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[Pennie]

Hi Jersey,
Will you send me a copy of your Excel Part sheet. If you agree I will put it up on the site under the download area for all to look at etc.
If anyone else has any type of forms that you have made up and find useful please email them to me as well. I will put them up to so that we can share these. If you know how to put them up please do this. It helps so many of us out. You may send me info. by email me at pbacon@activitydirector.com or send them to the contact us located in the main menu area on the left. Thanks P

[Miguel]

I have created my own Activity Participation Log on Microsoft word that I find to be very helpful, Also I have developed my own Room Visit/One-on-One charting form that is very helpful. If interested in a copy please e mail me at msarasa@thevillagehemet.com and I will respond immediatly with a copy.
Both hold three months of information.
-Miguel Sarasa, AD

[kimmyh]

I am struggling with my activity attendance form right now. I am currently having to hand write all resident's names and then hand write their participation levels. I am the only activity person at my facility of 70 residents. I have three separate units to keep up activities and charting on. I was wondering if anyone had anything on excel that might help speed this process up a little. Handwriting attendance records for 8 or more activities a day is so time consuming. Is there anyone out there who is going through what I am or may have a better idea? PLEASE! Thanks,Kimmyh

[ActivityGirl]

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I totally understand what you are going through. When I started at my facility no one even mentioned to me that charting is something that had to be done. It was kind of an optional thing. I truly can say it is a very important thing to do for many reasons. I simply went into excel and typed in all my residents names down the left side and put the activities for the day across the top. I keep the blank template on my computer and just type the activities for the day across the top and print it off daily. Charting is a pain to matter what. I have almost 90 residents so I understand what a pain it is, but it is so worth it.

[TIGGER]

Hi.......i am a new activity director at a SNF and i too think the forms we use are very old. i was wondering if any one had a res. participation sheet, room visit sheet, sensory stim sheet, or a monthly calender they would like to share with me for activity ideas. i know it is alot to ask for but i am new and would like to do the best i can to make the residents lives meaningful..... thanx Kim

e-mail magictiger2004@sbcglobal.net

[charleston]

I am also a new activity director and would love any forms, ideas, etc. on making the activity program here the best. It's a brand new assisted living facility and I want the program to start out good and get better. My e-mail address is mrandall80@yahoo.com

Michelle Randall

[khancock]

I am a CTRS by trade, but have recently become an Activity Director at a CCRC, and would like any help I can find on Attendance forms. We only have about 26 Residents on our healthcare unit that we care plan, but it's hard to keep track in any uniform way the attendance of AL and Independent Residents. I need a simplified form if anyone has any suggestions. The only offer I got was a form that I've seen before that shows percentages by counting the amount of activities you have each month, and figuring it the levels of Residents, etc., and it still doesn't make any sense to me--HELP!!!

Karen Hancock/Activitiy Director/CTRS/CMT
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