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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 […]

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 […]

Korowai The evening before the conference, the conference committee invited my husband and myself to join the NZSDRT board and the other international guests for finger food and an informal catch up. When we arrived, we discovered that there was a surprise in store for all. NZSDRT President, Orquidea Tamayo Mortera, was under the impression […]

2019 Mid Year Board Reports 2019 MidYear Open Meeting

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services distinctly outlines and defines the meaning of Quality of Life (F675) for all healthcare professionals. Moreover, Recreation/Activity Professionals are most familiar with F679; §483.24(c) Activities. §483.24(c)(1) The facility must provide, based on the comprehensive assessment & care plan and the preferences of each resident, an ongoing program supporting […]

By Colleen Knudson, International Development Director Aotearoa is the Maori name of New Zealand and translates to “land of the long white cloud”. Maori are the indigenous Polynesia people of New Zealand. As legend has it, Kupe, the first Polynesian to discover New Zealand, first thought he was approaching land because of the large cloud […]