NURSING HOMES RESIDENTS RECORD THEIR MEMORIES-USING THE nursing homes ACTIVITIES MAIL BOARD.

Now anyone can help A NURSING HOME RESIDENT BUILD A life notebook

This posting provides dozens of interview questions to give nursing home residents opportunities to talk about their history, personality, accomplishments and people they have known.

Some will choose a question and write down their thoughts about it. Others will need help. Any available person can help them record an entry in their notebook.

Community organizations, clubs or groups might consider an ongoing service project of helping residents build their notebooks, a little at a time.

Families can provide a variety of old pictures, diplomas, awards or anything that signifies good memories.

Friends and acquaintances can add happy thoughts and memories of their own, about the resident.

This isn’t meant to be a publishable book, and absolute accuracy should not stand in the way of creativity. Some resident’s thoughts may be confused or intermittent, therefore their notebook will build in bits and pieces, as a collection of whatever is important to a resident at any given time.

The greatest benefit of the notebook is in the building of it.

We all love to talk about ourselves and it’s even better when someone asks us to talk about ourselves.

The icing on the cake is when someone feels we are important enough to write down what we say.

Not only is the book something they have control over but they can:

Show it to others and talk about it.
Use it as a tool to connect them to where they have been, what they have done, whom they have known and who cares about them.

We are not privileged to know which of their memories may come to the forefront at any given time. Yet, as they randomly leaf through it, a note, a page, or perhaps a picture might spark a pleasant memory and bring a moment of joy. And that is what every part of this program is about – individual moments of joy.

Each participating resident will need – 3-ring binder , paper, 3-ring sheet protectors, and index tabs, for separating childhood, adulthood, parenthood, career, accomplishments and special events (vacations, celebrations & holidays).

It is important that each resident has someone to leave the notebook to when they are gone. Assigning it as a keepsake to a special person signifies, to them, that their life, thoughts and experiences are important to someone. If a resident has no family or friends, a staff member can fill this need.

Click on the links below for full descriptions of Activity Categories:

Record Your Memories Say hi or send a card For your Delight Jobs for Residents

Let's Get Strong Share A Song Letters And Stuff Learning Page Armchair Vacation Bridge For Pals

Getting To Know You includes Loven Bloom Greeting Cards - Favorite States Posters - About Me Posters - Birthday Posters Birthday Badges - Name Badges - Star Goal Awards

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Assisted Living Centers, Adult Day Care, Hospitals,

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