Hi Esty! Been enjoying reading your ideas! Yes we receive CF. What a wonderful resource! So many great ideas, news and reminders of upcoming events/days....
Jennifer, I dont know if you have a Dollar Tree around you, but they also have a lot of things you can get for bulletin boards and stay on budget. Let your...
Hi again Esty! I have never come into a brand new facility, but you could make up a calendar that is kind of generic. Coffee social, current events, ice cream...
Hi Amy, We are holding "Senior Olympics" with an opening ceremony and closing ceremony. For competitions we will have Billards, Walking, horseshoes, and Wii...
Hello! I started out in a brand new facility. My calendars were kind of generic at first but with a twist of things I enjoyed. As I got to know the residents...
The last time the Olympics were held, I did a senior Olympics in our facility. I geared it toward things they would associate with such as horseshoes, cow...
Thank you Ruth so much. So I should have an already made calendar up when it opens w/ stuff like Happy Hour on Fridays, Bingo, singalongs, Mystery trips, a...
Last year I opened an Assisted Living and did create a generic calendar of programs to have for the state, which include physical, social, spiritual and...
I just want to say "Thank YOU" to everyone who has responded to my questions and to all of the wonderful, useful information I have recieved concerning opening...
Estelle, Â As far as I know, it is not a requirement to have a "calendar." I did work for a short time at a building just re-opening and we put up fliers for...
No, I work in Minot ND at a private facility. Yes, have a calendar ready when your facility opens. My calendar is always packed with activities and that is a...
Hi. I work in a 182 bed skilled nursing home. Currently, we have 6 different smoke times all of which last 15 minutes except the last one at 9pm lasts 30...
Hey all I am trying to catch up on all the emails of stuff for the last week. Ikes it adds up fast. Anywho, I saw someone mention die cut machine. I have one...
We are a non-smoking campus which means no one can smoke on the campus at all, including guests. Residents are informed when admitted and staff need to take...
I previously worked for a kindred facility in NC. There it was the individual building's policy. And we 'grandfathered' in the residents who were smokers prior...
Yeah.. Kindred wasn't too bad.. I guess. They just don't have too good of a reputation in too many places. They were one of the many NC buildings that were...
Thanks for those great idea's! I am presenting the idea of a bulletin board to my E.D. tomorrow :o) Yesterday we made sun visors and they loved them. I love...
Nope, actually I was watching The Bachelorette from lastnight. I forgot to watch it. Inbewteen I did laundry, ate dinner, cleaned the kitchen and vacuumed! lol...
Gosh, more great idea's! Yes, we have several "dollar" stores close by. I do utilize them. Ih it up some yard sales and made out like a bandit. Once the woman...
My heart truely goes out to you. I am a non smoker as well. I may be one of the only ones at my center who doesn't. Makes me wonder when several staff have...
ewwwwwww..... GREAT puzzle Idea! I take a lot of pictures, so this is one I wll most surely do! I'll let ya know how it turns out! ~jennifer.... who is now...
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