Hello everyone, March is here and soon you’ll want to be spending more time outside with residents enjoying the spring sunshine and flowers. Let’s get ready! Encouraging residents to move more now can help improve balance, maintain or increase lower body strength, and improve flexibility, which will make it easier for everybody to go outside. […]
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Let the Music Move You–And Others Too!
Hello everyone, Music has enormous power. It can motivate. It can soothe. It can make you smile, and move you to tears. It is more accessible now than ever before, and we aren’t using it enough in long term care. We have seen first-hand how simply turning off the television in a common area and […]
Never Give Up on Activity!
Hello everyone, How often do we see a group of residents participating in a recreational activity, but notice that at least a few of them are left out… sitting in the corner looking on? Often, these more “challenging” residents are the people who most need to be active and engaged in activity so they avoid […]
Valentine’s Day Dance Contest!
Hello everyone, Valentine’s Day is this Friday and many of you are probably hosting parties in your communities to celebrate the day of LOVE. Well, we LOVE moving and dancing!!! This week at your parties, make sure to put on some music and get everyone dancing. Show us your moves!!! Send us pictures of your […]
How to Respond to Repeating Questions
Hello everyone, Sometimes people with dementia ask the same question or say the same thing over and over and over again. Although we know that the person doesn’t realize he/she is doing this, it can still become extremely frustrating for staff who want to help, but may eventually give up and begin ignoring the person’s […]
Huddle Up to Help Residents
Hello everyone, With the Super Bowl just a week away, we thought this would be a good time to talk about the benefits of a “huddle.” Football players often huddle up before plays to make sure every team member on the field knows what the plan is. The same “huddle” concept can be extremely effective […]
Keep Learning and Trying New Things!
Hello everyone, As we begin a new year, we know that for many of you, our monthly intervention visits will soon be ending. We hope that over the past months we’ve helped you and your staff understand that this is more than a year-long program that ends when we leave. We encourage you to continue […]