karenleung 0 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 I want to know if your facility provides any learning session or inservice for residents, e.g. Resident Rights, Health Talk, language class...... If so, what are some of the successful topics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gina 2 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Hi Karen, Well,when i worked at a snf we used to have resident rights bingo every week,and we also had Adult Ed. from one local college( the college had four different people in the gereontology courses that came out once a week and one did an exercise class,one did an arts and crafts class,one read poems and such to the residents and the other person had a singalong with the residents).Check with your local colleges because if you are lucky enough to have a college that offers adult ed.take them up on it,it really frees you up to do other things. At a assisted living I worked at we had different topics each week for our residents. I had a Dr.come in to talk about Arthritis and new pain meds available,a rep. from the alzheimers association to talk about signs of Alzheimers,a rep. from a popular hearing aid company as well as a local eyeglass company,we also had a health club worker come in and talk about the benifits of exercise,I had a local baker come out to teach cake decorating.What i did was look in my local yellow pages and called people that sounded interesting. Whatever you choose,I'm sure your residents will enjoy it.Have fun! :-) gina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karenleung 0 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Wow, Gina, thank you very much for the ideas. They are great! I will make up a survey and let residents pick the topics that you suggest. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennie 26 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Lots of things to choose from & hey things even you & staff might enjoy. I had a man come & show all of the newest fishing things out today. It was suppost to be for the men but the women crashed the event. They actually made it more lively. But no matter fun was had by all. I had a couple of ladies who own a quilt shop come in & show off some quilts as well as some of the newest gadgets on the market. Then they came back every week & worked with the res. on making a quilt. Which we proudly displayed for a long time. Then I heard it was auctioned off, after I had moved on, it brought in a quite a few bucks. Call ladies from your local garden groups & let them do their thing. We had a group of ladies who do scrap booking come in show off their talents & then res. had a chance to make their own scrap book. A res. who lived in the facility held a poerty reading act. There is a college in town who offers classes to the elders on a variety of topics. We had get them there but that was ok. Around the end of the month they held a dance & served food. I even had a belly dancer come in some of the bolder res. took a shorth lesson & preformed for all of us. They loved this. We had a square dance group come in weekly & res. were encouaged to join in. A lady who collected dolls came in showed the res. themm told of their history. This started a whole reminiscing act. A big hit was when I had a local genealogy come & talk to the res. They convinced a lot of the res. that they should pass along what they knew about the family history. So they came back wit tape recorders & spoke with the res. one by one. This was then given to the act. dept & we passed it on to the family members. I remember a couple of times when a res. had passed away before we got the tape to the family. We gave this to them after their death & the family cherished them. We tried to have a variety of health care people to come in to talk about differnent issues butit seemed that the didn't care for this. However the family members did, so these guests where invited to the Family Council Meetings. Another big hit was to have the Hi-School come practice football at the facility weekly. The team invitied the res. to come to some of the local games. They provided a bus to come get the res. Of course they got the best seats. Have a book review club, this is always a good things for your alert res. The list is endless, use your res. as resources too. They have so much knowledge & background. Most are more than willing to share their knowledge with willing listeners. The more you involve the community the better the PR for the facility & your dept. Also it takes a load off of you. What a win win situtation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karenleung 0 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Hi Pennie, thank you for your suggestions. I really think you guys have done a great job in bringing the community to your residents. I will share your suggestions with my staff and see how we could put together something for our residents. Thanks again. Karen :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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