The Activity Professional's Notebook
Tips and articles relevant for today's Activity Professional
Gratitude is a Virtue
Gratitude is a Virtue by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS Is the glass is half full or half empty? Do you believe the sun will come out tomorrow? Whatever happens, good or bad, can you find the positive in things? Even in your darkest hour, can you find something to...
October is Resident Rights Month: Amplify Our Voices
October is Resident Rights Month: Amplify Our Voices 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...
Organizing a Sensory Program
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
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!
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
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
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...
National Activity Professionals Week – 2023 Adventure Awaits
National Activity Professional Week – 2023 Adventure Awaits By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS Another year has passed. It seems like infection control outbreaks are part of our day-to-day experiences, but the activity professional keeps looking forward. This...
Knowledge + Power = Activity Professional
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...
Give Yourself the Gift of Presence
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,...
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