Recreational Therapy Calendar for January 17-23, 2010

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SCHMALFELDT: From the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, this is your Recreation Therapy Update for the third week of January 2010.

First of all, let me remind you that you can always use the Clinical Center Hospital Theater Video Guide to check out the movie channels for some top-notch Hollywood entertainment!

Monday, January 18th is Martin Luther King Day. The Patient Library will be open, Room 7-1580, from 11 until 4, and the Patient Fitness Center will be open in the 7th Floor Exercise Room, Room number 7-3551 from 2 until 3.

On Tuesday, January 19 and every non-holiday weekday, the Main Playroom is open on the First Floor, room number 1-5673, from 10 until noon, then from 1 until 3. Pediatric patients and children of adult patients are invited to enjoy the games, toys, electronics and family-centered care activities! You can Decorate a Beaded Snowflake in the 1st Floor Recreation Therapy Clinic Room, Room number 1-2340, from 10 until noon. Enjoy the Therapy Dog visit in the 1st Floor Recreation Therapy Room from 10:45 until 11:45. The Patient Library on the 7th Floor, room number 7-1580, is open from 11 am until 9 pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 11 until 4 Friday and Saturday, with everything from today's newspaper to the latest in fiction, music, DVDs and much, much more! The Recreation and Leisure Connection is open for business in the First Floor Recreation Therapy Clinic Room, room number 1-2340 from 1 until 3. It's Family Game Day in the 1st Floor Main Play room, Room number 1-5673 from 1 until 3. Make plans to enjoy the Vibroacoustic Relaxation Chairs in the first floor Relaxation Room, room number 1-1341 starting at 2 p.m., and experience the relaxing benefits of these uniquely-designed vibro-acoustic recliners. Call 301-402-8747 to reserve a time and a seat. The Patient Fitness Center is open on the 7th Floor Recreation Therapy Exercise Room, room number 7-3551 from 1 until 3, then again from 4:30 until 6:30. Remember, all patients must be 16 or older and have a signed medical clearance form.

On Wednesday, January 20th, you'll have THREE opportunities to work on your fitness in the 7th Floor Recreation Therapy Exercise Room -- from 10 until 11, then again from 1 until 3 and 4 until 6. You can make a seasonal box in the 1st Floor Main Playroom from 10 until noon. The vibroacoustic chairs are available in the first floor Relaxation Room starting at 2 p.m. Call 301-402-8747 to reserve a time and a chair. Enjoy some Wii Motion as part of the Wellness program in the First Floor Recreation Therapy room from 2 until 4. Then come back for Bingo at 6:30.

On Thursday, January 21st, you can decorate a winter tin in the Creative Workshop in the First Floor Recreation Therapy Clinic Room from 10 until noon. Once again, you'll have THREE opportunities to work on your fitness in the 7th Floor Recreation Therapy Exercise Room -- from 10 until 11, then again from 1 until 3 and 4 until 6. The Recreation and Leisure Connection is open in the First Floor Recreation Therapy Clinic Room from 1 until 3. Those luxurious vibroacoustic chairs are available today, starting at 4 p.m. And starting at 5:30, bring your appetite to the Chili Festival in the 1st Floor CRC Patio Open Area, behind the CRC Pharmacy, down the hall between the Pharmacy and Patient Unit 1 Southeast, then turn right at the pharmacy to the open area.

On Friday, January 22nd, the Patient Fitness Center is open on the 7th Floor Recreation Therapy Exercise Room from 10 until 11. And the vibroacoustic chairs are available starting at 11. Friday and Saturday, the Patient Library is open from 11 until 4.

And you can wrap up the week on Saturday, January 23rd, by working out in the Patient Fitness Center on the 7th Floor Recreation Therapy Exercise Room from 2 until 3 p.m.

There's much to do and fun to be had, thanks to the crew at the NIH Clinical Center's Recreation Therapy Rehabilitation Medicine Department. For more information, contact your unit Recreation Therapist or call 301- 496-4733.

From America's Clinical Research Hospital, I'm Bill Schmalfeldt and this has been your weekly Recreation Update from the NIH Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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