Education, Innovation and Advocacy for Aging Leisure Services
By Tina Watson, CTRS When the new year arrives many of us reevaluate our lives and our careers. We make goals or New Year’s Resolutions. For me this included finding a way to make my work and home life more streamlined and organized. So, I bought a new planner that has daily, monthly and weekly […]
Take a peek into this months guest blog entry from Shelley Evans from Dementia Resources of the Fingerlakes LLC Shelley Evans is the Founder and CEO of Dementia Resources of the Finger Lakes, LLC. She has 29 years of experience working with adults with mental health and dementia-related diagnosis. A Board-Certified Music Therapist, Board-Certified Activity […]
Tips, suggestions, and a cool new service in California aiming to curb the stresses of caring for others through the love of leisure and recreational pursuits. The demand put on caregivers – whether it is your career, family obligation or otherwise is a tiresome task, and can be burdensome at times. As front line healthcare […]
As we can all attest to, budgets are always tight and programming ideas are forever in need. I compiled a few of my favorite budget friendly programming “must-haves” recreation/activity related books that have aided me through my work in long term care on a meager budget. 1. Scratch and Solve Hangman – $5.56 Get it Here […]
Whether you have 1, 10, or 500 volunteers for your organization, you need to know the ins and outs of how to manage unpaid staff. Here are the top 5 things you’ll need, to excel at volunteer services. 1. Actively understand the definition of a volunteer! This might seem simple and already implied, but for organizations […]
When you think of geriatrics the first thing you think of is athletics, right? Well for Ted Muilenburg that’s exactly what he envisioned over 30 years ago. I had the incredible opportunity to pick the brain of the Executive Director for the Institute of Geri Olympics and Active Living. This organization is one a kind, […]
Have you heard the phrase “Work smarter, not harder”? We all strive to get more done, be more professional, be more effective as recreation therapists and still maintain a life outside of work. Now you can gain all of this through accessing NCTRC Pre-Approved CEU online courses at S.M.A.R.T. CEU’s Hub. Courses are available in a […]
Adult coloring has become a trend over the past few years, with thousands of companies developing intricate detailed coloring books for teens and adults. But, do we know the benefits of what “coloring” can provide? And, what about the elderly population? Has the market advanced enough to provide for the needs of an already unserved […]
Whether you’re in the activities field or the rec therapy field we are always looking to add to our resumes, build on our skills and add some CREDENTIALS to our name for all our hard work! So, the questions remain…what does it take? What are the steps? What exactly is the process? Well, the answer to […]
One major question in our various fields is: What is the difference between recreation and activities? What is the difference in Recreational Therapy and being an Activities Director?Do these careers overlap? And, what are the pathways to obtaining these careers? 1. What are the differences? While these two careers overlap in various aspects; there are […]
