bamdill65 0 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 hello, heres my problem, i just got hired at a 198 bed facility. they didnt have a dir. for 4 months,the act.calndar is in shambles. how do i plan acts. for both floors? do i dupilcate thee acts.?for the same time for both floors or do i make them different so the residents have a choice? but one problem is the residents dont like riding the elevator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amandarusso 0 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 hello, heres my problem, i just got hired at a 198 bed facility. they didnt have a dir. for 4 months,the act.calndar is in shambles. how do i plan acts. for both floors? do i dupilcate thee acts.?for the same time for both floors or do i make them different so the residents have a choice? but one problem is the residents dont like riding the elevator do you have asst. that can do the activities on the 2nd floor for you and can you switch around that way you don't get burnt out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamdill65 0 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 do you have asst. that can do the activities on the 2nd floor for you and can you switch around that way you don't get burnt out yes, really i have 4 assts. should i make it different acts.on the different floors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy 0 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 It's up to you how you want to plan it, but I do different activities on each floor. You can do the same, but you can run into the problem that you don't have enough supplies. If the residents get use to the activities on their floor, they may not want to go down since they don't like to ride the elevators anyway. My residents always migrate to the floor that has bingo. It's so funny watching them go from floor to floor asking where's bingo. Good luck in your new position! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennie 26 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 How long have teh act ass't been working there? Ifthey have been there for sometime ask them about what theythink the res. would like. If they are unsure about this, maybe start off with theh same act for each floor & if supplies are a problem change the times around to vary on each floor. Get to know the res. on each floor & then adjust the calendar after a couple of months to fit each floor. Even though the res. don't care for the eval. it might be a good way to get them to mingle with each other & get them soem exercise in the process. If you change the calendar up & get res. to mingling with each other why don't you consider have each floor host a party for teh other floor once a month. Say the 1st floor host a party for the 2nd floor on teh 1st wed of the month & teh 2nd floor will host one for the 1st floor on teh 3rd wed. If not a party maybe have a game day or dominoes contest, something like this. Just some thoughts. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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