Angel And The Oldsters
Dear everyone,
Well, I finally just got off of work today! I had a long, but fun, day! There is this one lady staying in the skilled nursing side for rehabilitation who just cracks me up! Her name is Ruth. She is a heavy lady with a gruff voice, and she always wears sparkly clothes and a hat she made out of cut-up beer cans! She is full of life, always hooting at the male staff members, poking fun at the residents, and making everyone laugh!
Also, today my supervisor asked me and this other activity aide to go up into the storage room to try to organize it and find some things. Organizing is going to take about fifty five thousand years, but we did find some really cool things!
For instance we found a huge stuffed panther (which looks sort of like the Pink Panther, but its red) and we adopted it as our mascot. We took it around to meet all the people on Skilled Nursing! They loved it... it made them laugh, and they all wanted to hug it and carry it around! We're trying to come up with a name for him!
And I found a huge box filled with musical instruments... the kind you would use with schoolkids! Plus four autoharps. I told my supervisor about them, and suggested we start a music therapy group. So, guess what? I am in charge of doing music therapy with the Skilled Nursing people once a week! I have to think of some things to do!
I can't wait till I have more time to explore the storage room and see what else I can find! (I think I even saw a record player!)
With love,
from Angel
Well, I finally just got off of work today! I had a long, but fun, day! There is this one lady staying in the skilled nursing side for rehabilitation who just cracks me up! Her name is Ruth. She is a heavy lady with a gruff voice, and she always wears sparkly clothes and a hat she made out of cut-up beer cans! She is full of life, always hooting at the male staff members, poking fun at the residents, and making everyone laugh!
Also, today my supervisor asked me and this other activity aide to go up into the storage room to try to organize it and find some things. Organizing is going to take about fifty five thousand years, but we did find some really cool things!
For instance we found a huge stuffed panther (which looks sort of like the Pink Panther, but its red) and we adopted it as our mascot. We took it around to meet all the people on Skilled Nursing! They loved it... it made them laugh, and they all wanted to hug it and carry it around! We're trying to come up with a name for him!
And I found a huge box filled with musical instruments... the kind you would use with schoolkids! Plus four autoharps. I told my supervisor about them, and suggested we start a music therapy group. So, guess what? I am in charge of doing music therapy with the Skilled Nursing people once a week! I have to think of some things to do!
I can't wait till I have more time to explore the storage room and see what else I can find! (I think I even saw a record player!)
With love,
from Angel