Sandra, this is not an uncommon situation to be short handed, everyone is. My facility does the same thing but they have hired 2 part time people that are not CENAS and can not really be pulled to the floor for direct care. maybe you could talk to the powers that be and remind them that recreation department is suffering and pass along the idea of hiring at least one part time person that could fill in.
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