I work in nursing home need new ideas, or pictures for seniors to do themselves.
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get on the  web and look up "body recall".\nIt is an exercise program designed for older people by older people. It started in Berea, KY
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Most senior citizen facilities and nursing homes welcome volunteers! Although it would be great to have some basic skills like CPR, there are people on the staff for these things. Simply go down to the facility or call and let them know you are interested in volunteering. Make sure that you keep the hours that you commit to. You might ask your supervisors for a recommendation in the future and any volunteer work is always a great resume booster.
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check to see if there is a senior center around town, maybe she can even take a bus there, they do alot of activities also, check the library, they usually have programs going on and there are quite a few geared towards seniors
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Something special, maybe a talking picture frame.
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Sponsor a local kids sports team.  Get listed on the local mortgage directory - http://www.regionalmortgages.com\nTell people that you specialize in a certain type of lending.  Maybe reverse mortgages or commercial building.  Leave brochures about reverse mortgages at nursing homes or some other location that seniors or baby boomers can see them.  Here is more on reverse mortgages: http://www.regionalmortgages.com/reverse.html
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Do you have a website, if not you should look into getting on and outting photos of your decoration online? A catalog to send to anyone that inquires after your work? what methods have you been using for marketing your business?  I am recommending a marketing book by Shel Horowitz as well as some articles I believe will be of help.  Another thing I suggest is to visit SCORE.org.  There you can search for a score counselor that has experience in the field of Decor and set up an appointment at your local chapter or simply communicate via email.  It is a free service as it's run by retired executives and business owners.\n\nGood luck
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bath and body gift basket\n\ncool office supplies.  give em' a light up pencil sharpener LMAO\nCrayola makes this little purple monster.  You sharpen your pencil in his mouth and he sounds like he's crunching it up and then burps when you take the pencil out.\n\nsexy fireman calender... ok that's what I would want to receive.\n\na magic 8 ball.. those are super cool in an office.  paperweight?  or extremly, intellectual insight to the future?\n\nhttp://www.bitwisegifts.com/page/bg/PROD/office-toys/19014\n\nhttp://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/5ac8/\n\nhttp://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/84b2/\n\nhttp://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/89f9/\n\nhttp://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/6984/\n\nkeep it simple and give those around you some more junk to clutter there desk with !!!
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I'm a CNA who used to work on a special care unit with paitents like this.  One thing that I found that was good for them was to play trivia type games.\nThink of old sayings for example, you start by saying something like "Don't count your chickens..... and have her finish the phrase by saying " until they hatch."\nOr try common songs like Jingle Bells and have her finish with "All the way".\nYou can do a search on Yahoo to find alot of old phrases and sayings.\nI even had a paitent who couln't talk, but if I started to sing Amazing Grace, she's start singing!!!  \nThey REALLY enjoy things from the past ~ I mean WAY past like their childhood.  Most Alzehimers paitents can remember alot more than one thinks and usually A LOT from thier childhood and younger life.
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You might try posting a listing at a local Senior Center to see if they have any resources or can provide referenced staff.
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Duct tape or a really really cheap nursing home
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http://www.stevespangler.com/  Here is where I got the ideas and stuff for my kids when they did theirs.  Good luck!
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Look on Ebay (they have everything), to get ideas and supplies. I did all my own and they came out super nice!
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variety of great ideas\nhttp://mariesmanor.fateback.com/Christmas-Decorations.html
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keep them in a refridgetor, on ice, ponds out side, visit a similiar type store talk to the people their get some ideas take their ideas put your own personal flare on it you got it.
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Go thru his photos and find photos of him and his loved ones and of his life over the past 50 years. Get a large piece of plywood, cut the pics in fun shapes and make a large collage. After all the pics are secured onto the wood, brush on some polyurethane to seal it all together. Throw on a really nice frame and a sheet of glass and you've got the coolest gift he'll be able to look at every day for the next 50 years! Good luck!
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Good for you.I am glad you are taking action.My dad is in a nursing home and they are all bad places.The patients don't get fed all their meals,they are left wet,the are abused both verbally and physically.The pick on the most vulnerable.These nursing homes esp. the ones with the rehab centers are breaking medicare and you and I won't have any retirement money.They are big business and making a living off these folks.Your attorney will try to get a settlement and the nursing home will probably not want to go to court to keep out of the news.The nursing notes will be especially important and don't be surprised if they try to change them.They will also look at the physician's progress notes.You should have gone to the nursing home and requested to see her chart they have to let you and you can get copies for a small copying fee.You'll need help from her doctor.Your attorney will need a legal nurse consultant who can testify that she had negligent care,someone who is a expert in long term care.They are short staffed and don't give a damn about the patients.They are out to make money off this vulnerable population.Write your congressman.Good Luck I hope you win big time.
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I suggest you read the following books to give you some ideas on how to start, manage and operate a senior assisted living facility:\n\n- Senior Living Communities : Operations Management and Marketing for Assisted Living, Congregate, and Continuing-Care Retirement Communities by Benjamin W. Pearce \n- Assisted Living: Current Issues in Facility Management and Resident Care by Kevan H. Namazi and Paul K. Chafetz \n- Assisted Living : Needs, Practices, and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly by M. Powell Lawton, Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane, and J. Kevin Eckert\n- Assisted Living Administration: Knowledge Base by James E. Allen \n- Seniors' Housing and Care Facilities: Development, Business, and Operations by Paul A. Gordon\n- Developing Active Adult Retirement Communities by Diane R. Suchman\n\nHere are some articles that may give you idea on the business:\n\nhttp://www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/Copy_of_MA_SegArticle/0,4453,274124----13-,00.html\nhttp://www.helpguide.org/elder/assisted_living_facilities.htm