Ethel
Ethel
Miss Ethel is 84 years young, she is a member of a Bridge Club that plays every week. She also enjoyed shopping and baked. She was a career women who never married, she worked for a law office as the secretary for the founding members of the law firm. She also trained other secretaries. She has traveled around the world, has scrapbooks of pictures and journals of all her trips. She has a nephew who lives four states away and stays in touch via phone to the facility.
She has MS and has been an active member in her community support group. Due to the loss of control she is confined to a wheelchair.
Looking at your current activities calendar, where would she "fit in"?? What would you provide for her considering what your activities calendar looks like right now.
posted by Kathy @ 9:38 AM
1 Comments:
At March 2, 2005 at 6:51 AM,
Kathy said…
What we all dread...the Bridge Player! How many times have you tried to figure out what to do with the Bridge Player??? Usually they only want to play Bridge and not any other card game! Autobridge which can be purchased at a toy store or online at Ebay.
Encouraging her to come to baking class, share recipes or make her in charge of the class.
Also having a Creative Memories class for her to share her scrapbooks or a travel club where she can share her memories. She can take charge of a Community MS Support group that would meet at the facility. This would give her an outlet for her energy. She can make all of the arrangements including the press releases, invitations and coordinating with your MS Society.
She might also take an active role in Resident Council as she needs that control. She will need to feel that she has some influence in the facility.
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