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Creative Gifts For Mom In The Nursing Home

April 28, 2018 by Diane Leave a Comment

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Mother's Day gifts for nursing home residents

Are you looking for a Mother’s Day gift for your mom or grandma who lives in a senior living community? My mom spent time in a nursing home, so I know it’s challenging to find the perfect gift. You want to give a gift that’s enjoyable, useful, and fits within the limited space of her room.

Today I’m sharing several of my favorite creative ideas for Mother’s Day gifts.

Let’s Celebrate Lucky Penny Day

April 25, 2018 by Diane Leave a Comment

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nursing home activities for Lucky Penny Day

I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying, “See a penny, pick it up. All day long, you’ll have good luck”. Did you know there’s an entire day set aside to celebrate the luck of the penny?

I know your residents will enjoy these fun activities, so be sure to add Lucky Penny Day to your calendar for May 23.

Reminisce

Ask your residents if they remember what they could buy for a penny when they were children. These are a few ideas our residents came up with:

penny candy
newspaper
baseball card
apple/orange
arcade games at the county fair
gum from a gumball machine
postcard

Another Excellent Educational Resource

April 22, 2018 by Diane Leave a Comment

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Your response to last month’s post about MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses) went far beyond my expectations! Obviously, my readers are very interested in educational opportunities. So this month I decided to share another of my favorite resources to help us keep up with healthcare information.

Have you heard about Khan Academy? The mission of Khan Academy is to “provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere”. Similar to most MOOCs, their courses are available free of charge. Unlike MOOCs, all of the Khan Academy classes are ongoing, so you can sign up whenever you wish and complete them at your own pace.

Let’s Bring Back May Day!

April 19, 2018 by Diane Leave a Comment

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May Day activities

Ask some of your younger employees to tell you about May Day, and they probably won’t know what you’re talking about. Yet, I’ll bet many of your residents can share lots of fun stories about May Day traditions from long ago.

There’s a special day to celebrate almost everything nowadays, but May Day seems to have been lost along the way in many parts of our country. That’s sad because traditionally it’s a beautiful celebration of the coming of spring. I hope when you fill out your activity calendars you’ll include May Day on May 1 this year.

I know your residents will enjoy these special activities. What else do you do to celebrate May Day? Please add your ideas in the comment section!

Promoting Dignity In The Nursing Home

April 16, 2018 by Diane Leave a Comment

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nursing home dignity

When I worked as a nurse manager in a nursing home, one of my responsibilities was to plan quarterly in-services for staff who worked on our memory care unit. I didn’t want these mandatory classes to be tedious events that employees dreaded sitting through at the end of a long shift. Obviously, the presentations needed to be helpful and enjoyable.

Knowing that staff would grow tired of listening to me teach all of these in-services, I occasionally looked for videos to share. But it was tough to find high-quality products back in those days.

Recently I came upon this YouTube video, and I wish I had found it years ago. I think this is a perfect resource to help people understand what it feels like to live in a nursing home.

This post may contain affiliate links, and I will be compensated (at no extra cost to you) when you make a purchase by clicking on my links.

This post may contain affiliate links, and I will be compensated (at no extra cost to you) when you make a purchase by clicking on my links.

Reminisce

This post may contain affiliate links, and I will be compensated (at no extra cost to you) when you make a purchase by clicking on my links.

This post may contain affiliate links, and I will be compensated (at no extra cost to you) when you make a purchase by clicking on my links.

This post may contain affiliate links, and I will be compensated (at no extra cost to you) when you make a purchase by clicking on my links.

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