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Help your residents celebrate this year\u2019s theme “Caring is Essential” for National Assisted Living Week from September 13th through September 19th by providing fun activities throughout the week that show your residents how much your facility\u2019s staff cares for them and their well-being each and every day. Here are a few social-distancing ideas from notjustbingo to consider for your schedule<\/p>\n
Encourage residents to reflect on how much their families and friends care for them by providing activities that allow them to collect and showcase pictures of their loved ones:<\/p>\n
Recruit members of your facility\u2019s community, like staff and volunteers, to show residents how much they care by getting involved in a few fun activities during the week:<\/p>\n
Provide games during the week that are fun and that allow residents to take care of their health by getting up and moving:<\/p>\n
Introduce new craft and art techniques throughout the week to help your residents improve their fine motor skills:<\/p>\n
Provide activities that allow residents to connect more with staff and other residents by sharing their stories:<\/p>\n
Even though your residents are socially distancing, you can still host fun celebrations for them where they can socialize with other residents \u2013 in their doorways or spaced apart in the backyard.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t forget to connect your residents with family members during the week where they can remain socially distant:<\/p>\n
Find more ideas from Notjustbingo\u00a0on the S&S blog here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n About Not Just Bingo:<\/strong><\/p>\n Not Just Bingo<\/a>\u00a0is an online resource of fun, senior activity ideas for activity professionals of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. They have been providing fun activity ideas online since 2009, and continue to assist activity professionals across the country by creating meaningful and engaging activity ideas for their residents that go \u201cbeyond bingo.\u201d Not Just Bingo feels\u00a0privileged to help activity directors better the living experiences of their residents while demonstrating that a senior\u2019s quality of life can actually\u00a0improve<\/em>\u00a0when they move to a nursing facility!<\/p>\n Want even more ideas each month? Sign up for the\u00a0Not Just Bingo Membership<\/a>\u00a0to receive specialized activity ideas to keep your residents and staff engaged, active, and having fun!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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