Very cool! What a great concept and it looks like everything you need to get started is right there on the site! I can’t wait to see pictures of what you do! Thanks, Lynnette!
I wanted to send you all a link for a activity that you may consider for the month of March. It’s inexpensive, team-building and what a great marketing tool 🙂 Please click on the link below and feel free to open a discussion with one another. I’ve already sent this out to your directors.
Thank you to all of the Life Enrichment Coordinators who work so hard to enrich the lives of residents each and every day they are in their buildings! Something fun that you can do to celebrate with residents is […]
Hi Everyone its Pat at Wildwood, id like to share with you the holiday happenings at wildwood!
we had Santa visit and take pictures with all the children and residents, the residents put stockings together to give out to all the children our residents were so delighted, we had our local Sheriff department visit and they gave Christmas cards out…[Read more]
What are you doing with your residents over the holidays? We’d love to hear about your holiday experience so far – the happy and the challenging. If you have something that is “newsworthy” to share, please be sure to send it to me so that I can post it in the news section – bmitchell@jfrfoundation.org.
I love the volunteer ideas! It’s easy to forget how many people want to feel useful. The volunteer program as an actual fixture is such a great idea.
(Cheryl McCoy, Redwood Terrace)
My biggest consistent challenge seems to be getting everything done that needs to be done in the time allotted at work. Does anyone else have similar problems or suggestions for getting it all done?
Hi! I’m Cheryl McCoy, the activity coordinator at Redwood Terrace in Grants Pass for about 15 years altogether. This looks like a very useful website. I’ve already got Pandora up and printed one idea I really like from my first visit here.
My favorite activities are scenic rides, discussion groups, and the always magic balloon badminton.…[Read more]
Good morning its Pat from Wildwood, I find that residents like taking their naps right after lunch as well, so I start my next activity at 2:00pm it is usually bingo and I get around 15 residents for that, so I guess it just depends on what their favorite games is and Bingo here at Wildwood is a hit I change it around and make it a lot of fun.…[Read more]
On our conference call last week, a common challenge came to light – how to motivate residents of different ability levels to participate in LEAP programming. Let’s start a conversation about this! If you have had any successes in different motivational tactics or would like to seek advice (maybe for a particular…[Read more]
Ok great. I also ordered volunteer badges for residents to wear, they are proud to wear their badges. I will give you a list of what my volunteers do. Feed our house cat, water the garden, lead all residents every morning in the flag salute, Lead exercise class, one of our residents holds a bile study class, feed our pet rabbit, pass out daily…[Read more]