Organizing a Sensory Program By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS Meeting the individualized needs of individuals living with advanced dementia is challenging. Many of our programs involve the ability to remain attentive, long and short term memory and conversational...
Quality Assurance and the Activity Director By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS Many activity directors are introduced to the process of quality assurance when they are given a pile of forms and they are told to have them completed by the next QA meeting. Upon review...
Welcome Back! by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS April is Global Volunteer Month, a month to honor the volunteers who dedicate their time to the community as well as to encourage volunteerism. One of the casualties of the Covid pandemic was the volunteer programs in...
Let’s Get Physical By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS I am a firm believer in the old adage “If you don’t use it, you lose it” and nothing is closer to the truth when discussing physical wellbeing and health. Our bodies are made to be active and inactivity can...
Themes for Life By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS One of the popular programming techniques that activity professionals learn about is how to plan theme activities. We learn to integrate seasonal, holiday and life themes into our monthly programs and daily...
