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Otherwise, I would suggest she have all her meals with others and engage in several activities throughout the day. This may help to stimulate the "hearing ability" she still has.
To keep her mind active she should involve herself in activities. My mom reads, does jigsaw puzzles, sudoku puzzles, word search puzzles.
Good luck.
Having said that
That being said, service projects that involve stuffing a bag for homeless or school supplies, gardening projects, recording life stories. Rock painting. Have a spa day and have people come in paint fingernails or do makeup. Have a crazy hat social, where you have supplies to decorate hats, then have some goodies to eat. Cookie decorating at holidays. Set up a "photo booth" area and use your camera to capture photos for family. Chair exercise class. Card games, bunko. Have a therapy dog come visit. Make organic bird feeders using ears of corn, peanubutter to stick bird seed on( make an assembly line None of the above requires much hearing, and someone could always assist her personally. Get her a hearing buddy among other residents to check in on her.
Do things that don't require a lot of explaing like Exercising, Coloring, Puzzles, Painting, games like cards, checkers, Dominos, BINGO and don't forget Cross Word Puzzles.
In fact you could have a game with the Seniors taking turns filling in a Crossword on a big chalk board.
Prayers
Have a chalk board and write instructions for her to see.
Talk directly in front of her face loud and clear and she'll be able to read your lips a little and hear a little better.
Mare sure you check with Help fir Seniors and Hearing Impairment places to get help and or ideas.
Hope she can get hearing aides, check with her relatives and her Insurance co.
Just because a person wears a hearing aide doesn't mean they can hear.
It has been shown that hard of hearing/deaf people may have a Dementia at some point in their life. For your resident, she needs to play mind games. Its learning something new that keeps the brain active. Making new pathways. If you brush your teeth with your right hand, switch to your left.
Until she is fitted for hearing aides, socialization will be hard. It will be frustrating. She only has to miss one word and the whole meaning of the sentence changes. Medicare part B pays for an ear exam if warranted by her doctor. An Ear Dr can rule out ear wax or remove it if that is the problem. Hearing aides are not covered by Medicare so will need to check with her suppliment and see if they cover hearing aids and audiologies. If not and she can't afford them, there are affordable devices on the market.