Additional games and activities for Nursing Home Residents

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by Pamela Veselinovic
Additional games and activities for Nursing Home Residents:

Bingo!
Wheelchair bowling.
Simon Says.
Sing-a-longs.
Wheelchair races.
Manicure parties.
The “list anything” game. For instance, list all the animals you can think of, or birds, or cars, or states, or?
Memory game. For instance, “Who wants to tell a special birthday story?” Or, “A wedding story.” You can choose anything they might remember.

In Closing, please make sure you do not over exert the nursing home residents. This is for circulation and fun, not for losing calories! And having fun is what you are there for!

Chinese New Year 2015

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TravelChinaGuide

The sheep (or ram) is among the animals that people like most. It is gentle and calm. Since ancient times, people have learned to use its fleece to make writing brushes and skin to keep warm. As it is white, people describe delicate and precious white jade to be 'suet jade'. Thus it is close to the meaning of good things.

Strengths
People under the sign of the sheep are tender, polite, filial, clever, and kind-hearted. They have special sensitivity to art and beauty, faith in a certain religion and a special fondness for quiet living. They are wise, gentle and compassionate and can cope with business cautiously and circumspectly. In their daily life, they try to be economical. Women born in this year are willing to take good care of others, but they should avoid pessimism and hesitation. They are kind in heart and commonly have symmetrical figures and features.

Weaknesses
Sheep year people are often worriers who are shy, pessimistic, moody, indecisive, over-sensitive, weak-willed and puzzled about life. They are easily inclined to be deeply religious. They are timid in nature and like to be looked after by others. They like flattery, compliment and suggestions from friends. They do not dare to express their love openly and usually have interests in strange theories.

Horoscope and Numerology Elements
Earthly Branch of Birth Year: wei
Wu Xing (The Five Elements): tu (earth)
Yin Yang: yin
Auspicious Directions: east, southeast, south
Lucky Colors: green, red, purple; Avoid: golden, coffee
Lucky Numbers:3, 9, 4; Avoid: 7, 6, 8
Lucky Flowers: carnation, primrose, alice flower
Zodiac Sign Compatibility - Best match: rabbit, horse, pig; Avoid: ox, dog

Celebrities Born in the Year of the Sheep
Michelangelo, Mark Twain, Thomas Alva Edison, Muhammad Ali, Rudolph Valentino, Rachel Carson, Pierre Trudeau, Barbara Walters, Orville Wright, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Amy Lee, Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Danes, Jamie Lynn Spears, Matt LeBlanc, Chow Yun-Fat, Zhang Ziyi, Li Shimin (Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty 618 – 907), Cao Cao (King of Wei in China’s Three Kingdoms Period 220 - 280), Yue Fei (a patriotic general in China’s South Song Dynasty 1127 - 1279), Empress Dowager Cixi

Fortune Foretelling in 2015
It is their order to encounter the Year of Birth (Benming Nian), a year to offend “Taisui’, the god in charge of people’s fortune. In 2015, their fortune in all aspects will fluctuate. In career, there won’t be a promotion or salary rise. Only if they stick with their current job and work hard, will they smoothly get through the year. In wealth, they should be very cautious about any investment, or there will be a loss. In relationships, they are suggested to be tolerant of their family, friends and colleagues to avoid any conflict.

Career: They may encounter some road blocks in career in 2015, especially in March, June, September and December. In these months, their emotions will be fluctuant, so it is likely that they will argue with colleagues. In comparison, their fortune in career gets better in February, July and August. As long as they persist in working hard, they will gain much in the coming year. At any rate, no promotion will fall upon them in 2015.

Wealth: The financial fortune of sheep people will be just so-so. They should reduce daily expenses, or it will be hard to make ends meet. It is not a good idea to lend money to others. The investment in stocks, bonds and real estate should be stopped. People who are living in a rental house should keep doing this. Don’t buy a new house or move. Setting a fish tank in the west or north of the house may increase their fortune in wealth.

Relationships: Sheep people can easily lose their temper in 2015. As a result, couples and lovers may argue. They should communicate with each other to solve the problem to avoid breaking up. Also this is not a good year to get married. Single males may get involved in a relationship, and females will still expect to get back their former love.

Health: They should keep away from sharp tools and weapons such as knifes, swords, saws and scissors, because they may easily get injured this year. In daily life, they should play sports and avoid eating too much greasy food. Sheep born in 1943 and 1979 need to be careful in driving and doing sports, especially in June and December.

Study: Sheep students will hardly be able to concentrate on study this year. They should adjust their emotions to focus on study. Some students’ study may be affected by family problems, so parents should pay attention to their behavior and try to be attentive to their children. Moreover, children may get infected some illness, which will influence their study.

Love songs for those with dementia

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Love Songs

 

1.  Heart of My Heart
2.  Let Me Call You Sweetheart
3.  Moonlight Bay
4.  My Blue Heaven
5.  Oh you Beautiful Doll
6.  By the Light of the Silvery Moon
7.  I Love You Truly
8.  For Me and My Gal
9.  Bicycle Built for Two
10.Baby Face
11.I’ll Be Loving You Always
12.Tea For Two
13.In the Good Old Summertime
14.Has Anybody Seen My Gal
15.School Days
16.Ain’t She Sweet
17.The Band Played On
18.Side by Side
19.Sidewalks of New York
20.Don’t sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me
21.Could I Have This Dance
22.The Band Played On
23.You Are My Sunshine
24.Smile Awhile
25.When You Are Smiling
26.In My Merry Oldsmobile
27.By the Beautiful Sea
28.When You Wore A Tulip
29.If You Knew Susie
30.Yes Sir, That’s My Baby

Sensory ideas for those with dementia

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A baby brings much comfort to those with dementia. All people are hard wired to love babies. It is almost instinctive.

 

Moving on from babies, what else can you offer a lower functioning late stage dementia person?

 

As I stated before taping into the senses of these dementia persons seem to work well. We talked about visually stimulating activities.

 

Actually a sensory activity should tap into all a person's senses. You should individualize the activity by focusing on a person's strongest sense. If you are doing this in a group, you will have to change the emphasis for each person. It is almost like doing one to one encounters within a group. This is fine. You can have certain parts of the group that touch everyone and tie everything together.

 

More ideas soon

 

By Susan Berg author of Adorable Photographs of Our Baby-Meaningful Mind Stimulating Activities and More for the Memory Challenged, Their Loved Ones and Involved Professionals a book for those with dementia and an excellent resource for caregivers and healthcare professionals.

Elvis Presley movies

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Elvis

Elvis acted in 31 movies

 

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An Elvis Presley picture is the only sure thing in Hollywood'. Hal Wallis.

Elvis Presley made 31 films as an actor. To view full details on each of Elvis' movies click the links in the right hand column of this page. Elvis also made two documentary feature films, Elvis Thats' The Way It Is and Elvis On Tour. Read more on each of Elvis' Movies at Elvis Presley's Movies
Buy Elvis Presley Movies on DVD

Films As An Actor
1956, Love Me Tender, Twentieth Century Fox
Partial cast list: Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Neville Brand, Mildred Dunnock. Producer: David Weisbart Director: Robert D. Webb Screenplay: Robert Buckner. Based on a story by: Maurice Gerachyty. Director of Photography: Leo Tover.
1957, Loving You, Paramount
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart, James Gleason, Ralph Dumke, Paul Smith, Ken Becker, Jana Lund. Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director: Hal Kanter Screenplay: Herbert Baker, Hal Kanter From a story by: Mary Agnes Thompson Director of Photography: Charles Lang, Jr.
1957, Jailhouse Rock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Vaughn Taylor, Jennifer Holden, Dean Jones, Ann Neyland, Hugh Sanders. Producer: Pandro S. Berman Director: Richard Thorpe Screenplay: Guy Trosper Story: Ned Young Director of Photography: Robert Bronner
1958, King Creole, Paramount
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walther Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, Liliane Montevecchi, Vic Morrow, Paul Stewart, Jan Shepard. Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director: Michael Curtiz Screenplay: Herbert Baker, Miachael Vincente Gazzo Story: Based on the novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins. Director of Photography: Russell Harlan
1960, GI Blues, Paramount
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse, Robert Ivers, Leticia Roman, James Douglas, Sigrid Maier, Arch Johnson. Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director: Norman Taurog Screenplay: Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson Director of Photography: Loyal Griggs
1960, Flaming Star, Twentieth Century Fox
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Steve Forrest, Barbara Eden, Dolores Del Rio, John McIntire, Rudolph Acosta. Producer: David Weisbart Director: Don Siegel Screenplay: Clair Huffaker, Nunnally Johnson Story: Based on the novel Flaming Lance by Clair Huffaker. Director of Photography: Charles G. Clarke
1961, Wild In The Country, Twentieth Century Fox
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, Rafer Johnson, John Ireland, Gary Lockwood, William Mims, Christina Crawford. Producer: Jerry Wald Director: Philip Dunne Screenplay: Clifford Odets Story: Based on the novel The Lost Country by J.R. Slamanca Director of Photography: William C. Mellor
1961, Blue Hawaii, Paramount
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters, Roland Winters, John Archer, Howard McNear, Steve Brodie, Iris Adrian, Hilo Hattie, Jennie Maxwell. Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director: Norman Taurog Screenplay: Hal Kanter Story: Alan Weiss Director of Photography: Charles Lang, Jr.
1962, Follow That Dream, United Artists
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm, Joanna Moore, Alan Hewitt, Herbert Rudley, Simon Oakland, Howard McNear, Roland Winters. Producer: David Weisbart Director: Gordon Douglas Screenplay: Charles Lederer Story: Based on the novel Pioneer, Go Home by Richard Powell Director of Photography: Leo Tover
1962, Kid Galahad, United Artists
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman, Charles Bronson. Producer: David Weisbart Director: Phil Karlson Screenplay: William Fay Based on a story by: Francis Wallace Director of Photography: Burnett Guffey
1962, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Paramount
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin, Benson Fong, Robert Strauss. Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director: Norman Taurog Screenplay: Edward Anhalt, Allan Weiss Story: Allan Weiss Director of Photography: Loyal Griggs
1963, It Happened At The World's Fair, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Vicky Tiu. Producer: Ted Richmond Director: Norman Taurog Screenplay: Si Rose, Seaman Jacobs Director of Photography: Joseph Ruttenberg
1963, Fun In Acapulco, Paramount
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cardenas, Paul Lukas, Larry Domasin, Alejandro Rey. Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director: Richard Thorpe Screenplay: Allan Weiss Director of Photography: Daniel L. Fapp
1964, Kissin' Cousins, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Glenda Farrell, Jack Albertson, Pam Austin, Cynthia Pepper, Yvonne Craig, Maureen Reagan. Producer: Sam Katzman Director: Gene Nelson Screenplay: Gerald Drayson Adams, Gene Nelson Story: Gerald Drayson Adams Director of Photography: Ellis W. Carter
1964, Viva Las Vegas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest, Nicky Blair. Producers: Jack Cummings, George Sidney Director: George Sidney Screenplay: Sally Benson Director of Photography: Joseph Biroc
1964, Roustabout, Paramount
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson, Sue Ane Langdon, Pat Buttram. Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director: John Rich Screenplay: Anthony Lawrence, Allan Weiss Story: Allan Weiss Director of Photography: Lucien Ballard
1964, Girl Happy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone, Gary Crosby, Joby Baker, Nita Talbot, Mary Ann Mobley, Fabrizio Mioni, Jackie Coogan, Jimmy Hawkins.
1965, Tickle Me, Allied Artists
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane, Jack Mullaney, Merry Anders, Bill Williams, Edward Faulkner. Producer: Ben Schwalb Director: Norman Taurog Screenplay: Elwood Ullman, Edward Bernds Director of Photography: Loyal Griggs
1965, Harum Scarum, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries, Michael Ansara, Jay Novello, Philip Reed, Theo Marcuse, Billy Barty. Producer: Sam Katzman Director: Gene Nelson Screenplay: Gerald Drayson Adams Director of Photography: Fred H. Jackman
1966, Frankie And Johnny, United Artists
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Sue Ane Langdon, Nancy Kovack, Audrey Christie, Robert Strauss. Producer: Edward Small Director: Frederick De Cordova Screenplay: Alex Gottlieb Story: Nat Peerrin Director of Photography: Jacques Marquette
1966, Paradise, Hawaiian Style, Paramount
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta, Donna Butterworth, Marianna Hill, Irene, TSU, Linda Wong, Julie Parrish, Jan Shepard. Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director: D. Michael Moore Screenplay: Allan Weiss, Anthony Lawrence Story: Allan Weiss Director of Photography: W. Wallace Kelley
1966, Spinout, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain, Deborah Walley, Dodie Marshall, Jack Mullaney, Will Hutchins, Warren Berlinger, Jimmy Hawkins, Carl Betz. Producer: Joe Pasternak Director: Norman Taurog Screenplay: Theodore J. Flicker, George Kirgo Director of Photography: Daniel L. Fapp
1967, Easy Come, Easy Go, Paramount
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Dodie Marshall, Pat Priest, Pat Harrington, Jr., Skip Ward, Elsa Lanchester, Frank McHugh. Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director: John Rich Screenplay: Allan Weiss, Anthony Lawrence Director of Photography: William Margulies
1967, Double Trouble, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Annette Day, John Williams, Yvonne Romain, Harry Wiere, Herbert Wiere, Sylvester Wiere. Producers: Judd Bernard, Irwin Winkler Director: Norman Taurog Screenplay: Jo Heims Based on a story by: Marc Brandel Director of Photography: Daniel L. Fapp
1967, Clambake, United Artists
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Will Hutchins, Bill Bixby, James Gregory, Gary Merrill. Producers: Arnold Laven, Arthur Gardner, Jules Levy Director: Arthur H. Nadel Screenplay: Arthur Browne, Jr. Story: Arthur Browne, Jr. Director of Photography: William Margulies
1968, Stay Away, Joe, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez, Henry Jones, L.Q. Jones, Quentin Dean. Producer: Douglas Laurence Director: Peter Tewksbury Screenplay: Michael A. Hoey Story: Based on the novel Stay Away, Joe by Dan Cushman Director of Photography: Fred Koenekamp
1968, Speedway, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby, Gale Gordon, William Schallert, Victoria Meyerink. Producer: Douglas Laurence Director: Norman Taurog Screenplay: Phillip Shuken Director of Photography: Joseph Ruttenberg
1968, Live A Little, Love A Little, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Don Porter, Rudy Vallee, Dick Sargent, Sterling Holloway, Celeste Yarnall. Producer: Douglas Laurence Director: Norman Taurog Screenplay: Michael A. Hoey, Dan Greenbrug Story: Based upon the novel Kiss My Firm But Pliant Lips by Dan Greenburg Director of Photography: Fred Koenekamp
1969, Charro!, National General
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Ina Balin, Victor French, Lynn Kellogg, Barbara Werle, Soloman Sturges, paul Brinegar, James Sikking. Executive Producer: Harry Caplan Producer: Charles Marquis Warren Director: Charles Marquis Warren Screenplay: Charles Marquis Warren Story: Frederic Louis Fox Director of Photography: Ellsworth Fredericks
1969, The Trouble With Girls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe, Sheree North, Edward Andrews, John Carradine, Vincent Price, Anissa Jones, Joyce Van Patten, Pepe Brown, Dabney Coleman. Producer: Lester Welch Director: Peter Tewksbury Screenplay: Arnold Peyser, Loiss Peyser Story: Based on a story by Mauri Grashin and a novel Chautauqua by Day Keene and Dwight Babcock. Director of Photography: Jacques Marquette
1969, Change Of Habit, Universal
Partial cast list: Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair, Jane Elliot, Leora Dana, Edward Asner, Robert Emhardt, Regis Toomey, Doro Merande, Ruth McDevitt, Richard Carlson, Nefti Millet, Laura Figueroa, Lorena Kirk, Virgina Vincent, The Blossoms. Producer: Joe Connelly Director: William Graham Screenplay: James Lee, S.S. Schweitzer, Eric Bercovici Story: John Joseph, Richard Morris Director of Photography: Russell Metty

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What kind of relationship do you have with your neighbors? Many people today don’t even know their neighbors these days. Today show your neighbors how much they mean to you. Bake some cupcakes, brownies or frame a photo of you together and give it to them. You can give them a card to let them know they are an important part of your life. Maybe you can plan a neighborhood holiday get together. This is the time of year to celebrate your neighborhood.

 

Hi Neighbor" “Hi Neighbor” was created to encourage people to come outside and talk with their neighbors, reconnect with those they haven’t seen in awhile and begin establishing relationships that build strong communities. Initially a one night event in June, the CRC now promotes the entire month of June as “Hi Neighbor” month. This is a great time to plan a party, do a good deed for a neighbor or just visit.   The History of Hi Neighbor Do you know your neighbors? Have you taken any time recently to stop and chat with those that live near you? Many of us might answer no to both of these questions. Our busy lives and the construction of modern homes with the focus on backyard patios rather than front porches, have led to isolation among neighbors. Worthington has taken steps to change this through our annual “Hi Neighbor” night. Sponsored by the Community Relations Commission, “Hi Neighbor” began in 2001 and received international attention through media outlines throughout the United States, Canada and Britain. The idea for this event grew from conversations that former City Council Member Courtney Chapman had with several Worthington residents. The September 11th tragedy has made many of us long for more connections with family, friends, and neighbors. Worthington City Council is supportive of this initiative to build neighborly relationships throughout the City, and asked the Community Relations Commission to organize this event. “Hi Neighbor” nights in Worthington are meant to be informal opportunities for neighbors to get to know each other. Participants could bring along family photos of new grandchildren or recent vacations. . The possibilities are endless.

A Columbus Day tale for those with dementia

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Christopher Columbus

Traveling to India around the southern tip of Africa was dangerous and difficult. An Italian sailor by the name of Christopher Columbus proposed finding a new route by sailing West. Columbus thought that if they sailed West, they would eventually circle the globe, and arrive in Eastern Asia.

For seven years, Christopher Columbus traveled around Europe looking for someone who would finance his journey. The monarchs of Europe made fun of him, saying that it was too risky, and dangerous to attempt such a voyage around the globe.

Finally, Columbus arrived in Spain. For many years, Spain had been caught up in civil war. As a result, they were behind much of Europe in their development. King Ferdinand, and Queen Isabella were anxious to prove that Spain could be as powerful and successful as their neighbor Portugal.

In August of 1492 they granted Christopher Columbus the supplies, men, and ships that he needed to carry out his expedition. Columbus was given three sailing ships. These ships were named the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

Columbus' men were terrified that they would be lost at sea, and that they would suffer starvation. As the days wore on, these men began to turn against him. Columbus was forced to agree to turn back, if they did not find land within three days.

On the night of the second day, just before he would have had to turn around, land was sighted. Columbus and his men discovered an island in the Caribbean, which they named Hispanolia. This Island is the location of the present day nations of Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.

Columbus did not realize that he had arrived in a new part of the world. He was convinced that he was in India. For this reason, he called the natives who lived on these islands the Indians.

Columbus returned to the Americas three more times. Each time believing that he was in India. During his life, he never realized what he had discovered.

Residents' rights month and materials

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Residents' Rights Month is an annual event designated by the Consumer Voice and is celebrated in October to honor residents living in all long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, sub acute units, assisted living, board and care and retirement communities. It is a time for celebration and recognition offering an opportunity for every facility to focus on and celebrate awareness of dignity, respect and the value of each individual resident. The theme for Residents' Rights Month 2014 is, "Better Staffing: The Key to Better Care" with the goal of encouraging residents and others to be educated about staffing and long-term care.

Residents' Rights

Residents’ Rights are guaranteed by the federal 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law. The law requires nursing homes to “promote and protect the rights of each resident” and places a strong emphasis on individual dignity and self-determination. Nursing homes must meet federal residents' rights requirements if they participate in Medicare or Medicaid. Some states have residents' rights in state law or regulation for nursing homes, licensed assisted living, adult care homes, and other board and care facilities. A person living in a long-term care facility maintains the same rights as an individual in the larger community.
View a Consumer Voice fact sheet on Residents' Rights.
Select on a below link to learn more about Residents' Rights.

• What are Residents' Rights?
• Residents' Rights in Other Languages
• National Residents' Rights Month
• Trainings and Inservices
• Resources
• Ombudsman Best Practices

What are Residents' Rights?

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Residents' Rights Guarantee Quality of Life
The 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law requires each nursing home to care for its residents in a manner that promotes and enhances the quality of life of each resident, ensuring dignity, choice, and self-determination.
All nursing homes are required "to provide services and activities to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident in accordance with a written plan of care that… is initially prepared, with participation, to the extent practicable, of the resident, the resident's family, or legal representative." This means a resident should not decline in health or well-being as a result of the way a nursing facility provides care.
The 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law protects the following rights of nursing home residents:
The Right to Be Fully Informed of

• Available services and the charges for each service
• Facility rules and regulations, including a written copy of resident rights
• Address and telephone number of the State Ombudsman and state survey agency
• State survey reports and the nursing home’s plan of correction
• Advance plans of a change in rooms or roommates
• Assistance if a sensory impairment exists
• Residents have a right to receive information in a language they understand (Spanish, Braille, etc.)

Right to Complain

• Present grievances to staff or any other person, without fear of reprisal and with prompt efforts by the facility to resolve those grievances
• To complain to the ombudsman program
• To file a complaint with the state survey and certification agency

Right to Participate in One's Own Care

• Receive adequate and appropriate care
• Be informed of all changes in medical condition
• Participate in their own assessment, care-planning, treatment, and discharge
• Refuse medication and treatment
• Refuse chemical and physical restraints
• Review one's medical record
• Be free from charge for services covered by Medicaid or Medicare

Right to Privacy and Confidentiality

• Private and unrestricted communication with any person of their choice
• During treatment and care of one's personal needs
• Regarding medical, personal, or financial affairs

Rights During Transfers and Discharges

• Remain in the nursing facility unless a transfer or discharge:
• (a) is necessary to meet the resident’s welfare;
• (b) is appropriate because the resident’s health has improved and s/he no longer requires nursing home care;
• (c) is needed to protect the health and safety of other residents or staff;
• (d) is required because the resident has failed, after reasonable notice, to pay the facility charge for an item or service provided at the resident’s request
• Receive thirty-day notice of transfer or discharge which includes the reason, effective date, location to which the resident is transferred or discharged, the right to appeal, and the name, address, and telephone number of the state long-term care ombudsman
• Safe transfer or discharge through sufficient preparation by the nursing home

Right to Dignity, Respect, and Freedom

• To be treated with consideration, respect, and dignity
• To be free from mental and physical abuse, corporal punishment, involuntary seclusion, and physical and chemical restraints
• To self-determination
• Security of possessions

Right to Visits

• By a resident’s personal physician and representatives from the state survey agency and ombudsman programs
• By relatives, friends, and others of the residents' choosing
• By organizations or individuals providing health, social, legal, or other services
• Residents have the right to refuse visitors

Right to Make Independent Choices

• Make personal decisions, such as what to wear and how to spend free time
• Reasonable accommodation of one's needs and preferences
• Choose a physician
• Participate in community activities, both inside and outside the nursing home
• Organize and participate in a Resident Council
• Manage one's own financial affairs

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Residents' Rights in Other Languages

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The Center is pleased offer Residents' Rights in the following languages, English, French, Hindu, Korean (Illinois specific, not federal version) Spanish and Russian (Illinois specific, not federal version). Select on the links below to access each version.

If you have a copy of Residents' Rights in a language not listed here and would like to share it with NORC, e-mail it to ombudcenter@theconsumervoice.org. Thank you!

• English
• French
• Hindu
• Korean (Illinois specific, not federal version)
• Spanish
• Russian (Illinois specific, not federal version)

 

Noah and the Ark

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wordofloveforyou.com/n1.htm -



“In the beginning God created a perfect & wonderful World filled with beauty & love!
But only 15 hundred years later when God looked upon the Earth...
"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great on Earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."
God was watching all the time..."Man became so sinful and wicked, I'm sorry that I ever made him. It makes my heart feel very sad"
So while people were fighting, sacrificing their children to the idols, God decided to "Destroy man... from the face of the Earth..."
***
"But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord."(Gen.6.7)

-"Ah, here at least is one righteous man - kind & loving & good, who is worth saving! I will speak to him & tell him what to do!"
It' Me, Noah, God!"
"-Yes,Lord"
-"Now listen carefully. I have something very important to tell you!"
"The end of all flesh is before me; for the Earth is filled with violence!...Behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the Earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the brearth of life, from under Heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die." (Gen. 6:13,17)"

-"Every living creature destroyed?"

-"Noah, I want you to build an Ark for the saving of your house, for you & your sons & your wife & your sons' wives! - This is how to do it..."
And that's what dear old Noah did!
He obeyed what God told him to do & got busy building the Ark.
"Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he."
(Gen.6:22)
-"Noah! What happened to you?
What are you doing ?"
-"God was talking to me today..."
-"God?..."
-"Yes. He told me that the world became so bad, that He has no choice than destroy it with flood! But He promised to save you and me and our sons, and their wives!"
-"But we don't have children!"
-"We will by the time we finish building the Ark!"
-"What an Ark, Noah?"
-"It's a very large boat! God said it's going to have rooms inside like a house!
It has to be big enough to hold two of every living creature & seven pairs of every clean kind of creature, & enough food for the animals & us!
***
So Noah got busy right away!
He hired workmen to cut the trees.
And the neighbors came around wondering...
Noah explained, "God told me to build a big boat, a refuge for all who wants to be saved from the big Flood...."
-"Ha, ha, ha! You mean the water will come out of the sky & drawn all of us?
Never heard such a crazy thing in my life...
Ha, ha, ha... You really make me laugh today, Noah..."

Noah had been working on the Ark for twenty years when Mrs. Noah gave birth to their first son, Japheth!

Shem was born two years later, and their youngest son, Ham, a few years after that!
the 3 sons helped their father with his big job!
***
After 120 long years, the Ark was finished!
Now it was the time to load up tons of supplies for their long voyage.
Noah still was hoping that others will repent & come on the boat
-"Come on in!
There is food enough for you all! Repent & be saved from the Flood!"
-But people were laughing at Noah, they were having real fun to look at the crazy guy, who spent all 120 years to build this boat..
"- Throw tomatoes at him"
- somebody screamed.
Rocks, eggs, tomatoes & all kind of food were flying in the air, when
suddenly..

-"Look, look at the animals! They seem to be coming towards the Ark from all directions!"
What a sight!
The people watched in stunned amazement as animals,
birds & insects of every kind made their way towards the Ark! Some came by two's, others by pairs of seven
The Great Flood is upon you! The whole world is going to be destroyed!
Come before it's too late!
But the people came to laugh at crazy Noah, so there were laughing..
Suddenly big door get closed by itself.. God closed the door..
Then the dark clouds start to move in..
***
-"Water is coming from the sky! --Just like Noah said! So the old man was right!"...
"And the windows of Heaven were opened."--
The floodgates of Heaven were opened and all the water that as above the Earth came pouring down! The desperate people, crazy with fear, started pounding on the door & shouting for Noah to let them in...But who shut this door?
God shut it. So nobody could open it!
The huge, stormy waves rolled over these wicked people and swept them all away..
***
-"Anyway,after 150 days of calm sailing, the Bible says, "And God made a wind to pass over the Earth, and the water assuaged", that means they started to dry out!(Gen.8:1)
Then one day --BOOM! SCRAPE! CREEK!
The bottom of the ship has hit the land!
The waters must be going down!
"And the Ark rested in the 7 th month, on the 17 th day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat." (Gen.8:4)
-"We've been sitting on this mountaintop for nearly 6 months now! Whew!
How much longer is it going to take for the waters to go down?"
- "I know it's hard to have patience, but we must wait on God, my Son!
When it is His time for us to leave the Ark, He will tell us!"
***
-"We've may touched the ground, but look! There
still no land to be seen besides the two peaks of this mountain!..."
To see how far the waters had gone, Noah sent out two birds!
First a raven, but he never returned..
So Noah sent out a dove!
She came back in the evening with an olive leaf in her beak!
"Praise God! This means that not only are the waters still going down, but that there are at least a few trees showing on the Land!"
One week later they let the dove to fly again. And this time the dove "returned not again unto him any more." (Gen. 8:12)
-"Then the land must be dry!"
So after being in that floating Ark for 1 year & 17 days "Noah removed the covering of the Ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry." (Gen.8:13)
-"Let's open the door of the Ark and let all animals loose now, shall we?"
-"No, Shem! God will tell us when! He may need a little more time to grow enough plants & grass to feed the animals before we let them all out!"
***
And God spoke unto Noah, saying, "Go forth from the Ark, though and thy wife and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee!
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, that they may breed abundantly and be fruitful and multiply, upon the Earth." (Gen. 8:16,17)
-"Japheth! Shem! Ham! The time has come! The great moment for which we have waited so long! Come help me to push this huge door open!"
-"Whew! It won't budge!'
-"Remember, it was the hand of God that has closed it!
***
-"Lord, please help us!"
At last the great door creaked open, as if moved by the same Mighty Hand that had closed it!
And there amidst the blue sky they saw a glorious glowing arch of many colors!
-"I do set my bow in the sky as a sign of my promise to you and every creature, that I will never again send a flood of waters to cover the whole Earth! " It was the first rainbow! (Gen. 9:12-17)

Chicken Soup for the Soul, meaningful films to share

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The Dementia Caregiver's Little Book of Hope [Kindle Edition]

Activities Directors, other healthcare professionals and caregivers, fearured here is a meaningful activity that is easy, yet produces wondrous results

Whether your loved one or client has dementia, some other disorder, or you just want to provide something meaningful for him to watch, I recommend this inspirational Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Gift of Love, video. It featuires two uplifting short films.

The first is, “Mrs. Wetherby’s Treasure,” It is about two sweet and innocent 9-year-old girls who befriend themselves to an elderly neighbor. They discover a truly wondrous and unexpected friendship .

The second short film is entitled “Dear Grandmother,” It features a series of unexpected events in the life of a New York fashion coordinator named Celia Davis. In a short period of time, Celia loses her estranged mother and is appointed guardian of her 12-year-old half sister Merry, who is quite a handful. They go on a lengthy cross-country journey together. They start out as strangers but by the time the journey is over, they form a joyous, deep-seated bond.

More Christmas Ideas For Those With Dementia

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These ideas can also be used with others who reside at a long term care facility
Therefore Activities Directors, other healthcare professionals and caregivers will find this post of interest

Alzheimer’s Care Group

Christmas Ideas
Hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner. Commericals for Christmas sales are already beginning to pop up on the TV. Here is a great idea for Christmas gifts that can be made by your residents.

Dough Art

Overview

Dough Art is a fun activity that gives residents the chance to use their hands and imagination. The residents may use the dough to make ornaments and give them as Christmas gifts.

Purpose
To stimulate creativity and imagination
To give residents a sense of accomplishment
To provide sensory stimulation

Materials
Two cups of flour
One cup of salt.....read the whole thing

Christmas tree safe for patients with Alzheimer's

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To all the readers of this blog who are eager to learn more about dementia, 

It is not too early to be thinking about Christmas

You, as an activities director, other healthcare professional or caregiver will be interested in this story about decorating a Christmas tree that is safe for most with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia
Calgary Herald
Canwest News Service
Alice Jones's home is decorated with a special Christmas tree that glitters with everything edible.


Tinsel has been replaced with popcorn strings and Cheerios chains. Gingerbread men and sugary santas have taken the places of wooden soldiers.


The old-fashioned tree was the idea of the staff at the McConnell Place north Alzheimer Care Centre in Edmonton.

Alice Jones's home is decorated with a special Christmas tree that glitters with everything edible.
Tinsel has been replaced with popcorn strings and Cheerios chains. Gingerbread men and sugary santas have taken the places of wooden soldiers.
It's a way to spark Christmas memories in the residents, but also to keep them safe should they decide to eat something pretty.
Years ago, one woman was attracted to the tree trimmings and occasionally tried to take a bite.
That's a rare occurrence, said Kerry Kilback, a resident companion in one ward of the alzheimer's centre, where 12 of 36 people live.
But horrific things can happen to people with dementia.
"We have to be aware of our surroundings. we want to make it safe for ourselves as well as our residents," Kilback said. "We wanted what the residents were used to, what would trigger memories. It seemed like a neat idea."
Such "reminiscence therapy" isn't new for the centre, which also puts on re-enactments of weddings to rekindle memories, even if those memories can't always be voiced. Long-term memory is generally the last to go for people with dementia.
Alice Jones has lived at McConnell Place north for two Christmases.
The 74-year-old said she associates Christmas with carols and festive trees.
"I don't think it would be Christmas without them."

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