Easter we hid eggs filled candies and had an Easter egg hunt. The residents participated and had fun.
Then for mother's day, we had a Mother's day formal tea party, that too was great. I would like to have a hat parade this year for Easter but not sure. What are you doing?

Hi Jan.
I am happy for you and please keep me updated as to how things are going. If you have questions on anything do not hesitate to send me a message.'
CeCe

Hi,
I am more that happy to guide you. How it's made is not on this site, that's on you tube. So google you tube and when it comes up go to their search tab and type in how it's made. There are many to choose from so you can review that ones that you think your residents will like and save it in your library, then when you are ready to play the videos you go to your history and play. You will not need to talk about the video because everything is explained about the items that are being made. There is also one that is called Modern Marvels which is as good as How it's made. If you are still having trouble with getting it done please do not hesitate to reach our.

HI Jen,
I choose things that they use and see every day like: how ice cream is made, things like wheel chair, kayak, potato chips, fireworks. The residents were fascinated as how these things were made. When I am on a break I look for things that might interest them and save to the library for future use.

Hi everyone. I hope that the new year is going well for you. I am enjoying all the activities that Golden Carers and its members provide and I have tried many of them but the one I do most is the wheelchair travel the residents likes that. I am from the U.S. Virgin Island and I took my residents on a travel there and to Antigua and Barbuda and they loved it. the face that these are places when I am from and grew up made it easy to talk a little about the customs of the islands and the culture too. It's amazing to see how their faces light up when they see these places that we visit.
I am also doing some "how it's made" shows looking at things we use everyday and how they are made. This too is another activity the residents enjoy because after watching we have a discussion on what they just saw.
Thank you Golden Carers. You've made creating activities easy.

Hi Anita,
I have done an armchair travel to Morocco, but I have done quite a few to a number of places. The last one was to Vegas and I am currently working on one to Romania. We have visited other places at the resident's request. For this activity I print out the passports, boarding passes and the stamps. I add a country stamp for every country we visit and stick them in the passports. Our kitchen staff work with us in getting foods from that country. We collect videos from youtube about the culture, their clothes, places to visit and any special events the country celebrates. I print pictures of the places and hang them around our activity room and we have trivia time which helps the residents learn about the place they visit. We also invite family members to join in the activity as well. At the beginning of the trip the names of the residents are called and tickets, boarding passes, and spending money is given to them. They really enjoy it and I have a great time putting it together.
I hope this helps.