Wheelchair Gardening

It brings back so many childhood movies. It reminded me of flowers in the attic for some reason. =) thanks.

The secret garden

2009-04-23 21:56:42 by gloomy

Wheelchair Gardening in Spring

don't know if it was the heat from the pavement or the strain of pushing the chair. Now, she almost needs a chair herself.

first, have her sit down in a comfy chair, prepare a foot bath for her, include a mentholated body wash or "invigorating" body wash and hot water (not too hot) after soaking the feet, massage them with lotion. after a day or two of staying off them she should be fine.

2008-04-13 15:03:11 by kindclinton2000

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i need ideas for games to do or something to entertain the residents. everything we try fails. when asked what they would like to do they say they don't know. no one is in a wheelchair. we have tried bingo, cards, crafts, puzzles, gardening, dancing, nothing works please give me some ideas!

Well I work in a nursing home and I am a Activity Assitant. And yes I love my job.

Here is what we do. We make a calander every month And for every day we put like two to three activities, I am sure that what we do is kind of different, and where you are you might not have the finances. But anyways we have activities where we have people come in and sing, we do manicures and messages, Fruit bingo, prize bingo, (we do prize bingo every Wednesday, and Fruit bingo every Saturday.) On Sundays we do coffee and donuts in the afternoon and two Sundays of the month we have church services. We go on four outings a month (one once a week,) we have a shopping trip everymonth, then we go to like restaruants, or this past month we went to the Zoo, and next month we are going to a baseball game, once a year we also go to a hockey game. We also do a lot of activities involving food (that seems to attract most of our residents) we have popsicle parties, ice cream socials. We also do two activities room to room, a book/magazine cart, and a snack cart and we usually do those two times a month each. You could try a writing club, and ask them questions that they can write about, example: what was your favorite child hood memory, what is one thing your parents use to say to you, ect. but make sure you discuss it with them. I hope this has helped and if you would like some more ideas I have plenty, feel free to email me anytime,
Kdalise@yahoo.com. Best of luck to you hope this helped.

2009-08-02 06:39:34 by bmmanager

Price: $39.95 $41.95

Sharpened 1/4 inch diameter high quality spring steel coils twist out roots with minimal effort
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I am trying to bring my chronically ill parent out of the house for some fresh air (gardens, restaruants, mall), rather than couping him up 24/7 in the house. But my siblings are constantly telling me I have to be sensitive to the public as the sight of feeding tubes through his nose is disgusting. I want to bring my dad out, but, does the sight of a wheelchair bound patient with feeding tubes bother the bublic at all (say, you were in a restaurant)?

No, it wouldn't bother me at all. Perhaps instead of worrying about what everybody else thinks, how about asking your dad how he would feel going out in public? If the general population doesn't like what they see, they can always turn their collective heads the other way, but if your dad is uncomfortable, he can't. Sounds like the concern your siblings have for the "public" is more an expression of their own concerns and disgust rather than a genuine concern for the public.

If you want to take your dad out, and he's okay with it, more power to you both! Enjoy the time you have with each other and let the general public worry about themselves. You don't have to.

2007-10-12 03:15:16 by sippin_coffee

and parks me under a tree, Puts my false teeth in and gives me a big lump of bread pudding and a glass of warm milk. O the joy, the joy.
Please tell me That I look good for a 29 year old.

I kept teliing you; "Look after your body!"--and, how did you take that???? Running with loose, wanton women; partaking in all kinds of "sins of the body"----now look! All worn out and looking for sympathy! Well, did you have a good time, at least?

2008-07-16 08:48:46 by