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...
by Debbie Hommel | Jul 26, 2022 | Leadership/Management, Programming
It takes a Village: Community Resources by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS A good activity department works within a defined budget. Some budgets are ample, and some are less than ample. However, there are some things money cannot buy. A good activity department...
