Social Wellness group for Healthy Aging Month

Today I had the residents list 5 things that they do to keep themselves Socially Well. I asked them things that they do to be social.

They gave me these five things:
1) Playing bingo/Cards
2) Going out to Eat
3) Going to Daily Devotional
4) Going Shopping
5) Going on a Date

I tried to come up with songs to fit each category.

So far this is what I have:
1) the song Bingo for Bingo (weak, but I need to think on this a bit
2) The Song Jambalaya for the going out to eat...will find more songs for tomorrow's group
3) All number of reglious songs for the Daily Devotional (their favorite category)
4) the songs Five Foot Two and Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown for clothes shopping and fashion. Other song ideas for this one include Easter parade, Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini; All God's Children Got Shoes; Second Hand Rose
5) Hey good Lookin'; Daisy Daisy

Nobody Knows me At all

I had a great activity planned for today which didn't really fly. I only had 16 in group today and most of them were the less cognitively alert residents, so we sang songs from the spiritual song book instead and I will save this group for the week I get back.

I have the song by the Weepies called

Nobody Knows Me At All"

When I was a child everybody smiled, nobody knows me at all
Very late at night and in the morning light, nobody knows me at all
Now I got lots of friends, yes, but then again, nobody knows me at all
Kids and a wife, it's a beautiful life, nobody knows me at all
And oh when the lights are low Oh with someone
I don't knowI don't give a damn, I'm happy as a clam, nobody knows me at all
Ah, what can you do? There's nobody like you. Nobody knows me at all
I know how you feel, no secrets to reveal, nobody knows me at all
Very late at night and in the morning light, nobody knows me at all
Nobody knows me, nobody knows me, nobody knows me at allody knows me at all"

I planned to alter the line with Damn in it to be sure I didn't offend anyone. My plan was for Social Wellness to get to know folks better and right a song about how we can all know each other. I don't know if I will use the same tune or a different tune, but it seems like a great group...only I will be doing it another day.