More than anything I believe that crafts are my favorite thing to do with the residents. This week we welcome spring with fun games and crafts we made watercolor butterflies and played spring trivia.
Here is a look at what the residence made
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Coffee Filter Butterflies
Spring Is Here
The start of spring is always an great time to have your residence think about planting .
I found that it was hard to have them focus on gardening when its snowing out but it helped all of us look at the bright side. Its the end of WINTER and we are going to have a beautiful garden!
I found that it was hard to have them focus on gardening when its snowing out but it helped all of us look at the bright side. Its the end of WINTER and we are going to have a beautiful garden!
The great thing about working with residents that suffers with some form of dementia is that you can make it an project for all. For instance I played Spring and Summer songs form the 40's. So my friends that couldn't participate in the planting still part of my activity. I try my bet to incorporate reminiscing into all my projects. Helping bringing back memories is my job. Did you have an garden? What did you plant? What was the best part of your garden?
Saturday, March 16, 2013
1st Post St. Patrick's Day Eve
Its always hard not working on a Major Holiday and be an Activities Director because of planing reasons. I found it hard this St. Patrick's day to celebrate with my REFLECTIONS residents an day before the holiday but everything seem to work out fine.
I always start every day with Daily Chronicles which you can find on Activity Connection it talks about events that happens in the past on this day and also includes some trivia fun facts and Famous Birthdays and quotes my residents that are mostly people with some form of dementia love.
Number one thing for the elderly is to remain active I do 45 minutes of exercises every day today was yoga to Irish music IRISH YOGA. Worked out great for everyone the residents that couldn't follow sung along to songs like WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING AND MY SWEET IRISH ROSE that brought back a lot of memories for them.
The residents at my facility love word games so after exercise and a short game of basketball we played big word little word using the words SAINT PATRICK. Followed by lunch then a documentary about the meaning of St. Patrick's day.
I always love doing crafts I believe that to be my specialty so some of the ladies and I made fake green carnations using coffee filters, pipe cleaners, ribbon and green watercolor paint (PICTURES COMING SOON) and we made them into brooches for them to wear to the party. After we did our weekly flower arrangement using silk flowers for our dinning room and party.
I have found from my time as an activity director that my residents just want to belong and help out as much as possible so making snacks for the social or our weekly flower arrangement for our dinning room table helps them feel more like they are part of the family helping out with daily chores than just an guest visiting.
I always start every day with Daily Chronicles which you can find on Activity Connection it talks about events that happens in the past on this day and also includes some trivia fun facts and Famous Birthdays and quotes my residents that are mostly people with some form of dementia love.
Number one thing for the elderly is to remain active I do 45 minutes of exercises every day today was yoga to Irish music IRISH YOGA. Worked out great for everyone the residents that couldn't follow sung along to songs like WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING AND MY SWEET IRISH ROSE that brought back a lot of memories for them.
The residents at my facility love word games so after exercise and a short game of basketball we played big word little word using the words SAINT PATRICK. Followed by lunch then a documentary about the meaning of St. Patrick's day.
I always love doing crafts I believe that to be my specialty so some of the ladies and I made fake green carnations using coffee filters, pipe cleaners, ribbon and green watercolor paint (PICTURES COMING SOON) and we made them into brooches for them to wear to the party. After we did our weekly flower arrangement using silk flowers for our dinning room and party.
I have found from my time as an activity director that my residents just want to belong and help out as much as possible so making snacks for the social or our weekly flower arrangement for our dinning room table helps them feel more like they are part of the family helping out with daily chores than just an guest visiting.
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