NAAP Vice President, Anthony Vicari, just returned home from beautiful Alaska. He shares the exciting things that are happening in the ‘Last Frontier’ and how Recreation/Activity Professionals, along with healthcare professionals from across the state, become more familiar with Quality of Life programs and services for seniors. Read on! A Step Above
It seems that many of our residents are taken to their rooms after lunch so they can take a nap. Do they really need that nap? The National Institute on Aging (NIA) says that adults over 70 only need about 7-9 hours of sleep each night. It has been said that they need that nap […]
As we know, getting outside is so healthy for all of us and now is the time to do it in most parts of the country. Some wait so long. I wonder what might happen if your community doubled its efforts to get people outside. Did you know gardening and birding have been America’s number […]
The Eden Alternative? developed what are called the seven Domains of Well-being®. If you want to learn them, Eden has a white paper at www.edenalt.org. Another highly recommended resource is Dr. Allen Power’s book Dementia beyond Disease: Enhancing Wellbeing. Each chapter is dedicated to each of the seven domains. Did you know CMS included the […]
Essentials is an outreach of the NAAP Education Council. Committed to equipping your daily work through research and timely resources to enhance quality of life for residents everywhere. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. An opportunity to enhance our understanding of the beautiful brain and human experiences. Accenting/Lighting things UP with green is the thing to […]
It has been a privilege and honor to serve as NAAP President for the past three years, and to be a Board member for the last six. I’m going to be very honest; when I first joined the Board and attended Board meetings I was very intimidated by the other Board members around the table: […]
The Eden Alternative? developed what are called the seven Domains of Well-being®. If you want to learn them, Eden has a white paper at www.edenalt.org. Another highly recommended resource is Dr. Allen Power’s book Dementia beyond Disease: Enhancing Wellbeing. Each chapter is dedicated to each of the seven domains. Did you know CMS included the […]
