Pet Therapy. I have found that if you can have animals at your facility, do it!!! They can be a lot of work but they residents really respond to dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, turtles and most any animals.And the fun part is that you can get your residents to help with their care, feeding, and walking the dogs. Ball Toss.
Meile, Bosch, Asko, and other European manufacturers had a built-in advantage in knowledge and experience making European style front loading washing machines. Because of the peculiarities of the American market, they lost a bit of that advantage.
  Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received the first United States issued patent for a washing machine in 1797. There is very little known of this machine because a fire destroyed the records of it.   In 1799 a Frenchman by the name of Pochon invented the first hand cranked dryer.  In 1843 John E. Turnbull of Saint John, New Brunswick patented the first wringer washer. He called it the Clothes Washer with Wringer Rollsâ.   In 1851 James King patented the first washing machine that used a drum. Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received the first United States issued patent for a washing machine in 1797. There is very little known of this machine because a fire destroyed the records of it.   In 1799 a Frenchman by the name of Pochon invented the first hand cranked dryer.