A Handbook for Nursing Home (LTC) Ministry - 5th Edition

Tools - Section 13

In this section of the handbook we include various printed implements for use in activities related to care facility volunteerism. Feel free to copy the .pdfs and distribute them in your church or long-term care center for that purpose.

 

 

Talk Board

Below, you will find what we call a "Talk Board." We saw this idea in use with a quadriplegic in a nursing home. The resident could not speak and visitors would communicate with her by using a chart similar to this one as a guide. This idea has application in many settings as long as the patient is alert and able to move their eyes, raise a finger or toe, or grip a hand. Often, people in intensive care units at hospitals have ventilators in their throats, and this would be a useful way of talking with them.

 

As the directions on the chart indicate, turning the eyes up means "Yes" and turning the eyes down means "No." A "no eye movement" response can mean, "I don't know." This method can be modified to the abilities of the individual.

 

It works this way: the visitor calls out, or points to, one row at a time, going slow enough for the resident to respond or not. When the row number is called out that has the first letter of the word the resident wants to "say," the resident will look up. Then the visitor will begin calling out the letters on that row until the resident raises his or her eyes again. When the visitor gets good at it, he or she can begin to intuitively "guess" the next line number, the next letter in the word, or the word itself . . . something like the game "Charades." You may want to have your copies of the "Talk Board" laminated at a local copy shop to keep it usable.

  

Click here to download the "Please Talk To Me" TALK BOARD in .pdf format.

Note: When you click on the link for the form above you must have Adobe Reader loaded on your machine to see and print it. Click here to go to the Adobe website to download a free copy. 

   

   

  

   

Five-week Master Calendar

Use the Master Calendar to note the events and activities you schedule on the basis of the day and the week. (e.g., second Tuesday of each month, fifth Sunday of each month, etc.) Then you can use this calendar as a key to fill out your monthly calendars, helping to insure that you have not forgotten to carry over a regular happening from last month's activities calendar.  A side benefit is that the Five-Week Calendar helps you remember to schedule things for the fifth occurrence in the month of the days of the week.

   

Click here to download the Five-Week Master Calendar in .pdf format.

Note: When you click on the link for the form above you must have Adobe Reader loaded on your machine to see and print it. Click here to go to the Adobe website to download a free copy. 

   

   

   

   

Consent To Photograph, Video, or Record Form

There may be times you would really like to photo or video or record a resident of a long-term care center.  There are legal considerations if you want to do this.  For guidance in this, you must seek professional legal counsel.  Sometimes, it may be that the care facility has policies in place that accommodate the legalities.  In any case, we urge you to get the approval of the appropriate employed staff of the facility before taking any pictures, making any videos, or recording any voices or sounds at the facility.  If you have satisfied legal counsel and the staff, and if it will serve your purposes, you are welcome to use the following form.  [We are trying to be vague here for a reason!  This is not legal counsel - We just know that you can get into a lot of trouble, innocently, if you are not careful with photos, etc., in a care facility.]

     

Click here for a .pdf file of the Consent Form.

Note: When you click on the link for the form above you must have Adobe Reader loaded on your machine to see and print it. Click here to go to the Adobe website to download a free copy. 

  

   

   

Care Facility Questionnaire

Dear Activity Director: We request the following information to facilitate our efforts to assist you in your volunteer needs. Thank you sincerely for your consideration. (Click here for a .pdf file of this form.)

Note: When you click on the link for the form above you must have Adobe Reader loaded on your machine to see and print it. Click here to go to the Adobe website to download a free copy. 

  

  

  

Our Hymn Book

Christian Concourse prints and distributes a large print "hymnal" specially for use in long-term care facility ministry. Measuring 5 1/2 by 8 1/2, they are lightweight paperbacks that include the words to 31 old-time favorites and 5 Christmas carols listed below. (The music score is not included.) There is a page with a brief description of the Gospel and two pages of favorite, large print scriptures taken from the King James Version.

 

To provide musical accompaniment for the hymn book, we have produced a set of two instrumental CDs. They are on the CD in the same order as in the hymn booklet. 

 

The hymn books and the CDs are available to the volunteers and activity directors of care facilities by filling out a form and writing us a note.  Or, if sending the form is not possible, simply write, phone or email.  These nursing home ministry tools are NOT FOR SALE!  We will give you as many as you need as long as we are able - all of our materials are produced exclusively for the benefit of residents in long-term care settings.  

     

For a care center volunteer: send us a memo telling us how many you can use reasonably in your nursing home ministry.  If possible, include a completed Pastor's Recommendation Form.

 

Or, for a care facility activity director: send us a memo telling us how many you can reasonably use, and if possible, include a completed Care Facility Questionnaire.

Note: When you click on the link for the form above you must have Adobe Reader loaded on your machine to see and print it. Click here to go to the Adobe website to download a free copy. 

 

Christian Concourse Ministries, Inc.
1543 Norcova Ave. Norfolk, VA 23502
Ph.: (757) 714-3133
Email: chco (put the "at" sign here) christianconcourse (put a "dot" here) org [spaces not included].

 

 

As our resources allow we will send them at no charge to you via U.S. Mail.

Songs in "Our Hymn Book":

  

CD Disk 1 1. Count Your Blessings 2. Love Lifted Me 3. O How I Love Jesus 4. God Leads Us Along 5. When the Roll is Called 6. Open Mine Eyes 7. His Eye is On the Sparrow 8. The Old Rugged Cross 9. Near The Cross 10. Were You There? 11. The Everlasting Arms 12. He Leadeth Me 13. In the Garden 14. I Must Tell Jesus 15. Amazing Grace 16. Just a Closer Walk With Thee 17. Blessed Be The Name 18. Higher Ground

CD Disk 2 19. Rock of Ages 20. Showers of Blessings 21. Standing on the Promises 22. Whispering Hope 23. When we All Get to Heaven 24. Revive Us Again 25. What a Friend 26. Have Thine Own Way 27. Just As I Am 28. To God Be the Glory 29. Lily of the Valley 30. At the Cross 31. My Jesus, I Love Thee 32. Hark The Herald Angels Sing 33. Joy to the World 34. Silent Night 35. O Little Town of Bethlehem 36. O Come, All Ye Faithful

  

Christian Christmas Carols

   

We also produce and distribute large-print "Christian Christmas Carols" and an accompanying CD.  It includes twelve favorite old Christmas carols in the same format as "Our Hymn Book."  We try to have these available in the early Fall.  Order them in the Fall the same way you order "Our Hymn Book" and we will get them to you under the same conditions as the hymn book.  These little booklets are great for group caroling through the halls of a nursing home.

    

These ministry tools are NOT FOR SALE!  We will give you as many as you need as long as we are able - all of our materials are produced exclusively for the benefit of residents in long-term care settings.

  

Carols in "Christian Christmas Carols":

1.   Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel
2.   Silent Night
3.   Away in a Manger
4.   It Came upon the Midnight Clear
5.   O Little Town of Bethlehem
6.   Angels We Have Heard on High
7.   Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
8.   The First Noel
9.   Oh Come All Ye Faithful
10.  God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
11.  Joy to the World
12.  Go Tell It on the Mountain

 

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