http://blog.grouphomesupport.com Resources, ideas, contacts, and help for group home staff Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:43:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got this passed along to me in an email and wish more people saw our group home residents as "BLUE ROSES". Why do I always have to be the one that starts to do laundry and there's no detergent?  Well, I guess it was time for me to do my store ... http://blog.grouphomesupport.com/disabilities-and-blue-roses/ Here is more on Ruby's Bequest and the final report. I was chosen to be one of 5 featured authors!! Writing Acknowledgment and Ruby's Bequest http://blog.grouphomesupport.com/ucps-rubys-bequest/ There is a project that has been going on since February 2009 and is about to end, called Ruby's Bequest. It is part of a unique immersive experience in which thousands of people are helping forecast the future of caring in the United States. The Institute For The Future is ... http://blog.grouphomesupport.com/rubys-bequest-and-caring/ There is a new blog, 365 Ways to Save Money. This will be a site to for group home support staff and managers to keep their eyes on. It just got started but eventually it will have ways to save money every day of the year. You will find ideas ... http://blog.grouphomesupport.com/365-ways-to-save-money/ Disabled and non-disabled Americans are waking up this historic morning, the first day of Barack Obama's presidency. There are memories of when our last president took office and the hope that the campaign promises would be kept. Many are saddened at the state of our economy, our environment, and our ... http://blog.grouphomesupport.com/the-disabled-and-obama/ There is something new on Jan's Group Home Support blog, a donation button. Posting, hosting, and keeping this blog going for group home support staff takes time and money. I had the Paypal donation button on the previous blog design, but never got around to putting the donation button on ... http://blog.grouphomesupport.com/jans-group-home-support-donations/ Many group home residents don't have family involved in their lives. So during the holidays, they don't have family to celebrate with. Most of the year it may not be noticeable to group home residents that they don't have family, but at holidays it stands out as they hear of ... http://blog.grouphomesupport.com/group-home-traditions/ I applaud Ryn Gargulinski of the Tucson Citizen (Arizona) for covering the story of Scott Whitley. So often our mentally ill citizens only appear in the newspaper when they have committed a crime. This year's recipient of the 3rd annual Daniel Moreno Recovery Award, is Scott Whitley. He'll receive his ... http://blog.grouphomesupport.com/acknowledgement-of-scott-whitley/ It is now common knowledge that the vice-presidential candidate is the mother of a disabled child. If she hid her child she would be criticized and bringing him out in public is criticized. The woman can do no right! To me she is a role model of what a woman can ... http://blog.grouphomesupport.com/sarah-palin-and-the-disabled-in-the-us/ There is a balance between having an organized group home and a home that is uncomfortable because residents can't relax in because they are nervous about messing something up. First remember that a group home is a HOME first and a place of business second. To help group home residents know where ... http://blog.grouphomesupport.com/organizing-group-homes/