by Debbie Hommel | Aug 13, 2017 | Leadership/Management, Programming
The Importance and Value of Resident Councils By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS Organizing and implementing an empowered Resident Council is a challenge to many activity professionals. In theory, the Council is a formal group of residents who come together as one...
by Debbie Hommel | Aug 13, 2017 | Documentation
To Care Plan or Not to Care plan By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS The requirement or need to write an “activity” care plan for “every” resident in the facility has been debated for years. Some communities have made it a policy to mandate an activity specific care...
by Debbie Hommel | Aug 13, 2017 | Memory Care, Programming
A Wish to Honor the Spirit Within by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS Active engagement is often the goal of many of the activities and interventions offered by the activity professional. Our program success is evaluated by how involved our elders become and the...
by Debbie Hommel | May 30, 2017 | Leadership/Management, Programming
Forever Young: Understanding the Baby Boomer Generation by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MV/EDU, CTRS Having worked as an activity professional for thirty-nine years, I never thought I would reach the day where the topic of activities appealing to my age group would be a source...
by Debbie Hommel | Apr 29, 2017 | Programming
B is for Bingo by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS B-5. N-37. G-51. Most activity professionals could call bingo in their sleep. Many activity professionals don’t like bingo. Recently, on social media, there has been much debate on the value of bingo. Many...
