11 Great Books To Read!

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11 Great Books To Read!

Let me know if you have read any or will read them!

Happy Holidays

 To each and every one!

 It's my wish that each of you have a joyous, relaxing and interaction-filled Christmas season.  Presents are nice, food is great, but it's the opportunity to connect with family and friends, residents and co-wdorkers that really makes this time of year special.

Have A Great Holiday Season!

Preference Based Living--(Peli)

Awesome reference--Preference-based living

the Peli.  Check out the different versions.

 Peli-Click to review

Happy Thanksiving!

 

I am so thankful for you.

As I take a moment to reflect and give thanks, I am grateful for the trust you and your facility place in me by taking the Mepap course. You are at the heart of everything I do. Best wishes for a healthy and happy holiday season. — Your friend Jane Anderson

Calendar Survey

 Just for the fun of it, I tried making a survey.

I would love it if you would take the survey--just takes a couple of minutes.

It is all about the resources you use to build your calendar. In your journal, you can let me know if you liked it.

Thanks--

Click to complete this survey

 

World Gratitude Day

 World Gratitude Day is celebrated on September 21 annually.

Gratitude

I am so grateful for You!  You are awesome!  I appreciate what you do each day.

Jane

Be Good To YOU!

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Click on this link! 

Great awesome resource for your tool chest.

Another great resource.

GoodGoodGood.org

Aging With Grace

  Aging With Grace-A Nun Study

Click on the link above

Updated State Operations Manual

 

Minding Our Elders

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What do you think?

Did you find one blog that would help you in your department

Carol Bradley Bursack  ----- She's the author of “Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories,” a longtime newspaper columnist, and host of her blog at mindingoureldersblog.com. 

Training Resource

FREE-CLICK ON ME!/

This is a great resource for you to use in developing training for your department!

What was your favorite?

Fun Fun Fun!

 Great fun item to do with your residents.

 

Jello Flavored Ice Cream Slush Recipe 

https://kidfriendlythingstodo.com/a-slushy-milk-shake-a-kid-friendly-thing-to-drink/

Spiritual Elder Care Information

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Spiritual Elder Care Information

Click on this link~  Spiritual Elder Care

Look at the You Tube Channel!!!

RESEARCH AND THE ACTIVITY PROFESSIONAL!

 NAAP member, Activity Professional, and Doctoral Candidate, Hayley Mosely is asking for assistance in her dissertation survey research. "Can you help me? I need experts in the field of Long-Term Care activities, like you, to share your knowledge about evaluating an activity program. This is a four-part Delphi survey for my doctoral dissertation, which should take you no more than 15 minutes each." Click the link below to participate

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ftag679

DETAILS: I am reaching out to gauge your interest in participating in a doctoral research study through Dallas Baptist University. I am seeking a group of experts in the field of long-term care activities who can provide opinions on what it takes to create a quality activity program in long-term care. The results of these studies can be shared with government officials, surveyors, and educators in hopes of improving the quality of activity surveys, the skills of the activity professionals, and the residents’ quality of life.

To be eligible for participation, you must meet at least two of the following criteria:

Over 5 years of experience supervising a long-term care activity department

Connection to or affiliation, such as a board or committee member, preferred speaker, blogger, vendor, etc., with a nationally recognized activity association, such as the National Association of Activity Professionals (NAAP) or the National Council for Certification of Activity Professionals (NCCAP)

Completion of comprehensive, 90+ hours, long-term care activity education program, such as the Modular Education Program for Activity Professionals Part I and II (MEPAP)

A researcher or publisher in the field of long-term care activities

Experience as a surveyor in CMS’s long-term care survey

If eligible, you would complete a survey to evaluate the importance of several identified elements of an activity program. Next, you would be able to identify other elements that are not listed as well as leadership traits that are important for activity professionals.

Once the results are returned, the items will be analyzed to see where consensus was reached, where all the experts agree, and where they differ. Those that differ, plus those added from participants, will be sent out for a second and then the third round in an attempt to reach a consensus. A fourth round asks you to identify the top 10 most important items and rank them. Therefore, you would complete four surveys in about 2 months. These should not take you longer than 15 minutes at most, and Rounds 2, 3, and 4 would likely be significantly shorter.

Participation is optional and completely anonymous in the published study. I will gather your email address to determine who has and has not completed the surveys, but will not publish this information. You will also be anonymous to other participants in the study. For the first 25 participants who complete all four rounds, a $25 gift card will be rewarded. #naapnewsnow #activityprofessionals #survey #doctoraldissertation #research

National Activity Professionals Week

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What are you doing?  This is our week to shine!

 

Click on this link!