lmawhinney

Hi Ashley, I would love to hear about some of your favorite activities your facility provides! Would you be willing to share a few? I am enrolled in MEPAP1 as well, and am almost finished. I work in a 145 bed SNF in Shoreline, WA near Seattle. A few of my favorites are: Men's Breakfast- 1x/month-Men only and we have a cook come to do made to order eggs and omelets, etc. Arm Chair Travel-2x/month-Sensory incorporated activity. We have bags for different places. For example, France, we have a picture travel book, French language cards, a beret, and we will bake croissants for the residents and talk about what France is known for and it's history. Wackey Ball-1x/month- active sport activity. We use pool noodles that are cut in half and a large balloon and they hit it back and forth to each other. They LOVE this!

I'm Lisa Mawhinney, Life Enrichment Coordinator at Cristwood Nursing Center in Shoreline, WA. I'm excited to share ideas and concerns with other activity professionals. Working on MEPAP1 & should be done soon to move on to MEPAP2. Have a great Memorial Day Weekend everyone!