Meetings

The big wheels have called a meeting... it will be on Tuesday at 9:00am and probably last a couple of hours. How else can you set up rules and determine policy?

When someone has lived in a LTC facility or assisted living for 7 years - is this considered their home? Can we determine this answer or must we have policy to know exactly when can you say something is "your home"? If you live under a bridge or in a old car... is this your home? Can you have a party for yourself? or, do we indeed need to gather together everyone with a college education and some leadership training and write up some policies?

How about if you are going to turn 100 years old and you have lived in a LTC facility for 8 years? Would you like to celebrate your birthday with the people you have lived with for these years? Would you also like to invite what friends and family you have left to join the gathering? How about putting a Open House invitation into the paper and inviting those friends and family to your LTC for your 100th birthday? Your family will supply the food and drinks for all that want some? They will be there to serve up food and to talk with your friends.

Well STOP the meeting - I have used my common sense here...

If someone is turning 100 years old and they want to have a birthday party in the residence where they live - they can. However, if they are turning 98 I am sorry - but we will need to wait until they are turning 100 - or until we get together a meeting and write up a policy for someone wanting to have a 98th birthday.

Don't forget... make a copy of policy, laminate it, put it eye level in all common areas. Also make sure there is a copy of the hand washing policy in all the bathrooms before the party... a laminated copy - I like the one where you sing the ABC's while you wash your hands...