Post
Log In
to comment
20+ FREE Activities
Enjoy meaningful activity ideas that you can use with your clients straight away.
Free ActivitiesBecome a Member!
A 12 month membership with unlimited access is just $74.95 USD! It's quick and easy to sign up.
Shallyn
Director Of Recreation
Judy Dwyer
Diversional Therapist
“
Thank you Golden Carers for all the great ideas. My residents really enjoy the quizzes and some of the craft activities. They especially want "This day in history". I try to make it a morning ritual after the newspaper reading.
“
Any tips/tricks/advice for increasing participation in Resident Council meetings? Our building can hold 114 (Mix between SNF/LTC) and we typically stay around 105-110. We generally have 8-10 residents attend the RC meeting. I've tried to convince other residents to attend and they refuse or they're unable to come to the meetings (schedule conflict with appointments, medical reasons, personal reasons, or IP reasons.) For those that are unable to attend, do you give them an individual paper to write concerns and discuss them in the RC meetings, or how do you go about that? Since it's typically the same residents attending, I feel like we're talking about the same things over and over.
Hi Xiallyn
I always had the resident council meeting after another activity, such as bingo
Many high functioning residence go to bingo and shorten the bingo and then go right into the meeting
Some one to leave, but most will stay
Another idea is to offer refreshments, but that would be a lot of work for you
Maybe there is another activity that a lot of residents attend that you could shorten a bit and then have a resident council meeting
Here are some articles on golden carers
https://www.goldencarers.com/15-tips-for-an-active-resident-council/7464/
https://www.goldencarers.com/how-to-run-successful-resident-council-meetings/4215/
Offer decadent dessert !
Hi Helen
Thank you for your input