Rehab. Patients

Any facility with short term rehab patients, probably struggles with what to do to reach them with activities.   I have also always found this to be a challenge.  Our rehab unit is 40 beds, and generally they are not here more than 1 month, and often don't want to do groups with the long term care residents.  I feel that it is OK to care plan that they are focused on therapy, and do not wish to participate in activity groups at this time.  If you visit, offer supplies for independent activities etc., then you are meeting their needs.  We also do a DVD cart (all rehab patients have TVs with DVD players in their room), and well as an afternoon coffee cart.  This helps increase our visits, and is an easy way to check on people without being intrusive.  We have also found that rehab patients are more likely to participate in evening groups than any other time of the day.  What is everyone else doing?