What s happemng at Harbor Healthcare?
By Rosanne Pack become part of Fun Friday, and
Two or three rings of activity
are not unusual at Harbor Health-
care and Rehabilitation Center,
and last week was no exception.
Residents and staff members were
still telling tales of the visit of
Princess the Clydesdale .horse
with a bedside manner when it
was time for observing Halloween
and sharing a shopping opportuni-
ty.
Princess visited the halls of Har-
bor Healthcare on Oct. 24 as part
"of nationwide Make A Difference
Day volunteer efforts. Haunts and
happy goblins were there Oct. 30,
to show how Halloween and reha-
bilitation can work together.
Shopping was a bonus feature
when the Wardrobe Wagon rolled
in with a complete line of special-
needs clothing as well as trinkets,
knickknacks and sundries that
help residents feel at home and
comfortable with their surround-
ings.
Sandy D01e, activities director
at Harbor Healthcare, said that
Fun Fridays have become a tradi-
tion at the center. The staff of the
rehabilitation department came up
with the idea of choosing a Friday
theme that incorporates actual re-
hab work with a good time.
"The staff figures out a theme
that they can build related activi-
ties around," Dole said. "The ac-
tivities reinforce the residents'
physical, cognitive and social
skills in a motivating, interactive
way."
With the staff dressed appropri-
ately, residents played card games
and had their fortunes told by a
Gypsy and got to sample Hal-
loween treats. For tricks, those
who were daring enough reached
deep into a bucket of worms, aka
spaghetti, and dug for prizes.
Bouncy rubber spiders and other
Halloween-oriented toys were
wrapped up in the "worms."
Dole explained that the bend-
ing, reaching and grasping mo-
tions necessary to dig for a •prize
are the same types of exercise that
many residents regularly do in re-
habilitation. The fortune-telling,
card-playing Gypsy,encouraged
residents to remember which
cards had been drawn and where
they ended up on the table.
Residents also got to wear
clown wigs and other costumes
while they figured out which Har-
bor Healthcare rehab staff mem-
bers were underneath the vampire
makeup or behind the skeleton
mask.
"We're having a lot of fun with
this while accomplishing some-
thing worthwhile for the resi-
dents," Dole said.
The Oct. 30 theme was an obvi-
ous one, but the staff has also has
built Fun Friday rehabilitative ac-
tivities around themes of a beach
party, country-western day, a car-
nival, a '50s day, all sports and an
anniversary birthday party for
Harbor Healthcare Center.
Staff, residents and their fami-
lies and volunteers are welcome to
the rehab staff is open to sugges-
tions for themes, ideas 'and activi-
ties.
While Halloween festivities
went on in one activity (oom, a
mini-department store was set up
in another. The Wardrobe Wagon,
a very special "store on wheels"
brought a selection of clothing de-
signed for those who need Velcro
closures, back snaps and extra
pockets to hold belongings while
rolling along in a wheelchair or
hiking with the use of a walker.
A specially trained staff assists
shoppers in choosing gowns and
dusters that close down the back
for easy entry, leisure wear that is
both comfortable and fashionably
styled and sweaters and jackets for
outdoor wear.
Dole said that the Wardrobe
Wagon sets up at Harbor Health-
care twice a year and it serves the
uniform needs of staff members as
well as clothing needs for resi-
dents. Jewelry, hair accessories,
shaving supplies, pens and sta-
tionery ai'e included in the full line
of items that come in handy for
those who live in nursing-care fa-
cilities.
"Even shoes come with Velcro
fittings, to make fastening easier,"
Dole said.
"Those who have experienced
an amputation can purchase just
one shoe. Socks, belts, underwear
Rosanne Pack photo
Above, having a haunting Halloween happening, staff and
residents participate in Fun Friday, a weekly cooperative
venture of the rehabilitation staff and activities planners. All
dressed up and ready to trick or treat are standinff (l-r)
Heather Coleman, Claire Lee, Sallie Broadhurst and Diane
McNamee, staff members; seated Estella Adkins and Amanda
Loper, residents; and staff member Richard Patino.
and sleepwear are all right here,
and the company catalogue offers
even more selection," she said.
Many residents who are restrict-
ed in their activities outside Har-
bor Healthcare say that they ap-
preciate the opportunity to pick
out their own colors and styles just
as if they are in a department
store. Wardrobe Wagon is a fami-
ly-operated business headquar-
tered in New Jersey.
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