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Hi Martha. When you do a community event you will need flyers which you also can place on Facebook to reach more of the community. Mail them out to local businesses. Get them involved. Have a theme make it fun for everybody like a festival or carnival. Have your vendors to help like sponsor a game or food table. Can you get a moon walk or water slide? Balloons have them placed all around the area you will have it. Just think about what the day is about and go from there.

Hello everyone. I have questions? In your facility they are short on CNAs. You have an memory care activity assistant. They pull from activities to work on the floor. But, residents go without activities due to them pulling your assistant nearly every day. You as the Activity director is trying to cover for the main and memory care. What do you do? When is enough a enough? How would you approach this issue? Because I have told them to stop. I have done everything. Am I wrong for telling them my assistant was hired for the activity department? Any advice

Morning. I love your Who Am I activity I use them for celebrity jeopardy and other games. Can you do a Who Am I for famous sport players like boxing, football, basketball and so on. I think this would be a great cognitive activity for the men.

Thank you so much Talita.

Hello. I love the different arm travels and the posters you have for them. Can you do a Hawaii arm travel? Thanks

Morning. When I go to the blank calendar form to enter our activity information the calendar is messing up. The blue is moved over to the line are half way into the other day. Some numbers are covered up by the blue space. Just wanting to let you know about the issue. Thanks

Hi Nina. We are not In room only lock down (yet) . But still not able to have any groups. I know how you are feeling about doing the run around and being so exhausted at the end of the day. But I keep going and keep smiling because some are becoming depressed. So This is what I am doing for them in their rooms: Activities for 1 this consist of jigsaw puzzles, word search, reading/audiobook, trivia boards, solitaire, outdoors(patio), planting, writing, and flower arranging. Art for 1 Painting/tape, looking at pictures, adult coloring, mosaic, door hangers, sketching and making cards. Table games for 2 scrabble, checkers, cards, UNO, connect 4, balloon tennis, family feud and dominoes this one is done with me due to they can’t be together at this time. I have this on my calendar and I created a card to hang in there room so they can pick what they would like to do. I do DIY bingo on the same days and time as if we were still doing this as a group. They look forward to this one. Keep doing the great job I know you are and this too shall pass.

Thank you Susan for this post.

Hi everyone hope all is well during these crazy times. Question? Are any of you doing fundraisers while your nursing homes are on shutdown? Thanks

Yes please include more newsletter templates. Thanks