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| NAAP Open Members Meeting 2021 – Mid Year | |
| Monday, November 15, 2021 | |
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NAAP is the only national organization that exclusively represents Activity Professionals working in primarily geriatric settings. This association provides opportunities for professional development and personal growth.
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NAAP Election Announcement
Over the past few years NAAP has shared with the membership the challenges of yearly elections and consistent voting from our membership. NAAP also recognizes the challenges state associations have gone through in the last two years with the impact of COVID, participation, and services. In response to these challenges, the NAAP board has revised […]
NAAP Diversity Advancement Scholarship
NAAP is proud to announce that there have been three Diversity Advancement Scholarships awarded! The intent of this scholarship is to create interest and awareness of Therapeutic Activity Services with people of color and other minorities by providing financial support for education in activity services, therapeutic recreation, geriatrics and other related fields. Scholarships range from […]
Supporting Residents’ Rights and Quality of Life in a Time of COVID 1CE
It is well known that nursing home residents have rights guaranteed under federal law. Since the COVID crisis began, however, for some it has felt as if residents’ rights have gone out the window. While there have been some waivers to federal requirements that have affected some rights, they are limited, and the rights of […]
Can People Living with Dementia Read 1 CE
Speaker: Susan Ostrowski MA, MS, CCC-SLP In this webinar, we will: Shake up conventional notions about what it means to read and what adult text should look like. Outline practical, feasible ways to melt away the barriers to reading that many elders encounter. View and analyze videos of LTC/AL residents independently interacting with books […]
Engaging People – who spend most time in their rooms – with or without Pandemic – Carmen Bowman NAAP Contributor
In seeking to dispel the pressure to hold groups, to get the pressure where it belongs, focusing on each individual and his/her interests, we now turn our attention to helping institutionalized people be meaningfully engaged. I contend that we have needed to focus on this need way before a pandemic, certainly during it, and will […]
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