The Annual NAAP Member Meeting will be on April 22, 2020 at 5:00PM PST online. Please submit all questions to the office by Friday, April 17, 2020 via email to office@naap.info. You can register with the link below. This live meeting will include our Awards Ceremony as well as the transition of the board. CLICK […]
Anthony Vicari, NAAP Contributor, presents his newest series The 21st Century Recreation/Activity Professional. The first article, Unique Me, highlights the specific creativity and uniqueness of the Recreation/Activity Professional and how proud we should be for what we do as Quality of Life Champions. Read the Full Article Here   . . . To read […]
You can now get 25% off of earning additional CE’s through Collins Learning! What Is Collins Learning? Solutions for Success Collins Learning is an online training and education solution for today’s busy senior care facility. We offer all of the compliance training courses required by the state and Federal government as well as a diverse […]
Over the last several weeks we have been under “attack” by the COVID-19 virus that is spreading throughout the world and our country. We have all seen the mayhem and hysteria with concerns on how to react and prepare for the future. In my own hometown, water, toilet paper, paper towels, Kleenex, face masks and […]
As I have continued my search for activity based, dementia focused, and/or long-term care supportive organizations across the globe, I found Swedish Care International or SCI. SCI is an education company based in Sweden who specialize in dementia and elderly care practice and methodology. SCI offers consulting and education, along with supporting high-profile awareness projects. […]
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” ~ Charles Darwin Can you believe that it’s already mid-February? Our brand “New Year” isn’t holding still for anybody and it’s time, once again, that we seriously “rethink” the following thought: our residents reside […]
17 hours of NCCAP-approved education specifically for Activity Professionals for the early bird rate of only $350 before March 19. Opening Keynote from Tami Neumann and Cathy Braxton of the Silver Dawn Training Institute, “Staying Curious”. Breakout sessions covering a wide variety of topics: Programming, Compliance, Leadership, Teaching/Learning Strategies, Certification, Behavioral Health, Dementia, CBD/Medical […]
This is the time of the year that most people are happy, excited and filled with much joy as they celebrate the season. However; for many of our seniors, the thoughts of loneliness and isolation bring about real feelings of agitation and anxiety caused by a variety of medical conditions and medicinal interactions, thus bringing […]
On November 28, 2019 CMS implemented Phase 3 of the regulations, which included Trauma Informed Care. F699: The facility must ensure that residents who are trauma survivors receive culturally competent, trauma-informed care in accordance with professional standards of practice and accounting for residents’ experiences and preferences in order to eliminate or mitigate triggers that may […]
The Opening Keynote Speaker, Dr. Gary Cheung, is well known in New Zealand as an old age psychiatrist and is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland, Medical and Health Sciences Department. Dr. Cheung broke his presentation up into five major pieces; the issue of late life suicide […]
