Celebrate National Skilled Nursing Care Week with RESTORE-Wellness!

 

Dear Nursing Home Teams,
I want to take a moment to recognize and honor the exceptional work you do in providing high-quality 24-hour care to America's seniors and individuals with disabilities. During National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW), we come together to celebrate your unwavering dedication and the positive impact you make in the lives of millions.
This year's NSNCW theme of "Cultivating Kindness" resonates deeply with our mission at RESTORE-Skills. We understand that your role extends far beyond physical care. It's about fostering engagement, creating meaningful connections, and nurturing a vibrant sense of community among residents.
At RESTORE-Skills, we are deeply committed to supporting your efforts to keep your residents active, happy, and thriving. As a tribute to your extraordinary work, we are delighted to offer FREE one-week access to RESTORE-Wellness. 
Our comprehensive platform provides a wide range of engaging experiences tailored to the unique interests of each resident. From group activities that foster social connections to personalized programs that stimulate the mind and body, RESTORE-Wellness is here to enhance well-being and enrich the quality of life for all.
During NSNCW and beyond, let us continue to ignite a passion for skill-building, nurture engagement, and uplift the spirits of those in our care. Your commitment, compassion, and unwavering dedication are the driving forces behind creating an environment where residents thrive. We celebrate you, and we are honored to stand beside you as you cultivate kindness, create moments of connection, and inspire a future filled with excellence and joy.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Eran Arden,
CEO and Founder

Exciting news! RESTORE-Wellness is now live!

Dear RESTORE Community,

I am thrilled to announce we have officially launched RESTORE-Wellness, the latest addition to RESTORE’s suite of senior care solutions. Designed to empower activities and life enrichment teams, RESTORE-Wellness offers more than 100 activities catering to the unique needs and interests of each individual resident. Here are just a few examples of experiences that your teams and residents can immediately jump into:

  • Video streams that promote physical wellness, such as chair yoga, dance classes, games promoting movement and coordination, and more…

  • Innovative digital tools that allow staff and residents to engage in activities virtually, such as virtual interactive tours around the world, museums, and historical landmarks

  • Group activities that encourage socializing, such as bingo, card games, and trivia, plus more experiences residents can also play with their loved ones visiting the facility

  • Individual activities that can be tailored to specific residents' interests and abilities, such as puzzles, coloring, and reading

At RESTORE, our mission is to drive facility-wide commitment to skill-building. That's why we've developed RESTORE-Skills and RESTORE-Wellness, which provide a one-stop-shop for all your team’s skill-building needs. With RESTORE-Wellness, residents will enjoy a wide range of activities that not only entertain but also promote physical and mental wellness, reduce isolation and loneliness, and create lasting memories for family members visiting their loved ones.

Our platform is easy to use, with an intuitive interface making it easy for professionals and residents to access activities and monitor progress. RESTORE-Wellness also offers innovative digital features allowing staff and residents to engage in activities virtually, creating new avenues for socializing and entertainment. 

Best of all, RESTORE-Wellness is free for our existing customers and complimentary with any new RESTORE-Skills subscription.

We're confident RESTORE-Wellness will ignite the passion and empower senior care at your facility. Try it out today and see the positive impact it can have on the lives of your residents.

I would love to see you at our live online launch today at 1 pm EST.  Click Here to Register


Best regards,

Eran Arden,

CEO and Founder

 

Game On: 4 Must-Have Games for Every Occupational Therapist’s Toolbox

As an occupational therapist, you're always searching for effective tools and techniques to help your patients improve their physical and cognitive abilities. And when it comes to making therapy engaging and enjoyable, gaming is the way to go! RESTORE-Skills games can add a fun and dynamic edge to your therapy sessions, here’s four options to consider. These games provide a range of physical and cognitive benefits that can assist you in achieving your therapy goals, whether you're working with patients of different ages or abilities. So, let's dive in and explore the power of gaming in occupational therapy!

RESTORE, stickers, and Fine Motor Control go Hand-in-Hand

Jakylah Joyner, a COTA and one of our Clinical Success Directors, shows us how to work on fine motor control while playing RESTORE's Falling Fruit.

Tip 1: Use a latex glove and a sticker as your creative controller when playing the game.

Tip 2: Adjust the setting according to the needs of your resident.

Reach and grab the fruit out of the air and place it in the basket to work on those Fine Motor Skills.

 

Wash your ADL cares away using RESTORE and a loofah?

Suzi Fullam, a COTA and one of our Sr. Directors of Clinical Success shares how you can use stickers for washing and for ADLs with self-care.

Tip 1: Use a washcloth or a loofah as your creative RESTORE controller to simulate how your resident would wash themselves.

Tip 2: In addition to working on ADLs, you can also work on grip strength.

Use a washcloth, loofah or any other real life object to play RESTORE games that simulate any movement your resident might make related to self-care.

 

Helping residents climb to greater Activity Tolerance

Evince Edouard is one of RESTORE’s Clinical Success Directors and a proud COTA. Evince shows us how you can build Activity Tolerance while playing RESTORE games.

Tip 1: Upgrading or downgrading the activity is a great way to monitor Activity Tolerance.

Tip 2: RESTORE games can be played seated or standing, depending on the needs of your resident.

Adjust the settings of the Rock Climbing Ruins game to provide the just right fit for your resident in building Activity Tolerance.

 

Did someone Order Up a way to work on Attention to Task?

LJ Scheidecker, who was a RESTORE MVP before joining the team as one of our Clinical Success Directors, shares how he used RESTORE to work on Attention to Task, when he worked in the field.

Tip 1: Use Mouse Mode with your residents and walk them through the process.

Tip 2: Use the Help button on the side to show the list of items again

Order Up is a great way to work on Attention to Task because your residents will need to remember what items are on their list and pay attention to the items that are falling, to make sure they match the list.

Here’s a chance to truly transform how residents receive care all while enhancing outcomes and streamlining workflow with RESTORE’s innovative platform. Click Here to schedule a RESTORE-Skills demo and experience the power of therapy and skills-building when partnered with cutting-edge technology. 

Already part of RESTORE-Skills? Then join Game Changers, the skilled-care professional Facebook group!

Trivia Night: The Ultimate Cognitive Workout for Unleashing Brain Power

Are you searching for a fun and engaging method to promote cognitive and physical wellness in your community? Look no further than Trivia Night, the hottest new game just launched by RESTORE-Skills, a gamification platform that engages individuals and encourages group activities, expanding the range of programming concepts available to Activities Directors for Assisted & Independent Living community residents and patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities.

Can a Trivia Game Really Be Used For Therapy Skill-Building?

By design, Trivia Night challenges memory, attention, and cognition, while providing an enjoyable experience. Beyond being a game, Trivia Night also adapts to players' needs, promoting cognitive and physical wellness by:

  • Strengthening upper extremities

  • Boosting recall and multi-step directions

  • Improving standing tolerance and balance

  • Amplifying the fun for more engagement

Whether playing one-on-one with a therapist or in a group, this game is a perfect way to show off intelligence and compete against others!

How Can Activities Directors Utilize Trivia Night?

Trivia Night is more than an innovative therapy tool; it's a way to unite your community!  This game is a bonding experience, where people can come together in groups, shout out answers, and be competitive, all while having fun. With Trivia Night, residents will be challenged with questions that cover a wide range of topics from the categories of General Knowledge, Finish the Lyrics and TV Shows, with more categories being added. Residents will have to think quickly, recall information, and move their bodies as they race to answer as many questions as possible. When residents have fun, they're more likely to engage and gain the most from the activity. Trivia Night can help combat feelings of:

  • Isolation

  • Boredom

  • Depression

Here’s a chance to truly transform how residents receive care all while enhancing outcomes and streamlining workflow with RESTORE’s innovative platform. Click Here to schedule a RESTORE-Skills demo and experience the power of therapy and skills-building when partnered with cutting-edge technology. 

Already part of RESTORE-Skills? Then join Game Changers, the skilled-care professional Facebook group!

RESTORE Air Hockey

New RESTORE-Skills Game: Air Hockey

🚨 Hey, RESTORE fans. We're thrilled to announce the launch of our latest game: Air Hockey! 🚨

Air Hockey is more than just a fun and challenging game. It offers fantastic benefits for individuals working on sit-to-stand or functional reach skills. To succeed, players must maintain a stable and balanced stance while stretching to hit the puck. This movement pattern will help to improve coordination, balance, and overall mobility, making it an excellent addition to any therapy routine.

In addition to the physical benefits, Air Hockey is also an excellent tool for combating social isolation. Individuals can play against each other, encouraging social interaction and communication. It's truly a great way to connect with others and foster a sense of community. This virtual spin on a classic game is the perfect activity for 1:1 therapy sessions, group activities, or as a fun game to play with family during visitation.

The fast-paced gameplay will keep your residents motivated. With its realistic physics and adjustable difficulty levels, the game can be tailored to each player's skill level. Such customization provides a rewarding experience for all participants. Whether you want to improve hand-eye coordination or find a fun way to socialize, Air Hockey is an excellent choice. We are confident that this new game will become a favorite among RESTORE-Skills users and provide an engaging and valuable experience for residents and members alike.

Got questions? Leave a comment, and our Clinical Success team members won't leave you on ice! See what we did there? They will move to answer your question speedily. Thanks for being such a significant part of our community!

Celebrating The New RESTORE Platform

The date above doesn’t just stand out because it’s made of all 2s, it’s also a significant date for the RESTORE-Skills community. On 2.2.22 we launched our new RESTORE platform. We want to thank our users, players and internal team for providing valuable feedback. Our development team took that feedback, set to work, and boy did they deliver! We have received such positive comments about the new benefits and new games.

So, what does one do when they launch a new platform, which changes skill building, patient care and so much more? Why celebrate, of course! Our CEO, Eran Arden wanted all of us to celebrate together, so he sent chocolates to RESTORE users and team members. All great celebrations include chocolate!

We are so thankful for everyone in our RESTORE community and we look forward to much more growth in the years to come. Thank you for showing up every day and changes lives for the better. We appreciate you!

The RESTORE-Skills Team

Grocery Grab

New Game: Grocery Grab

The RESTORE-Skills market is open!

Now your patients and residents can practice food shopping with our newest game, Grocery Grab while improving their motor, cognitive, and communication skills. Talk about the perfect recipe for life readiness & cognitive skill-building.

Game Icon for new game Grocery Grab"

Use the grocery item list to begin your shopping experience in our market. Move your controller over the desired stands (Dairy, Produce, Bakery, etc.) in order to see the stocked shelves and locate your items. Hover over the item to pick it up and place it in your cart. After you've collected all items, head to the Checkout. Place your items on the counter to ring them up, then place them in the cart to bag. Finally, players will pay by selecting the most appropriate dollar amount from the options provided.

Players will have a great time putting the FUN in function while improving their motor, cognitive, and communication skills:

  • Life Skills: Money management, shopping, community reintegration
  • Cognitive Skills: Attention, concentration, memory, problem-solving, decision-making
  • Motor Skills: Visual scanning, eye-hand coordination, range of motion, and activity tolerance

Not yet a user? Contact us to schedule a live demo for your team and learn more about our subscriptions.

Mini Golf Masters

New Game: Mini Golf Masters

Spring is here & the course is open!

With the Masters in full swing, we are excited to launch our newest game: Mini Golf Masters. Our seasonal content is wonderful for cognition and reality orientation and is always a huge hit with our players! You definitely don't want to skip these 18 holes.

 

mini golf masters

Have fun controlling your putter side to side to navigate obstacles and sink the golf ball in the hole! This course is tricky, so players will have 3 balls per hole. Don't let the golf ball miss the putter & fall through the bottom of the screen. Better scores are awarded for early success on each hole. Try to finish your round under par!

Strike while the iron is hot, log in to start the mini-golf fun with your residents today!

Not yet a user? Contact us to schedule a live demo for your team and learn more about our subscriptions.

st patrick's games

Get Lucky with Our St. Patrick’s Games! ☘️

We know how valuable seasonal content is for cognition, reality orientation, reminiscing, and FUN! So this week our users & players are having a shamrockin' good time with our St. Patrick's themed games.

 

Jack-pot-of-Gold

Jack-Pot-of-Gold

Players will pull the slots to collect three  (3) matching lucky items to win the round! Attach a sticker to your player’s chest to target weight-shifting, balance, and squatting. When asked why the slot-machine is their favorite game a player said, "I have to really concentrate on it. It makes me change hands too. It's a great, fun game. I love it!"

Leprechaun’s Loot

Help your patients embrace their mischievous side playing as a leprechaun in our newest activity. Like virtual air-hockey, players move up & down in order to protect their side and score against their opponent.  Watch out, the longer the game is played, the quicker the pot of gold moves between players. 

 

st. patrick's day plinko

St. Patty's Plinko

Looking for a fun way to engage your residents during your St. Patrick’s festivities? Reach for a chip from the stack and place it in a slot atop the Plinko board as you try to end up in a high-scoring slot at the bottom of the board. Each chip has a score multiplier, the board is dynamic, and score slots increase in value every minute! 

 

Be sure to log in to RESTORE-Skills to celebrate with these lucky games while you can. Your residents are sure to have a blast. Wishin' you a pot o' gold & all the joy your heart can hold!

We RESTORE-Skills TOGETHER

Q&A: RESTORE-Together

Question: 

Tell me more about RESTORE-Together and it’s benefits? What is the difference between a live game and a private game?

Answer:

We are very excited to be able to introduce RESTORE-Together, which for the first time allows patients/players to play interactively with their loved ones, other patients/residents in their center, and/or with other players across the country - all from the safety of their rooms or in a socially distanced setting. Our primary motivation was to advocate for older adults, vulnerable to the risks of social isolation, by providing access to a virtual community of skill-builders.

Benefits:

  • Helps mitigate the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial risks of isolation by connecting patients/residents with others they know and love
  • Fosters a sense of community to have patients, therapists, and care partners interacting in a similar skill-building fashion with their peers nationwide
  • Increases fun, engagement, and motivation to accelerate outcomes and provide a better patient experience

Live games:

  • The ability to join a desired game with others is always open and does not require a code
  • A player joins, enters a player name/identifier, indicates readiness, and waits a short time (often less than 1 minute) to see other players that join the competition
  • Players will always know the score in head-to-head games or where they rank in tournament-style games

Private games: 

  • Allow a user to send a code to designated participants who can join the action by visiting the website restoreskills.com/together, entering the code, and following the instructions
  • Adds motivation for the player as he/she will be interacting with family members, friends, or peers that they have expressed an interest in joining a fun and competitive RESTORE skill-building session
  • If an audio exchange is desired during the session, we recommend having a phone or video conference call
    • Note - we are working on a simple, emoji-based way to communicate within the game play if audio is not available or desired
    • Note - some video conferencing apps will need to have the camera turned off so that RESTORE has primary access to the camera
  • Players will always know the score in head-to-head games or where they rank in tournament-style games

Instructions for a player joining upon receiving a private game invite:

  • Open Google Chrome and go to: restoreskills.com/together
  • Secure the four (4) character code from the invitee and enter it in the text box
  • Click “Join” to enter the private game
  • If prompted, select “allow” to enable camera access
  • Have a red, green, or blue rounded object available for play (i.e., ball, apple, container lid, cup, etc.)
  • When prompted, use your mouse to select the color of your rounded object 
  • To calibrate, bring your controller to the center of the square, making sure the camera can clearly see the color of the object

 

  • Enter your name or identifier in the text box and click ‘save’

 

  • Click the ‘Ready’ button. When all players are ready, the game will start after a 20 second countdown 

When players (patients) are having fun and engaged they focus less on targeted skills and more on the game. Fostering a sense of community by connecting with others will help mitigate the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial risks of isolation.