The Activity Professional's Notebook
Tips and articles relevant for today's Activity Professional
Person Centered Care Planning – Developing the Person Centered Goal
Person Centered Care Planning – Developing the Person Centered Goal By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS With the new Requirements of Participation (ROP), there is increasing discussion of Person Centered Care Planning. Is this a new concept? Do we have the do...
Translating Assessment Information into Person Centered Care
Translating Assessment Information into Person Centered Care By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS The Requirements for Participation (ROP) emphasize person centered care which is care focusing on individual needs, interests and preferences. The activity professional...
Person Centered Care – Where do I begin?
Person Centered Care – Where do I begin? Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS With the new Requirements of Participation, there is much discussion of Person Centered Care and Person Centered Care Plans. Is this a new idea or one that has been around for a while and is...
October is Resident Rights Month
October is Resident Rights Month: It’s All About Me - My Life, My Care, My Choices 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 as it is more...
Empathetic Communication with Older Adults
Empathetic Communication with the Older Adult by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS One of my responsibilities as a new activity assistant, way back when, was to run Reality Orientation groups. I would gather a few memory impaired elders into a room, give out paper and...
Five Steps to an Effective 1-1 Program
Five Steps to an Effective 1-1 Program By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS Not all residents attend group functions, either by choice or by limited function or cognitive ability. Providing non group participants with 1-1 visits is a requirement that is sometimes hard...
The Activity Professional as Advocate
The Activity Professional as Advocate By Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS In the whole scheme of professions and occupations, the activity profession is a relatively new profession. Although the healing power of recreation and leisure can be traced back to ancient...
Pet Facilitated Therapy in Long Term Care : 5 + 5
Pet Facilitated Therapy in Long Term Care Five Benefits + Five Steps by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS Walking into the lobby, my eyes are drawn to the small poodle who greets me. “His name is Tootles”, says the gentleman seated in a wheelchair by the front door....
Expressing through Expressive Activities
Expressing through Expressive Activities by Debbie Hommel, ACC/MC/EDU, CTRS The activity professional utilizes engagement in the creative arts in day to day programming. Involvement and positive responses to art projects, music programs and movement groups are noted...
What’s New?
Everybody has their story as to how they ended up in activities. Here is mine. I answered an ad to be a “Friendly Visitor” when I was a senior in high school. I saw the ad in the high school guidance office and the guidance counselor suggested volunteering in a...