February Fun

activities Directors, other healthcare professionals and caregivers visit this site for ideas for February activities.

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BENEVOLENT BALLET-FALL PREVENTION FOR THE ELDERLY

BENEVOLENT BALLET-FALL PREVENTION FOR THE ELDERLY

Activities Directors
This looks like a great program
Seewhat you think

Engage residents of assisted living and long term care facilities with this innovative exercise program designed to reduce falls by improving posture, balance, range of movement,coordination.and kinesthetic awareness. When implemented regularly fall rates are drastically reduced and quality of life improves.

Engage the elderly with a person centered care approach that restores dignity, self-esteem and improves mood. Improved mood and self esteem may also reduce inappropriate behavior. In turn, need for restrainsts may be reduced.

Engage and inspire even residents with Alzheimer's Disease or other dementias with empathic engagement.......read it all

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Must Have Educational links for Caregivers

Here are some handy links for staff and family members who are caregivers.

Are you a family member of a loved one with Alzheimer's disease, a related dementia,or another ailment? Do you need to know more about caregiving?
Click on the Caring for Mom Button

Does your staff need easy training solutions?
Here are all kinds of training options for caregivers and staff

Do you or your staff need an easy way to earn CEUs?
click on the EasyCEU button

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Local activity director celebrates National Activity Professionals Week

Saturday, January 24, 2009
By Nancy Malcom - Nevada Daily Mail
The week was started by the The National Association of Activity Professionals, the only national group that represents activity professionals in geriatric settings exclusively.

The NAAP is recognized as the voice of the activity profession on national issues concerning long-term care facilities, retirement living, assisted living, adult day services, and senior citizen centers.

This week was created to give honor and recognition to those dedicated individuals who contribute so significantly to a resident's quality of life. Although many might think playing bingo, cards or chasing balloons all day seems more like play than work, any activity director would quickly disagree and explain that their real "job" is making the work seem like a game.

Activity directors have to offer activities that include physical exercise, mental stimulation and more than a few smiles, grins and belly laughs.
Click here to read more as wellas activity suggestions


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National Activity Professionals Week

Alzheimer's Activities Expert

How did things go for you during National Activity Professionals Week?

Our residents really enjoyed the activities I planned
You can see them by clicking here

However the administrator and other managers were oblivious as to the significance of the week.

I guess sometimes Activities Directors and the Activities Department get ignored especially if you run a quality program that the Department of Public Health finds adequete or better

Anyway onto more activities for the end of January and February

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Activity’s call is one most extraordinary

Dementia Expert

More reasons why Activity Professionals and others providing ACTIVITIES are so important.

First we try to figure out
What it is a resident’s truly about-
Involving the body, the mind, and the soul
We fill the assessment, develop a goal
We look at the person
and not the dis-ease
We don’t want to label
we want to perceive
In the calm of the storm
one can usually see
what a person can manifest.........read the whole post

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An Activity Poem

Dementia Expert

Activities Directors:

Here is a great poem about Activities.

Activity’s purpose is not to kill time,

but to make time live,

not to keep a person occupied,

but to keep him refreshed,

not to offer..... click here

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