{"id":9238,"date":"2017-08-01T13:08:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T17:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=9238"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:50:44","slug":"national-assisted-living-week-family-forever-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/national-assisted-living-week-family-forever-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"National Assisted Living Week – “Family is Forever” Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For this year\u2019s National Assisted Living Week starting on September 10th, be sure to incorporate activities that relate to the 2017 theme \u201cFamily is Forever.\u201d Simply add activities that involve the family members of your residents \u2013 both their blood relatives as well as their extended family (your facility\u2019s staff). Here are a few ideas from notjustbingo.com to think about.<\/p>\n

Family Games<\/h2>\n

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Set up fun family games featuring your residents, their family members, and the staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family Game Night<\/span> – Place a different table game on each of your Activity Room tables for residents, staff, and family to play, like Reminiscing<\/a>, Monopoly<\/a>, and Sorry!<\/a>. Pass out drinks and appetizers for residents to enjoy with the games.<\/p>\n

Checkers Tournament<\/span>\u00a0– Invite your best checkers player among the staff to defend his title against any resident. Just set up a checkers set<\/a>\u00a0in the common area and invite passersby to try to outwit your staff member during a quick game.<\/p>\n

Chess Strategies Class<\/span> – Depending on which level your residents are when it comes to playing chess<\/a>, set up a class to teach them certain chess skills. For instance, if your facility is full of newbies, then host a Chess Basics Class to show residents the fundamentals of the game. However, if your facility includes several serious chess players, consider organizing a Best Strategies Workshop for those residents.<\/p>\n

Team Games<\/span> – Try to add a little competition to the games, like Residents vs. Staff or pair up family members with the residents to take on other residents and their family members. For example, when working with a large group, play a Family Feud game<\/a> or a Trivial Pursuit game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Family Memories<\/h2>\n

\"familyAssist residents with preserving and documenting their family memories.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo Shoot<\/span> – Organize a photo shoot and invite family members to stop by to take family photos with the residents. Provide a variety of photo backdrops for them to choose from, like a starry night backdrop<\/a>, a skyline backdrop<\/a>, or a seasonal backdrop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo Organizing<\/span> – Invite residents to collect and organize their loose family photos and place them into mini photo albums<\/a>. Encourage residents to add funny captions to each of the photos by inserting nonstick labels next to each of the pictures.<\/p>\n

Scrapbooking Saturday<\/span> – Encourage family members to stop by to assist residents with displaying their mementos and photos using scrapbook kits<\/a>\u00a0that residents and family members can work on together.<\/p>\n

Shadow Box Tutorial<\/span> – Pass out shadow box frames<\/a>\u00a0and show residents and their family members how to fill up the frames with artwork and a photo. They can then be hung near their room doors so that passersby can learn more about them.<\/p>\n

Family Crafts<\/h2>\n

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Encourage residents to make crafts that they can pass along to family members for safe keeping.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ornament Party<\/span> – Pass out ornaments<\/a>\u00a0that residents can color and that family members can use and hang to display your residents\u2019 artwork.<\/p>\n

Pendant Making<\/span> – Assist residents with making personalized pendant necklaces<\/a>\u00a0to give to each of their grandkids as mementos that can be cherished.<\/p>\n

Sun Catcher Class<\/span> – Invite family members to assist residents with making pretty sun catchers<\/a>\u00a0that can be used as decoration in the residents\u2019 rooms.<\/p>\n

For even more ideas, visit our blog\u00a0Staff & Resident Activities for National Assisted Living Week.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

About notjustbingo.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"notjutbingo.com\"notjustbingo.com<\/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 we continue to assist activity professionals across the country by creating meaningful and engaging activity ideas for their residents that go \u201cbeyond bingo.\u201d Don\u2019t get them wrong \u2013 bingo is fun, but we want to spread the word that there is more to life than just bingo. Overall, notjustbingo.com feels\u00a0privilege to help activity directors better the living experiences of their residents while demonstrating that a senior\u2019s quality of life can actually\u00a0improve<\/i>\u00a0when they move to a nursing facility.<\/p>\n

Want even more ideas each month? Sign up for the\u00a0Notjustbingo 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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