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Rose
Community Living Coordinator
Annatjie Greeff
Nursing Manager
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My SNF residents want to have an Easter Egg hunt! Not the kind where they hide the eggs and kids come in and hunt, they want to be the ones doing the hunting, staff are the ones doing the hiding. Almost all of them are in wheelchairs, and only 20-30% are able to self propel their chairs well, though about 60% can go at least a short distance. We have a mix of cognitively intact/rehab folks and fairly advanced memory care people.
Does any one have any ideas on how I can pull this off for them? Of course, budget for this is small.
Hi Rose
You may want to combine these two activities to make an Easter egg hunt with staff, helping those who need it
https://www.goldencarers.com/st-patricks-day-scavenger-hunt/7801/
https://www.goldencarers.com/easter-bingo-for-senior-care/4670/
Use these pictures and make a worksheet with this or another one if you’d like
https://www.goldencarers.com/diy-activities/
Hello Rose,
I do this every year & have similar Residents - most with Dementia.
# 1 Staff member & 1 group of Residents, split in to pairs and accompany them around the Home searching for pictures of small laminated Easter Eggs.
# The Staff member &/or group/Resident that collects the most tokens throughout the day,( I hide them first thing in the morning), wins a Chocolate Egg each.
This engages Staff & does not involve placing choc eggs within the reach of vulnerable Residents.
You can also invite Families to join the hunt too!
Hope this works for you ,
Sharon.