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Involves residents with outside community
Example: casino, restaurant, outings
What is a cultural activity?
Develops and implements specific programs based on the needs/wants of residents or participants.
What is an activity coordinator?
Planned activities that residents can refer to for set dates and times. These are located in Pine Harbour's Pine Notes and are created for both assisted living and memory care.
What's is an activities calendar?
She was enlisted in the military, where she met her husband. They eloped 4 months later. She has previously lived abroad in England and Japan. She enjoys reading, listening to music, playing piano.
Who is Beverly Renaud?
Residents participate in physical and creative activities
Example: parachute game, arts and crafts, balloon toss
What is a recreational activity?
Improving self-sufficiency, self-confidence and cognition and can also help to build or maintain muscle strength and balance, helping those who are aging and/or with dementia maintain their independence for longer.
What is the importance of activities?
A booklet that consists of information on a resident's birth place, hobbies/interests, achievements, family history, etc.
What is a Resident Life History Book?
Activities that offer outside programs to participate with residents in the Pine Harbour Community.
Example: Adirondack Ghost tour, north country kids, north country animal service
What is an educational/volunteer activity?
Residents involved in activities that interest them for long periods of time vs residents that are occupied in tasks to keep their attention for a short period of time.
What is the difference between being engaged and busy?
A document that breaks down each resident's spiritual, intellectual, recreational, cultural, and educational interests.
What is a resident activity care plan?
Resident involved programs/services to practice beliefs & faith
Example: Catholic church outing, bible study, communion
What is a spiritual activity?
Simple activities; the activity can’t have too much going on. Challenging games can cause agitation. These activities are planned based on the stage of the dementia. These include group sing-a-longs or coloring club.
What is a memory care activity?
What does a "highlighted" schedule mean?
Involving a person's ability to think and to understand an idea and information
Example: Dominoes, bingo, uno card game, skip bo, rummy
What is an intellectual activity?
These activities are created for residents who are more independent. Residents who participate are capable of more challenging programs such as card games, gardening, and casino outings.
What is an assisted living activity?
Noises and visual interruptions (such as having side conversations, loud walkie talkies, and walking through/organizing areas) that prevents residents from giving full attention to activities and may cause agitation
What is a distraction?