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“Senior Safety BrainMinders”

BrainMinders for Seniors (2017)

Title: “Senior Safety BrainMinders” Type: Independent

Audience: Senior Groups

Purpose: Safety Tips in the Home

Puppets: Wise Old Owl, Toolip Pig, Fiona Fox, Captain Kitty, Puppeteer,

Martin Monkey, Gerald Giraffe, Penny Panda, Hero Horse, Brave Bob

Beagle, Danny Deep

Materials: Script, Handout: “Home Safety Checklist”

Pilots: Hello, our names are

____________________________________. We are Pilots, but not the

kind that fly airplanes. Pilot is an international service organization that

focuses on brain safety and fitness. We represent the Pilot Club of

______________________. We feel home safety is a way of ensuring

that our brains are not injured. We brought some friends to help show

some ways of protecting ourselves in the home.

Would you please greet Wise Old Owl? (Owl waves to the audience)

Wise Old Owl: Here are my friends Toolip Pig, Fiona Fox, and Captain

Kitty, whooooo know some things that are dangerous in the home.

Toolip Pig, tell us where you live.

Toolip Pig: I live on Mr. Peabody’s farm. I have a nice pen-full of

SLIPPERY mud. SNORT, SNORT….don’t worry, I’m very careful on

SLIPPERY mud and I took a shower before I came today.

Wise Old Owl: (Owl turns to the audience and says) We’re glad you

took a shower Toolip Pig. You smell g0000d. Fiona Fox where do you

hale from?

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Fiona Fox: (In a very southern accent and very loud) “Howdy! My

name is Fiona Fox and I’m from Memphis, Tennessee. I like to be called

FOXY LADY.” (Fiona Fox uses her paw to stroke herself and says…) Like

Toolip Pig, I took a shower before I came today and I used my SAFETY

SHOWER SEAT.

Wise Old Owl: Captain Kitty, are you from around here?

Captain Kitty: (Kitty hides her eyes behind her paws and turns to the

Puppeteer and whispers in the Puppeteer’s ear)

Puppeteer: (puppeteer turns to audience and says). Captain Kitty is shy.

(The Puppeteer turns to Kitty and says…) Go ahead and wave to the

audience. (Captain Kitty peeks out and after a moment Captain Kitty

shyly waves one paw to the audience and then comes out and waves

with both paws.)

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Scene 1

Toolip Pig: Hey, Fiona I noticed your leg is injured. What happened?

Fiona Fox: (puppeteer holds up Fiona’s bandaged leg). I tripped on a

throw rug in my hallway.

Toolip Pig: I told you that throw rug would give you problems. Rugs can

be soooo SLIPPERY.

Fiona Fox: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I hear you. I just like the looks of it. I

found it on sale and it matches my décor so well.

Toolip Pig: You could have broken your hip or conked your head. Then

you would have a more major Injury.

Fiona Fox: You’re right. It could have been more serious. I could have

ended up in a nursing home or in rehab. That would have really

cramped my style.

Toolip Pig: I heard that Wise Old Owl spent 3 months in rehab because

he fell and fractured his wing. Golly, Wise Old Owl, did your wing heal

ok?

Wise Old Owl: Yeah, it is doing ok, but now I have a pain when it’s

going to rain. It is a bother, but it is a great weather indicator.

Captain Kitty: One day I was at a friend’s house and I got my walker

tangled in her throw rug. I almost took a nose dive. It really scared me.

Fiona Fox: Ok! OK! I’ll be more careful. I’ll get rid of the throw rugs,

even if they are pretty.

Wise Old Owl: This is the end of scene 1. Say goodbye to our friends.

(Toolip Pig, Fiona Fox and Captain Kitty wave goodbye.)

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Scene 2

Wise Old Owl: We will now hear from Gerald Giraffe and Martin

Monkey. They have some ideas on how to take precautions in the

bathroom.

Puppeteer: Hello Gerald, tell us a little about yourself.

Gerald Giraffe: I live in the zoo and like it very much. I get lots of good

things to eat and lots of people come to visit me every day.

Puppeteer: I think I’ve seen you there. Come over here and get a better

look at us.

Gerald Giraffe: (Gerald nods up and down) YOU are funny looking

CREATURES with short necks and legs.

Martin Monkey: HI! I’m Martin Monkey, I’m from South America, but

I live in a monkey sanctuary now. I have lots of friends. We spend most

of the day just hanging around.

Gerald Giraffe: Martin, do you have the name and phone number of

the company that put the safety grab bars in your bathroom?

Martin Monkey: Sure, I have it right here. They did a great job. Now I

have Safety grab bars to hang onto as I step in and out of the tub. It‘s a

lot easier and it REALLY helps. You know they also put safety grab bars

next to my toilet.

Gerald Giraffe: I’ll have them do that too. Thanks for reminding me.

One SAFETY feature I do have is a higher toilet seat. After I had my hip

replaced, I needed it.

Martin Monkey: I didn’t think of that. A higher seat is a good idea.

Gerald Giraffe: We also need to remember to take time when we

stand up, so that we have our balance. We don't want to end up with a

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broken hip, like I had last year. These are our Golden Years. Let’s make

sure we make them SAFE YEARS!

Martin Monkey: You got that right.

Wise Old Owl: This ends scene 2. See you later, Gerald and Martin

(Gerald and Martin wave goodbye).

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Scene 3

Wise Old Owl: I see a few more friends have joined us. Here are Penny

Panda, Hero Horse, and Bob Beagle. HI everyone! (All wave Hi.)

Puppeteer: Penny, where do you live?

Penny Panda: (Penny opens her mouth wide and slowly turns to the

puppeteer in surprise and asks the puppeteer). Are you having a senior

moment?

Puppeteer: (puppeteer turns to Penny Panda and says) No, just tell the

audience where you live.

Penny Panda: (Penny Panda turns to the puppeteer and asks again in a

louder voice) Are you SURE you’re not having a Senior Moment!

Puppeteer: Yes, I’m sure I’m not having a senior moment, I just had a

MEMORY TEST and I’m doing great.

Penny Panda: (Pauses and then turns to the puppeteer and says) OK,

you asked for it. (Penny Panda turns to the audience and SLOWLY says

in a LOUD voice) I live in a PLASTIC BAG in HER dark garage. (Pause for

laughter)

Hero Horse: (Hero Horse jumps up and down impatiently and says) I ‘m

a friend of Toolip Pig and I live on Mr. Peabody’s farm. I roam the

meadow and feed on clover. I get regular checkups by the doctor to

make sure I’m Healthy.

Bob Beagle: Hi everybody! I live with a family with lots of kids, and my

family takes me to the doctor for my annual shots to make sure I stay

Healthy. I LOVE MY FAMILY. (Turns to audience) Have you had your flu

and pneumonia shots yet?

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Penny Panda: (Penny panda turns to Hero Horse and says in a

concerned voice) Hero, how have you been doing? I hear you are

having some difficulties since you turned 80.

Hero Horse: (Hero Horse shakes his head and says). I’ve had some

health issues, but I’m managing. Cooking is the hardest part. I keep

burning things. Once, I put water on to boil and forgot it. What a mess!

It was so bad I had to throw the pot away.

Penny Panda: OH MY! You really need to be careful. You don’t want to

start a fire.

Hero Horse: I know, but I need to eat and I get tired of eating out all the

time.

Penny Panda: When I put something on the stove, I always set a timer.

That way something buzzes and reminds me to check on the stove.

Hero Horse: What a great idea! Also, remember to drink plenty of

water.

Bob Beagle: I buy those microwave meals called Smart Ones or Lean

Cuisines. That way I get a healthy meal without having to turn on the

stove. You just put them in the microwave for a few minutes and

VOILA!... a healthy meal and it‘s SAFE!

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Scene 4

Wise Old Owl: Here is my friend Danny DEEP.

Puppeteer: (Not the one holding the fish) Hi Danny where do you live?

Danny Deep: Here we go again! ARE YOU HAVING A SENIOR

MOMENT?

Puppeteer: NO!

Danny Deep: OK! OK! (Danny Deep says slowly) I LIVE in a FISH TANK

in your LIVING ROOM.

Puppeteer: What do you do all day?

Danny Deep: (Danny starts to go around in circles, and puppeteer starts

to go around with Danny. Danny Deep says…). I swim around and

around and around and around all day long. (Puppeteer grabs Danny

to stop him). Danny says “OOOOOOhhh, I feel dizzy.”

Puppeteer: Danny, behave yourself and tell us what else you do all

day?

Danny Deep: (Danny turns to puppeteer and says) REALLY? (Pauses)

I watch YOU watching ME! (pause for laughter)

Danny Deep: Be careful, Wise Old Owl, the floor is wet. I splashed

water all over the floor while I was swimming around and around

(puppeteer grabs Danny Deep again to stop him from going around).

Wise Old Owl: I’m glad you warned me. I didn’t notice the water.

Danny Deep: It should have been mopped up right away. (Danny Deep

turns and looks at the Puppeteer and says…) SOMEONE was being lazy.

(Puppeteer shrugs shoulders)

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Wise Old Owl: I saw Captain Kitty slip once on some liquid that was on

the floor. It wasn’t funny, but I gave her a 9.6 for style. She could have

been an Olympic skater.

Danny Deep: (Danny Deep turns to Wise Old Owl and asks…) Wise Old

Owl, aren’t household falls and burns the leading causes for senior

injuries?

Wise Old Owl: YES, (pause) I read that falls cause more seniors to go to

nursing homes than any other kind of injury. Anything we can do to

keep from falling is very important. Some easy PRECAUTIONS in the

home can make it SAFER and more senior FRIENDLY. (Wise Old Owl

turns to the audience and says…) So remember what my friends

said…….

1. Get rid of throw rugs.

2. Install SAFETY grab bars in the bathrooms.

3. Clean up spills as soon as they happen.

Watch the stove and hot items when cooking.

Wise Old Owl: Danny Deep do you have any more safety hints?

Danny Deep: Yes! How about these safety tips:

Install Railings to assist you when going up and up down steps.

Get regular eye exams to see clearly.

Install good lighting to prevent bumping into things and causing

injuries.

Your Pets love you and follow you around. Be on the lookout for small

animals under foot so you do not trip.

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To prevent HOT WATER burns, turn down the temperature on your Hot

Water Heater.

Have emergency phone numbers at each phone location in your home.

Have a family member or neighbor check in with you daily to make sure

you are okay.

Use your cane, if you have one.

Wise Old Owl: Thanks, Danny Deep! (Looks at audience) Well, folks,

thank you for allowing our Pilot Club puppeteers and animal friends to

entertain you and share some helpful SAFETY hints.

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