Provide reminiscing boxes for your staff members and volunteers to use for sensory activities or one-on-one visits with your residents with dementia. Check out these great ideas from notjustbingo.com. Dementia Awareness Week is May 15th-21st! Simple Reminiscing Boxes to Create … Read More
We’ve been talking to many of our customers about creating Makerspaces in the classroom, library, after school, or even in community offerings like museums and recreation facilities – but what about our older population? What about a makerspace or a … Read More
Looking for something different as a Mother’s Day activity, besides the annual Mother’s Day Brunch? Try adding in one of these fun bonding ideas for your resident-mothers and their adult children. (Don’t worry – keep the brunch on Sunday, but … Read More
Themes to Use for National Nursing Home Week National Nursing Home Week is May 8-14. A great way to celebrate is with some fun and creative themes. Here are a few theme ideas from notjustbingo.com to include in your week’s … Read More
Now that Easter is over, what are you going to do with all of those plastic Easter eggs? All of those eggs that you seem to accumulate more of each year should be put to good use! Here are 5 quick … Read More
We all know that we couldn’t run a successful facility without the help of volunteers. They make up the backbone of most activity programs. Our friends at notjustbingo.com have outlined 5 simple ways that you can show your appreciation to your volunteers, and … Read More
April is National Volunteer Month! Volunteer support is so crucial for nursing facilities. Here are a few ways from notjustbingo to get your nursing facility’s volunteer program up and running: Get Recommendations. Require that all your student volunteers bring with … Read More
Are you trying to get more of your nursing facility residents’ grandkids to visit grandma and grandpa during the Easter holiday? Here are 9 fun Easter activities from notjustbingo that are sure to help bring them closer for the holiday. … Read More
If you’re an activity director or work at a senior living facility, you may need some new activity ideas to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with your residents. Here are a few unique and fun ways to enjoy this holiday from … Read More
Decorating for Saint Patrick’s Day can be fun, but also challenging when you have a large facility. Our friends at notjustbingo.com have picked 7 key places to decorate in your nursing facility, along with some suggestions for what types of … Read More
