Long-Term Care for Activity Professionals, Social Services Professionals, and Recreational Therapists, Seventh Edition

This is the best reference book for activity directors working in long-term care, assisted living, and adult day programs, and it's the most popular text for training new professionals. This book is down to earth, easy to understand, and comprehensive enough to answer your difficult questions about working with different resident groups, meeting standards, working with team and family members, and managing your department. It lets you see how all the parts of your facility can fit together to make an empowering, healthful, person-centered environment for everyone. It shows you how to provide care that satisfies, and even exceeds, health care regulations. And it gives you suggestions on how to stay sane, at least most of the time.

A great reference book with many excellent activities and reproducible forms, the seventh edition also includes information the new F-Tag codes, changes to the survey process, cultural sensitivity, and details on successful person-centered programming.

Elizabeth (Betsy) Best-Martini is a Recreational Therapist specializing in the field of gerontology. She has a Master of Science degree in Recreation Therapy/Administration. Her consulting firm, Recreation Consultation & Best Solutions, has provided recreational therapy consultation to over 200 retirement communities, skilled nursing settings, sub-acute settings, and residential/assisted care facilities in Northern California. Betsy has trained over 800 qualified activity professionals.

Mary Anne Weeks has worked as a Social Worker (SSC) in nursing facilities since November of 1982. She received an undergraduate degree from the State University of New York, Genesee, and pursued graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, where she completed her Master's Degree in Public Health.

Priscilla Wirth is a Health Information Consultant for long-term care facilities. She is a Registered Health Information Administrator, receiving her degree from Seattle University. She has been in the health information profession since 1980. Her Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Library Sciences were received from Northern Illinois University.