Join us for oodles of ideas to meaningfully engage individuals with their surroundings especially those living with dementia. Perhaps we are in our biggest challenge ever, to provide meaningful engagement to persons alone in their rooms. What a great opportunity to be creative. Institutionalized, isolated people need the gift of our intentionality to be able […]
The Purple Primer offers print-and–go programming that will elevate your Lifelong Learning activities by challenging seniors and by providing opportunities to truly engage. As the importance of Lifelong Learning has been realized in senior communities, activity professionals are being challenged to create educational opportunities for the seniors in their care. The Purple Primer was created […]
You don’t have to be a trained artist to use art as a therapeutic tool. The creative process is just as or more important than the final product. In this session, we will explore how dementia affects the creative process. Relaxation exercises which we can use not only for our clients but utilize for ourselves […]
StoriiCare is a software platform for adult day care centers, assisted living providers and care homes. Used as a tool to instruct, record and improve quality of care, it enables care staff to digitally record their care, providing management with oversight and reducing common industry inefficiencies. StoriiCare also connects families to their loved ones, allowing […]
Spend less time and money planning and preparing activities by ‘hiring’ a virtual activity assistant. Founded by a former Activity Director in 1999, ActivityConnection.com is the industry-leading online resource for Activity Professionals working in senior living environments. With more than 35 categories of ready-to-go activity programming, all updated monthly with fresh content, complete with scripts […]
Exciting News for New Zealand! As of June 7th, the Ministry of Health announced that the country was moving to Level 1. This means that there were no active cases of CoVID-19 in the country! Because of this, starting June 8th citizens no longer had to abide by physical distancing and restrictions on mass gatherings. […]
I’m so proud of how our local and national activities groups have stepped up to help senior care providers navigate the pandemic. They’ve made it a priority to produce continuing education content and share best practices so that we can all get through this together. That said, I thought you might find the information shared […]
View this Webinar On-Demand HERE This session will help you identify the various archetypes within your team, how to bring them together and how to navigate through the different personalities . . . To read more…. The content of this page is limited to NAAP Members only as one of the many benefits of NAAP […]
The National Association of Activity Professionals stands in solidarity with those experiencing the unjust impacts of racial inequality. We remain consistent with our Mission to deliver person-centered care and supporting cultural competencies. Our organization embraces the truth that all people should be respected and treated equally regardless of race, age, gender, orientation, birthplace and religious […]
View this Webinar On-Demand HERE Throughout history, singing has lifted the spirits of people during challenging times; today, no portion of our society has been more negatively impacted by the coronavirus than our seniors – which is why they stand to benefit most greatly from the healing power of singing. SingFit PRIME is a digital […]
