Embracing the Holidays: Meaningful Activities for Seniors with Dementia

This is a practical resource Activity Professionals can use during December, with an emphasis on person-centered care, meaningful engagement, flexibility, and reducing holiday stress. Top of your holiday list should be to create meaningful holiday moments through connection, familiarity, and purpose. Holiday Philosophy Holidays in memory care don’t have to look the way they did […]

AUTUMN ACTIVITY PACK

CMS Tag 741 includes a long list of examples of individualized, non-pharmacological approaches to help meet behavioral health needs. We will be reviewing all of them. Food preferences, exercise, pain relief, individualizing sleep, dining, bathroom routines, preferred lighting, comfortable sound levels and assigning staff to optimize familiarity and consistency have been discussed in previous articles […]

Being a life enrichment or activity professional is more than planning calendars, leading programs, or creating meaningful moments. It is a profession built on relationships, creativity, leadership, advocacy, and the belief that every person deserves opportunities for purpose, connection, and quality of life. Yet, professionals who dedicate themselves to enriching the lives of others also […]

It might only be September, but if you work in activities or life enrichment, the holiday season is a lot closer than it feels. December has a way of arriving very quickly.  Suddenly you’re trying to find an entertainer who still has availability, organize resident gifts, schedule a holiday outing, recruit volunteers, decorate the entire […]

Once upon a time, there was a famous chef who created a “crab-flavoured ice cream to accompany his popular crab risotto main dish.”  Unsurprisingly, the ice cream was not as popular as the main dish.  Apparently the ice cream actually tasted okay, but people had opinions about what a pink-colored ice cream should taste like.  […]