Quality of Life is one of today’s current and relevant “Hot Topics” for the Recreation/Activity Professional. Anthony Vicari, Vice President of NAAP, along with members of the NAAP Regulations Committee, present this research paper for your information. We trust this paper will inspire you to improve the Quality of Life for those residents you serve each day.
Quality of Life Research Article
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
