Debbie Hommel's AD Tips (Visit)
Debbie Hommel, Executive Director, DH Special Services
- What Does It Mean To Be An Activity Professional?
- What Is the Therapeutic Process
- Adapting Activities for Success
- Potential Changes to Interpretive Guidelines for Nursing Homes
- Organizing and Managing an Individual Visit Program
- How to Prepare for Departmental Inservices
- Keeping the Home in the Holidays
- Activity Professionals Make Lives Rich
- Five Favorite Organizational Tips
- Programming for the Short Term Resident
- “Adopt a Mom” for Mother’s Day”
- Meeting the Activity Challenge
- Themes for Life
- Volunteer Management for the Activity Professional
- Laughter and Joy as a Therapeutic Approach
- The Importance and Value of Resident Councils
- The Activity Professional as Advocate
- Integrating the Holiday Spirit into Activity Programming for People With Alzheimer's
Disease - "25 Years of Creating Heartfelt Memories" National Activity Professionals Week 2007
- Documentation: What's The Point?
- Introducing Interdisciplinary Sensory Approaches
- To Care Plan or Not to Care Plan
- The Basics of Writing Therapeutic Goals
- Writing Care Plan Interventions
- Programming for the Younger Resident
- Progress Notes Basics
- Episodic Entries for the Activity Professional
- Putting the "Special" in Special Events
- Understanding Behavioral Symptoms
- Behavioral Management Strategies
- What Can I Do? Behavioral Caregiver Strategies for the Team
- When All Else Fails Bring Them To Activities
- Professional Vision Statements: What do you see for our Future?
- Mission Impossible? Not for the Activity Professional!
- To Have a Departmental Philosophy Statement or Not to Have - That is the Question
Current Activities in LTC (Visit)
Kate Lynch, Editor
- Regular physical activity improves the quality of life of residents with Parkinson’s disease
- The Art of Cyclical Programming Will Promote a Healthy Activity Program
- Building a Ladybug
- Program Improves Cognitive Function, Fitness
- Musical Tree Painting
- MUSIC AND DANCING
- Building With Spaghetti
- Setting the Dinner Table
- Looking Up!
- Adapted Multisensory Exercise
- New activities guidelines for longterm care place emphasis on personalized activities;
corrective benefits - Small Group Big Dice
- Senator wants tougher nursing home surveys,compliance enforcement
- Sports Planning Ahead
- Ever Wondered...How Does Static Electricity Work
- Shall We Dance?
- Pet Peeves
- How Things Change
- Big Dice
- Arm Circles
- New CMS Regulations on Unnecessary Medications Coming Up
- CMS Announces Its "2007 Action Plan for Further Improvement of Nursing Home
Quality" By Bill Freiberg, Publisher - First Crush...!
- An Open Letter to Those in the Activity Profession, from Bill Freiberg, Publisher, Current
Activities - Activity Inservice
- Clay Flowers for Someone Special
- Themed Scrabble
- Aroma Therapy Beadstring
- A Christmas Card
- Terrific Trivia
- Brainstorming
- Advice for the Office
- Find the Pot-O-Gold
- Facts and Fun
- How to be an Effective, Respected Member of your Healthcare Team
NEW
Pathways to the Past (visit)
Sandra Stimson, Executive Director, Alternative Solutions in LTC
- An Introduction to Pathways to the Past
- New Certification for Dementia Unit Managers
- TimeSlips® Project- A Story Telling Project
Alternative Solutions in LTC
Sandra Stimson, Executive Director
- How to Make Visits Meaningful! Suggestions for families when visiting low functioning
residents. - Dementia & Nutrition: Recommendations for Activity Professionals and Recreation
Therapists - Summer Precautions and Trip Ideas: Recommendations for Activity Professionals and
Recreation Therapists - How to be Prepared for State Inspection and Resident Council
- What About Music?
- SUPPORT GROUPS
- Ideas to Honor Your Staff During Activity Professionals Week!
- Dementia Units and Activities:
- HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR CHANGES TO THE FEDERAL INTERPRETIVE
GUIDELINES - Spirituality and Aging
- ETHICS: Ideas to Instill Ethics and Values in Your Employees
- Violence in the Workplace
- Sensory Rooms and FTAG 248
- Aroma Therapy
- Toxic Plants and Poisonous Plants
- Ways to Expand Your Budgets
- "Theme or not to Theme...That is the Question"
- Volunteer Management Essentials for Long Term Care
- Activity Professionals Week January 21-26 2007
- Winner of Activity Professional Tribute Contest - 2007
- How can we encourage CNA participation in activities?
- New Activity Director - What to Do First?
- Training Your Staff the Right Way
- Volunteers and Dementia Units
- Recognizing Abuse and Neglect in the Home Setting
- Support Groups are a Necessity. There is a Place in the Activity Calendar
- Seasonal and Themed Ideas are a Better Way to Plan Calendars
- Corporate Activity Consultants are a Plus for Health Care Organizations
- Dementia Units and the Importance of Admission and Discharge Criteria Agreements
- Take Precautions During Community Outings With Your Dementia Residents
- (CDCM) -Certified Dementia Care Manager; Dementia Unit Manager / SupervisorBest
Practice Recommendation - Activity Professional Tribute Contest-Deadline January 10th 2008
- Wellness Program
Silvana Clark's Insights
Silvana Clark, Professional Conference Speaker
- Celebrate Some Untraditional Holidays
- Check Out These Free Community Groups
- Liven Up Those Staff Training Sessions
- Activity Humor
- Doesn't Everyone Love Bingo and Decoupage?
- Special Holidays to Celebrate in June
- Celebrate Some Fun July Activities with these Ideas
Re-Creative Resources, Inc. (Visit)
Kimberly Grandal, Executive Director
- Activities: Now's the Time to Advocate and Educate!
- Care Plan Confidence
- Spring Into Training: Employee Training Tips for Recreation Directors
- Don't be Lost. Read the M. A. P.! Men's Activity Programs in Health-Care Facilities
- Quality Assured Activity Programming
- Top 10 Questions About the CTRS
- Class Acts: A+ Educational Activities for the Elderly in Healthcare Facilities
- Build a Championship Team Instead of a Team of Champions
- The Most Comprehensive Manager: Responsibilities of the Recreation Director in LTC.
- Breaking Down the Barriers: Adapting Activities to Increase Active Leisure Participation
- Gaining Professional Respect
- Part 1 - Activity S.O.S.: Success Oriented Sensory Stimulation
- Part 2 - SOS: Success-Oriented Sensory Stimulation - Kits and Themes
- Care Plan 101: An Introduction to Care Planning for Activity and Recreation
Professionals - Reaching Out! Community Program Ideas for Healthcare Facilities
National Association of Activity Professionals - NAAP (Visit)
Debbie Bera, Public Relations
- BEING THE BEST ACTIVITY PROFESSIONAL YOU CAN BE by Diane Mockbee, BS, ADC, NAAP
President - Special Event Ideas for February By Debbie R. Bera/ADC, NAAP Public Relations
Trustee - AGING IN STRIDE By William A. Ruechel BS, Special Interest Group Trustee NAAP
- Attitude is Everything! By Debbie R. Bera/ADC, NAAP Public Relations Trust
- Changing the Culture of Aging: Pioneer Practices in Long Term Care Gaining
Momentum By Myrtle Klauer, ADC, CAP - ARE YOU FINANCIALLY FIT? By Mae Petty
- The Importance of an Orientation Program for New Residents (The Ten Commandments
for New Residents) By Myrtle Klauer, ADC, CAP - Thoughts on Teamwork By Sandy Dole/Special Interests Trustee
- Developing a Writing and Reminiscence Program By Kevin M. Kavanaugh, MA, Director
of Public Affairs, Illinois Council on Long Term Care - Are You Ready for Your State Survey? By Debbie Bera, ADC, Public Relations Trustee,
NAAP - Change Happens By Mariette Cappuccilli, B.Ed, M.A., NAAP International Relations
Trustee - Writing a News Release Brenda Scott , ADC, Standards of Practice Trustee
- 25 Ways to Celebrate National Activity Professionals Week By Debbie Bera, ADC, Public
Relations Trustee, NAAP - Celebrate You During National Activity Professionals Week By Debbie Bera, ADC, Public
Relations Trustee, NAAP - Motivation for the Year By Debbie Bera, ADC, Public Relations Trustee, NAAP
- Part 1 : Incorporating the Six Dimensional Wellness Model Into Your Nursing
Home/Activity Program by Debbie Bera, ADC, Public Relations Trustee, NAAP - Part 2 : Incorporating the Six Dimensional Wellness Model Into Your Nursing
Home/Activity Program by Debbie Bera, ADC, Public Relations Trustee, NAAP - Improving Your Communication Skills by Brenda Scott ADC, NAAP Vice President,
Standards of Practice Trustee - Laying the Foundation for Successful Intergenerational Programs - By Brenda Scott,
ADC, NAAP Vice President, Standards of Practice Trustee - Making Summertime Activities Safe and Fun by Myrtle Klauer, ADC, CAP
- Recreational Music Making by Troy Lott, ADC, NAAP Membership Trustee
- Skills Fair by Mae Petty
- The Activity Professional's Role in Preventing the Spread of Flu By Myrtle Klauer, ADC,
CAP - Grieving for a Facility Pet by Susan Rauch, BA, ACC, NAAP Professional Development
- Parachute Packers by Diane Mockbee, ADC, BS
- Love Your Crazy Life by Debbie Bear, ADC, Public Relations Trustee, NAAP
- Sensory Overload Inservice by Joan Flannigan, ACC, Nominations Turstee
- Intergenerational Programming by Brenda J. Scott ADC , NAAP Vice
President/Standards of Practice Trustee - Communication with Persons with Dementia by Diane Mockbee, BS, ADC, NAAP
President - N.A.E.O - National Activity Education Organization - Mae Petty, ADCNAAP Treasurer
National Certification Council for Activity Professionals - NCCAP
(Visit)
Kathy Hughes, President
- NCCAP Track Five Due to Expire at the End of the Year!
- NCCAP to conduct QA Study
- Safeguard those certificates By John Collins, CTRS, ACC, Past NCCAP Vice-President
- Certification - the Initial Process
- NCCAP Will offer Scholarships to Individuals Needing to Complete the MEPAP Courses
- The Search for Continuing Education Credits Michael A. Bower, ACC, Past NCCAP
President - A Message From the President: A Profession of Sharing By Kathy Hughes, ADC,
NCCAP President - Conference Tips By Kathy Hughes, ADC, NCCAP President
- The Holiday’s Aren't for Sissies! Kathy Hughes, ADC, NCCAP President
- NCCAP Board Votes to Extend ADC Track 5 Through 6/2007 Kathy Hughes, ADC,
NCCAP President - A Whole New Year! (2007), By Kathy Hughes, ADC, NCCAP President
- Remember When? By Heide M. Cornell, ADC, NCCAP Board of Trustees – Special
Project - NCCAP Membership By Kathy Hughes, ADC, NCCAP President
- State Association Management By Kathy Hughes, ADC, NCCAP President
- Tug of War with the Departments? By Ginger Johnston, ADC, NCCAP Secretary
- Team Challenge By Debbie Bailey, ACC, NCCAP Vice-President
- NCCAP Congratulates NAAP By Kathy Hughes, ADC, NCCAP President
- National Nursing Home Week By Kathy Hughes, ADC, NCCAP President
- Tug of War With the Departments? By Ginger Johnston, ADC, NCCAP Secretary
- You Don't Know What You Got Till It's Gone - By Nancy Best, ACC, CTRS, NCCAP
Special Projects Trustee - Modular Education Program for Activity Professionals (MEPAP) by Kathy Hughes, ADC,
NCCAP Pres. - You Will Get Old - Get Ready for It. by Debbie Bailey, ACC, NCCAP Vice-President
- Team Challenge by Debbie Bailey, ACC, NCCAP Vice-President
- Continuing Education Clock Hours...where to find them by Kathy Hughes, ADC, NCCAP
President - Good Grammar is Golden by Debbie Bailey, ACC, NCCAP Vice President
- Hospital Charts (humor)
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