Skilled nursing facility activities

10 easy activities designed to infuse joy and healthy lifestyle habits into the lives of nursing home residents.

Everyday objects and tools can help to model routines and provide occupation-based therapy even if time or other resources are limited.

Despite the new PDPM regulations adding a new level of stress on therapists across the nation, Katie Johnson-Evers and her therapy team at a south Kansas City RehabCare facility wanted to do something special for their residents this year. The therapy staff of nine full time therapists were brainstorming ideas for Fall group therapy when ... Read More about SNF Group Therapy: A “No-Fall Festival”

When I started my first Activity Director job, I was only a few years out of college. While I had worked with seniors in a skilled nursing community before, nothing quite prepared me for taking on an Activity Director role. Here are a few things I wish someone had told me in those first few weeks, months, and years.

I am always looking for ideas to shake up my OT treatments and try to get creative with activity tolerance activities, because it is just NOT functional or

Connect four game for SNF patients to work on balance, standing, sitting in w/c, visual impairments, reaching, crossing midline, & good for group therapy.

Find out how to create a DIY dementia care activity kit, a great solution to keep your loved one engaged and alleviate restlessness. The occupational therapy how-to tutorial includes 5 additional DIY projects to include in your kit along with a step-by-step guide for how to customize this kit for your loved one. #DIYDementiaCare #OccupationalTherapy #EngagementActivity

Here's a fun and easy game for residents to enjoy called Moneyball, which combines the excitement of bingo with the challenge of aiming for targets. My residents loved this game and almost everyone can do it!

As a SLP, I work PRN providing speech therapy for a company that contracts into nursing homes/SNFs. Our patient caseload is heavily weighted for cognitive therapy specifically memory, problem solving, sequencing, and attention. These qualities are ALL necessary for a patient to complete simple ADLs (activities of daily living) such as eating, brushing their teeth, ... Read More about Cognitive Activity using Peg Board for Speech Therapy in SNF