bkcoogler

I too work in an adult day care and my clients range in ages 18-85. Luckily our facility is made up of several different rooms... ONE MAIN activity room where most accumulate first in the morning. I work as the only activity director with no assistants. Here's a breakdown of what goes on during the week; I've found that a routine schedule works well with our clients. Monday - Movie Day: I rent a movie at the local redbox for $1.00 and make popcorn. We also do coupon clippers on this day... where I bring in coupons from the Sunday paper and clients clip them and take what they want for shopping days. Art club meeting: those that have signed up and want to participate in arts and crafts can do so (this is now lead by a higher functioning client) Tuesday - Shopping Day: Take clients who have money to Wal Mart to do the needed shopping. Wednesday - Bible Lesson: A local pastor comes in for about an hour with his wife and sings and delivers a spiritual message. Nature Walk: We take a nature walk for those that would like... and normally stop by a local thrift store that is only a few blocks away. Thursday - Library Day: Take those that want to go to the local library. Writing club: those that have signed up and want to participate work on the monthly newsletter that is sent home. (this is also now lead by a higher functioning client) Current Events/News: I bring in newspaper clippings/online print outs and we discuss what's happening in the nation. (this was GREAT during the election) Friday - Shopping Day: Take clients who have money to Wal Mart to do the needed shopping. Nintendo Wii - I bring in my personal Wii system and hook it up to the tv in one of our rooms so that they can play bowling, golf, baseball, mario kart, etc... This isn't my calendar per se but is a basic guideline that I follow and add extras to so that each day is different. Hope it helps!!!

I'm in a bit of a different setting than most; adult day care. However, I am having a yard sale this week. With some of the money raised I am giving each of our residents $5 or $10 (depending on profit) and allowing them to shop for (on a group outing) for their own secret santa. I am doing this because we have about 40 residents and only 7 staff members.

Here's something we've really enjoyed doing this last week, very simple and virtually free to do. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade I took a entire wall and using construction paper, markers, glue, etc... created a road, bleachers, christmas decorations and more to make the wall look as though it was a picture out of what we see on the television every thanksgiving for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I found a template of a float (coloring sheet) online and got together different crafting supplies... glitter, pom poms, cotton balls, markers, crayons, etc. and every resident decorated their own float. At the end of the week the floats were hung on the wall and we judged them for "Best Float". THEY LOVED IT!!! Bryan