by Debbie Hommel | Dec 30, 2022 | Leadership/Management
Knowledge + Power = Activity Professional By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS As a paid profession, the world of therapeutic activities is a relatively new one, having been in existence approximately forty-eight years. The term “activities” was introduced in the 1974...
by Debbie Hommel | Nov 30, 2022 | Leadership/Management
Give yourself the Gift of Presence By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS December can be one of the busiest months for the activity professional and an emotionally stressful one for many of our residents. The activity department goes into high gear decorating,...
by Debbie Hommel | Oct 28, 2022 | Documentation
That’s Not Appropriate By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS One of the programs I led every day, as a new activity assistant, was morning exercise. I was given a Polka-Robics record to use for the program. (For those of you not born in archaic times – records or...
by Debbie Hommel | Sep 30, 2022 | Leadership/Management
October is Resident Rights Month: Inspiring Unity within our Community by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS October is Resident Rights Month which is an annual event introduced by the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care or the Consumer Voice...
by Debbie Hommel | Aug 30, 2022 | Memory Care
By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS As care providers in the long-term care continuum, we often see and hear about statistics related to the rising numbers of individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). One common statistic states that someone in the United States...
