kris

Hi all, My facility has activities 7 days a week. I have an activity aide in the SCU for 10 hours on Saturday and Sunday. I myself work on Saturdays doing large group activities. our residents are used to having something to do every day. We tried dropping weekend activities but residents didn't seem to like the idea. Due to census I have dropped full time activities on sundays but we do have church. saturdays are laid back and the residents are soo different. we have a monthly horseshoe pitching tournament with competition every saturday morning and a champion every month. This is one of our residents favorite activities-whether they play or watch. Also have a facility sing-a-long in the afternoon. Saturday is also a very good time to catch up on charting. It is much easier to get a chart when OT, PT, ST, Drs. etc...all seem to need them at the same time. On the van thing that sounds like a very big liability. our facility has its own van and also a bus that is shared between us and our 2 sister facilities. Each facility having their own driver. we schedule a month in advance if something comes up that we would need our bus other than our scheduled weekly trip. Good luck to all and have fun :-) kris

Hi all!! I have been in the LTC bussiness since 1987. I started as a CNA, then med tech and back in those days I was an 18 year old med tech charge (sounds scary huh?). I have been in the activity department since 1996 as an activity assistant and mostly worked on scu with Alzheimer's. I have 52 hrs of college with a psycology/sociology major. I have taken an activity directors course that was a week long classes for 8 hrs a day. I have read many books, taken many seminars, but my greatest teachers w\have been my residents. Where would I be without them. I have just recently became the activity director at the facility I have worked for 10 years. I love my job and look forward to sharing thoughts and ideas with you all. Remember keep smilin and have fun!! kris