| Ask Cooing Schools in your area to come in and do a cooking demonstration and taste testing Find A Cooking School in your AREA |
| Start a gourmet cooking class! Pick recipes that are unique and different, try holding a class based on your favorite TV cooking show Use props, aprons, etc! And have fun! |
| Hold a daily Nostalgia group about what happened on this day in history, click the link below for some great ideas |
| Host a senior Prom, contact your local high school and ask students to come in and have a truly Senior Prom with your residents |
| Wood working with the Guys!! Start out simple, but I guarantee they will ove it! |
| Ask a local dance school to volunteer a free performance Find one by clicking the link below! All you really have to do is ask!!!! Find A Dance School |
| Make memorable movies for your residents It is easy! Use a digital camera , create a slide show and add music, use a program such as Windows Movie Maker |
| Stumped for new and exciting programs? Here are a few tips Start a book club with high functioning residents, most libraries will assist you! Teach something new and different like Origami Introduction to digital photography have residents take the pictures and put together a slide show, then print pictures and have a scrap booking 101 class Start a real cooking gourmet group make something ethnic, and exciting |
| Resource magazines Creative Forecasting A New Day The Good Old Days |
| Host a Ms. Nursing or Mr. Nursing home Event Make 2 residents your celebrities for the month Hold a Facility Idol contest Staff Talent Shows are always fun Family Talent Shows are even better! Renew a couples wedding vows, have a real reception this makes for great theme programming for June, from bridal shower to bachelor party, all the way to the big day, have residents make invitations, the veil, the corsages and flowers out of tissue paper, it is easy and fun to make paper roses |
| Time to Change This year start something new A New Group Idea Inspirational Stories Gather residents together to read and reflect on some truly inspirational stories The Inspiration Place WE could all use more inspiring stories! Quick Inspirations Make Birthdays extra special Have all staff sign cards for each resident for there birthday Plan ahead! Present Balloons, Card and a song to the birthday gal or guy Hang there picture up in the dining room as the Person of the day! |
| Host a Wedding fashion Show with your staff and residents |
| Spice up exercise with scarves! You can pick them up from dollar store, or order them from S&S. Have residents use scarves during exercise , include other items as well like maracas, musical hand instruments, don't be afraid to try anything new! Make daily exercise fun and exciting, and make each day a different exercise. Try Yoga, T'ai Chi, Swinging to Music etc.! Call your local Yoga Instructor to come in for a free demo! Call your local Reiki Master to do the same! Look them up online or click here for more information Find A Yoga Instructor |
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