The Activity Challenge: Mending, Blending and Ascending
Making Adjustments – Merging the Best – Proving Your Worth A One-Day Program for Recreation/Activation Leaders More complex care needs, new innovations in recreation programming,…
Advancing with ActivityPro
Uncovering the Hidden Treasures and Rewards of ActivityProA one-day training session for current ActivityPro usersActivityPro, the most prominent recreation/activation software program in seniors’ care, has…
Engaging Reluctant Residents
Strategies in overcoming resident resistance to participation in recreation programs Every recreationist has faced the challenge of overcoming resident resistance to engage in seemingly great…
Mission Possible: Maintaining Your Animation AND Doing Documentation
Recreationists in long term care are challenged to stay “in the positive,” in spite of constantly changing demands and expectations. In this session, the implications…
Leading the Charge: Facilitating Change as a Recreation Professional
All successful recreation departments have one common feature – effective leadership. Too often great programs and strategies fail to realize their full potential as a…
Programming for the Cognitively Impaired Resident
One Person, One Step at a Time As the number of cognitively impaired residents in long term care escalates, recreation programming must shift in response…
Bingo …and So Much More
Programming for Frail, Alert Residents Don’t panic! BINGO is still Good! However, the need to re-think programming for the minority group of residents called “alert…
Adding Pizzazz to Programs
Maintaining the vitality of activities is an essential element to providing successful activity programs. Resident decisions to attend programs, stay involved during the activity, and…