Home for the Holidays by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS The holiday season is a festive time of year, with increased activities and excitement. For many this is a special time, stimulating happy memories and anticipation. However, for individuals living with dementia...
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...
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, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS The age group over the age of 85 is the fastest growing age group in our country. With this increase, the number of individuals with some sort of dementing illness increases as well. In order to meet the needs of elders living...
The year 2020 has proven to be challenging on many levels for all sectors of life. The health care worker in long term care settings has had their life turned upside down with multiple restrictions which change almost daily. Continuing education remains important...
by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS One of the easiest and most effective activities for the activity professional to conduct is reminiscing. Long term memories are a known strength in elders of all functional levels and for many, recalling experiences from the past is...
