Resources

ESP: The Enrichment Sensory Program

Many professionals find it challenging to develop a meaningful sensory program for clients of any age who have minimal responses to sensory stimuli. This program covers the background information of why and how to run each program and provides the neces... More.

Quality of Life: Quality Means More than Good Care – It Means Having a Good Life

By Carmen Bowman Now Carmen Bowman – former Colorado state surveyor, former policy analyst with CMS, and co-founder of the Colorado Culture Change Coalition – has written a workbook to help you deal with the new federal interpreti... More.

Activities for the Elderly, Volume I: A Guide to Quality Programming

By Sandra D. Parker, Carol Will, and Cheryl L. Burke A collection of 75 practical activities and programs for activity directors working with older adults. In addition to the instructions and helpful hints for each activity, the authors have incl... More.

Activities for the Elderly, Volume 2

A Guide to Working with Residents with Significant Physical and Cognitive Disabilities. By Sandra D. Parker and Carol Will A collection of 86 activities for residents who are very impaired because of dementia or other severe disabilities. Just as... More.

Activity Planning at Your Fingertips

By Marge Knoth This very popular, spiral-bound, softcover book contains 208 pages of activity inspirations. It offers over 600 activities with complete directions for each. Activities are presented in many categories, including Holiday Partie... More.

Activities Encyclopedia: 535 Best Activity Ideas

By Marge Knoth. This fantastic book features 535 great activity ideas which are divided into many categories: Bedside and Low-Functioning, Parties, Crafts, Games, Word Games, Men Only, Guests, Cooking, Outings, Monthly Biggies, Community Outr... More.

The Dementia Care Plan Dictionary

By Michele M. Nolta CTRS, ACC and Beth A. Hall CTRS, ACC Includes over 50 behavior-based care plans, organized alphabetically. Each care plan reviews possible antecedents, a variety of behavioral descriptions, potential consequences, and spec... More.

RAP Handbook for Activities

By Michele M. Nolta, CTRS, ACC A documentation companion for building excellent MDS-based activity assessments and accurate RAPs. The components of an excellent assessment have been broken down into fingertip sections for quick reference and ... More.

Documentation in a SNAP for Activity Programs

By Ann G. Uniack RHIA This revised third edition includes valuable guidelines and tips for documentation in the clinical record to assure compliance with regulations. This best-selling reference and textbook includes chapters that address the... More.

MartiVisits Volume 1 “Visitation” CD Set

As an activity professional, there is a natural concern about those you care for who do not attend scheduled activities. These “visitation” CDs can be played bedside as a one-to-one visit that will bring fun, compassion, and comfort ... More.