ChrissyBrockway

Ask them what their idea of a perfect living situation for a resident in long term care would look like. Ask them how best to handle situations where you may need to encourage a resident to exercise their rights. Ask them how you can best advocate for your residents rights. Hope these help! -Chrissy

It really depends on the person themselves. There are so many activiites you can do with Alzheimer residents. Some of my favorite to do are activity bins, this allows each person to do something when not in groups. We have a shelf in our special care unit with bins that have different items inside. The current bins hold baby clothes for folding, mega blocks for stacking, wooden blocks for stacking/manipulating, kitchen utensils to wash in the sink, food items with Velcro on them to take apart and put back together, a miscellaneous bin of random items like glitter balls and sensory items, and a bin with magazines and a bird book with 200 bird sounds. These are a good thing to have in a special care unit or memory care facility in my opninion. As far as group activities goes, I always have success with active games like ball toss, balloon badminton, and target tosses. Also there are plenty of videos on the web you can play on youtube if you have a WII, I use the wii youtube app to play live concerts of their generations favorite bands, I use it to let them watch travelogues, there are some that are just for cuteness factor like baby animals. I hope this helps! -Christin Brockway MEPAP-010615 cbrockway@issaquahnursing.com