Hello Everyone! I have a big challenge under my wing. We have a quadriplegic here at our facility. This person is call-light happy. It was asked if the activities dept. would be able to sit with the resident 2x per day for approx. 30 minutes each. The Challenge : Resident does not wish to get up and interact with others. Aside from, painting nails, giving hand/arm rubs, reading psalms, reading books...... what could we do for her? HELP!
Hi Patty First I am sure you have assessed this persons interests both past and present Can this person write Perhaps the staff and resident could do word searches together You could get a card stand and play card games together Use this person’s brain Have the residents help Staff to design a newsletter or write a story for the group of course you do the writing Perhaps they could help design an activity Does this person like to sing What about trivia?
Hi Susan! Thanks for your reply. The only thing we have to use is her brain. She is completely paralyzed. Trivia questions are on the top of our list. Music and movies also. I wasn't sure if anyone had this type of experience or not. The Math activities would be great! I could make up a game of some sort. : )
Thanks again for your response! Have a wonderful day !!!
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I have a big challenge under my wing.
We have a quadriplegic here at our facility. This person is call-light happy. It was asked if the activities dept. would be able to sit with the resident 2x per day for approx. 30 minutes each.
The Challenge : Resident does not wish to get up and interact with others. Aside from, painting nails, giving hand/arm rubs, reading psalms, reading books...... what could we do for her? HELP!
First I am sure you have assessed this persons interests both past and present
Can this person write
Perhaps the staff and resident could do word searches together
You could get a card stand and play card games together
Use this person’s brain
Have the residents help Staff to design a newsletter or write a story for the group of course you do the writing
Perhaps they could help design an activity
Does this person like to sing
What about trivia?
https://www.goldencarers.com/search/?search_tag=Activity&search=Trivia
What about math activities?
https://www.goldencarers.com/mathematics-activities-for-the-elderly/5613/
Here are some one on one Activities that you could use and modify if you have to
https://www.goldencarers.com/one-on-one/
Thanks for your reply. The only thing we have to use is her brain. She is completely paralyzed. Trivia questions are on the top of our list. Music and movies also.
I wasn't sure if anyone had this type of experience or not. The Math activities would be great! I could make up a game of some sort. : )
Thanks again for your response!
Have a wonderful day !!!