A Message from Quiet Heart Comfort

The National Association of Activity Professionals recently signed on with the LEAD Coalition and many other organizations to sponsor Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act (H.R.3354). The CHANGE Act will strengthen dementia detect and diagnosis, in turn catalyzing improved care, helping promote health equity, and accelerating science to prevent, […]

The Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) has supported working and retired members of the entertainment industry with a critical safety net of health and social services for 100 years, including a residential senior living community with nearly 250 residents. MPTF offers a wide range of housing accommodations from independent and assisted living through skilled […]

Where does the pressure to hold groups come from? Challenge yourself to actually answer. Is it from your corporation, your administrator, yourself, residents, family members, other professionals, regulations, or our own profession? Whew. Right there, that’s a lot of potential pressure. I want to encourage you to study and think about this with me and […]

Part 1 of Discovering DRTA: Recreational Therapy in Australia provided a brief history of Recreational & Diversional Therapy in Australia along with the DRTA’s philosophy and its organizational timeline. There are similarities and overlap between Diversional and Recreation Therapists in Australia with Recreational Therapists and Activity Professionals in the US. They work in many of […]

Launching or relaunching a volunteer program is no small feat! It takes some real elbow grease to make it happen, preceded by some gentle but effective head-scratching! However, with planning and garnering feedback from your co-workers and management, it can be a very positive experience, leading to a beautiful celebratory occasion on the ribbon-cutting day! […]

A few weeks ago I was fortunate to be able to attend a live webinar given by Jill Vitale-Aussem, President/CEO of Christian Living Communities and former President/CEO of the Eden Alternative. Jill spoke with authenticity and passion about transitioning our elder-care communities from being customer-service driven to citizen-driven, and I was inspired to learn more […]