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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
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Connecticut,
United States
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
I work as a recreational therapist in the senior behavioral health unit at a local hospital. One of my activities is to handout worksheets with random, unrelated words and ask the residents/patients t...
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
What is your position? A.L. or SNF? What do you mean by writing plans...the monthly calendar?
What is your 'form'?
If you're a director of recreation you only need a calendar w/ generic terms-
2:0...
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
I use scarves for flowing movements, amazon $10.00 for 12 pack and play classical piano on amazon music on my phone and sound bar.
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
I was also looking for a certificate of appreciation...something not generic but with the army navy etc. emblems on it...?
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
Nuses Week:
May 6-12
Skilled Nursing Care Week:
May 9-15
Any ideas?
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
I am a new director and am trying to brainstorm some innovative ideas. As a TRD I just focused on my activities but am looking for some new "bigger" ideas that involve all and don't require big group...
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
I think the challenge here is to do no contact activities with COVID restrictions. If you play cards or dice games you need to wipe down everything as soon as someone touches them and definitely canno...
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
Snowman is my theme for January. You can buy Styrofoam balls at Michaels, I put them in a cylinder vase w/ snow on bottom, they sell buy the bag at michaels.
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
you are allowed to have gatherings? And candles?
Where are you?
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
We have students that are not in school now write cards to the residents.
We also have churches that bring clothes.
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
I have been in your shoes.
I think someone already touched on this but I take the "we go around the table clockwise so each person can answer" approach. I used to play the 'make small words out of...
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
My TRDs and I made DIY carnations, you can find on pinterest.
Fan fold 8 sheets of square tissue paper, we used 6 pink and 2 white for the inner part.
staple in the center and pull apart each sheet...
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
BIG QUESTION-For those of you that have POSITIVE COVID-19 Residents:
Are you doing room-to-room activities with them.... As in physically donning PPE and going to the rooms?
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
Hi everyone I just joined. Is it too late to get in on the pen pals group? I am a director of therapeutic recreation in New Britain CT. I think some of my residents would love to be involved with this...
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Gigi
Director of Recreation Therapy
Director of Recreation Therapy
In our facility our residents are usually in their rooms regardless of the pandemic.
I do room to room everything:
Beachball basketball- small beachball and dollar store laundry basket
Flamingo rin...
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