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Claudette 3rd Jun 2017 Administrator

Trying to get ideas of how to get seniors to play games or interact with other residents of the home.

Susan 3rd Jun 2017 Activity Director

Hi Claudette
Here are some ideas
Tell the resident you need her help and hopefully she will help you
Tell the resident that her doctor wants her to go to activities
Tell the resident that her family wants her to go to activities in fact invite her family to come to some of the residents activities
I never asked if a resident want to go I would say should we go now or in 10 minutes
Send her a personal invitation
If I think about this I'm sure I can, come up with more but that's all I have right now

Susan 4th Jun 2017 Activity Director

Here are some links to golden carers articles
https://www.goldencarers.com/how-to-motivate-residents-in-long-term-care/3742/
https://www.goldencarers.com/15-activities-for-loners-and-introverted-seniors/4274/
https://www.goldencarers.com/10-ways-to-increase-activity-participation/4133/
Hope this helps
Susan

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