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These
are some of my favorite books. Some I use in the MEPAP courses
and others are just
ones that should be on everyone's shelves. I hope you find them
as helpful as I have. To order the book, click on the title.
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NEW
Documentation
in a Snap for Activity Professionals NEW by Ann G. Uniack This is a practical and useful book to
guide the activity professional in developing documentation skills.
Topics covered include rules for record keeping, selecting forms,
regulatations, assessments, the MDS, RAP's, care plans, progress
notes, resident council and quality assurance. Excellent how-to
book for every activity department. $38.95
NEW
The wRECking Yard of Games and Activities NEW
104 activities for groups of children, adolescents, adults, and
older adults that help you teach them teamwork,
self-esteem, self-discovery, leisure education, communication,
anger management, and fitness. Great for inter-generational programs
or working with
special needs populations (young adults or developmentally disabled).
$24.00
NEW
Therapeutic Thematic Arts Programs for Older Adults
NEW by Linda Levine Madori, Ph.D, CTRS, ATR
This new and innovative book defines how to create an enriching
environment that effectively meets the needs of older adults through
cognitive, creative and physical programming. The book outlines
a nice step process to explore a theme through the creative arts.
Full of suggestions for themes and programming.
Cost : $38.00
NEW
The Handbook for Structured Life ReviewNEW
This is a user-friendly handbook, which outlines sessions that
can be easily led by the activity professional. The book = explains
the role of the Therapeutic Listener and describes useful communication
techniques.
Step-by-step goals, instructions, and sample plans for eight separate
sessions are provided. Structured Life Review is appropriate for
older adults in senior centers, assisted living facilities, skilled
nursing centers, and home settings. The approach is especially
beneficial for individuals experiencing stress, undergoing major
change, or coping with grief or a traumatic event.
Cost $32.00
Looking
Back
By Marge Knoth
This is a very practical book and offers 200 questions which reflect
back on topics of interest to the elderly. Great for a quick fill
in or main activity.
Offers lots of ways to ask questions, illustrations and cues.
Cost $11.00
RAP
Handbook for Activities
by Michele Nolta, CTRS, ACC
This is the only activity RAP book to help long term care activity/recreation
professionals. The book explains the RAP process and gives examples
of how to write a RAP note. The remainder of the book gives sample
RAP notes for activity specific RAPs. A must for all nursing home
activity departments.
Cost : $32.00
Getting to Know The Life Stories of Older Adults
Activities for Building Relationships
By Kathy Laurenhue
This book takes a fresh look at reminiscing with fun-filled and
lively exercises to help people laugh with, as well as learn from,
each other. The book includes nine in-depth group exercises and
more than 30 mini-exercises to cover topics such as individual
histories, personal preferences and social history. Games, discussion,
storytelling and other methods are introduced.
Includes a bonus CD with participant handouts, read-aloud passages,
and art templates for easy painting.
Cost $39.00
Activities
Keep Me Going and Going - Volume 1 and II
By Charles Peckman and Mary M. Miller
Excellent all around activity book for new and experienced activity
professionals. Covers all the basic and advanced information that
is needed to effectively run a department. Volume I has the history
and basis of the profession, communication, understanding the
elderly, documentation, quality assurance, volunteerism and much
more. Volume II is a wonderful assortment of specific activities
in each activity domain. I use this book as the text for the MEPAP
2nd Edition - Section I.
Cost $75.00
Activities
for the Elderly - Volume I
By Sandra D. Parker, Carol Will, Cheryl L. Burke This is an informative book with 75 specific
activity ideas. Chapters on specific types of activities such
as mental,
physical and arts and crafts, music, dance and drama, outdoor/nature
activities, and religious activities. Great book to have at
your side when program planning.
Cost $30.00
Reality
Activities: A How To Manual for
Increasing Orientation, Second Edition
by Richelle N. Cunninghis This book offers an overview of understanding
the cognitively impaired
and developing orienting activities. Very specific ideas for group
and 1-1 approaches. The book includes information on how to break
down tasks into more manageable activities for your residents
as well as offering over 50 activity ideas.
Cost $10.00
The
Professional Activity Manager and Consultant
Anne D’Antonio-Nocera, Nancy DeBolt, Nadine Touhey I have used this book with the MEPAP II
class. It is a great book for the new and experienced manager.
The forty-two chapters are divided into ten sections: Introduction
to Management and Consulting, Competency and Ethical Issues, Regulatory
Issues, The Facility, Staffing, Adult Learning, Evaluation, Overview
of Consulting, Consulting Techniques, and Managing a Consulting
Business. The book contains many ready-made forms, checklists
for quality assurance, and other easy-to-read quick reference
sections to help you locate the information you need quickly.
Cost $45.00
Art
Activities for Groups: Providing Therapy, Fun, and Function
by Diane Fausek-Steinbach This book offers 48 interesting and innovative
art activities for populations with different cognitive levels
and physical abilities. The projects involve the use of several
different media including: collage, paint, and drawing. Suggestions
include how to best facilitate the activity, including the use
of music and verbal clues, creating social interaction, and personal
enjoyment. The activities are most appropriate for groups of seniors,
groups of children and youth, and therapy or counseling groups
of any age dealing with the specific issues covered by the activity.
Helpful suggestions give directions for facilitating the activity,
assembling materials, and preparation needed prior to beginning
each project.
Cost $24.00
Long
Term Care for Activity Professionals, Recreational Therapists
and
Social Services Professionals, Fourth Edition
by Martini, Weeks and Wirth This books offers practical information
about all the responsibilities of being an activity professional.
It covers working with different resident groups, meeting standards,
working with team and family members, and managing your department.
This latest edition includes expanded information on the RAI,
RAPs, and MDS 2.0; information on resident demographics; history
of the profession; and documentation of resident care. This is
a great reference book for activity directors in long term care
facilities.
Cost $38.00
Mystery
Person of the Week
By Marge Knoth
This is a great activity book to have. It has 52 weeks of ideas
for
trivia, bulletin boards and other group ideas. A great fill in
or perfect way to start the day resource.
Can be used in group or during 1-1 visits.
Cost $27.00
Remembering
the Good Old Days
by Marge Knoth An easy book to use for actual programming
content. It offers 100 old-days subjects, each broken down into
questions which draw the elderly into discussion Subjects are
old-time beauty secrets, barn dances, immigration, dance marathons,
famous people, preserving food, weddings, childbirth and more.
There are 21 tips for leading a lively reminiscence group, photos
and illustrations, old-time prices and 19th-century helpful hints.
Cost $15.00
Activity
Planning at your Fingertips
By Marge Knoth Defines over 600 activity ideas for parties,
projects, crafts, community, outings, men-only, games, holidays,
clubs, low-functioning and more. Designed for easy use with 10
tabs and alphabetical listings. Has won national and state awards
for its thorough content and user-friendly layout.
Cost $34.00
Activity
Encyclopedia
by Marge Knoth A collection of many ideas which were contributed
by activity professionals across the country and are divided into
13 categories *Bedside and low-functioning *Parties *Crafts *Games
*Word games *Men Only*Guests *Cooking *Outings *Monthly biggies
*Community *outreaches *Special projects *Everyday activities.
Organized like the Activity Planning at Your Fingertips with dividers
and easy access of information.
Cost $34.00
Rethinking
Alzheimer's Care
By Fazio, Seman, and Stansell
This is a revolutionary book in that it encourages the caregiver
to reconsider the meaning of home, the environment and how we
approach the individual with Alzheimer's Disease. This book offers
a fresh, humanistic look at this disease and offers practical
and helpful
hints to all people who interact with individuals with AD.
Cost $21.00
The
Validation Breakthrough
By Naomi Feil
This book is a 2nd Edition and is the only authorized book on
Validation Therapy. It defines several practical means to understand
and communicate with residents/individuals with Alzheimer's Disease.
The described techniques allow the caregiver to communicate more
successfully with residents with AD.
Cost $32.00
The
Best Friends Approach to Azheimer's Care
By Virginia Bell and David Troxel
This book introduces a ground breaking and up lifting method of
care for individuals with Alzheimer's Disease.
This program is built on the essential elements of friendship:
respect, empathy, support, trust and humor. The book defines the
building blocks of this new care model which is flexible and adaptable
to any level of care.
Cost $27.00
The
Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities
by Bell, Troxel, Cox and Hamon
This books has many ideas and suggestions as to how any care staff
can turn the simplest interaction with a person with dementia
into an activity. The books if full of informal and formal activities,
communication tips, activities for men, activities for non-programmed
time, intergenerational ideas, and adaptations for activities.
Cost 33.00
Strengthen
Your Mind :
Activities for People with Early Memory Loss
This is a great trivia/word game book. It is filled with 70 engaging
activities which will stimulate the minds, memories, and senses
of older adults. Designed especially for individuals with early
memory loss, the short, one-page worksheets strengthen brain functioning,
promote social interaction, and provide hours of meaningful enjoyment.
Cost $29.00
The
Positive Interactions Program of Activities for People with Alzheimer's
Disease
By Nussenboim and Vroman
This is one of my favorite early book purchases in my activity
professional career.
It is features 92 step by step activities for individuals with
memory loss. The beginning section of the book discusses setting
up a program for individuals with AD, introducing the activities
based on level of functioning and individual techniques to ensure
success. The remainder of the book is full of individual activity
ideas focusing on creative, sensory and physical.
Cost $35.00
Movement
with Meaning : A Multi Sensory Program
for Individuals with Early State Alzheimer's Disease
By Barbara Larsen
Movement with Meaning uses activities that stimulate all five
senses to enhance the well-being of older adults. Designed specifically
to meet the needs of people with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease,
the program combines gentle dance movements, yoga-inspired poses,
and breathing exercises with music, poetry, and specific sensory
activities.
Cost $33.00
Care
Planning Cookbook
Edition 4 by Michele Nolta & Beth Hall
This text is a must have for nursing home activity departments.
The book outlines the 7 step care plan guide for recreation and
activities.
Included are lists of wordage, definitions and abbreviations.
The majority of the book are care plan samples focusing on every
problem or need
imaginable in the world of long term care recreation and activities.
Cost 46.00
Dementia
Care Plan Dictionary
Bt Michelle Nolta & Beth Hall
This is a new addition to the Recreation Therapy Consultant's
publications. It is care planning which focuses on dementia needs,
including many care plans on behaviors and .
Additionally, there are several pages focusing on programming
approaches, special documentation techniques and forms for dementia
care
and helpful pages on behavior management.
Cost 33.00
Enrichment
Sensory Program
By Michelle Nolta
This is a cost effective how to book on sensory programming. The
book title says it defines "affordable, achievable and quality
sensory
program solutions.". There is a section on assessment and
developing sensory programs. However the majority of the book
lists specific theme based sensory ideas. The program ideas include
a "monologue" or script for the leader, as well as lists
of materials and approaches
to try with the theme.
24.00
Management
in Therapeutic Recreation
Second Edition
by Carter and O'Morrow
A comprehensive and complete management book which focuses on
the duties and responsibilities of the recreation professional.
This books offers a wealth of information on all aspects of management
- planning, organizing, supervision and evaluation. This is one
of
my favorite books for management. It is not an easy read but it
is jam packed full of very helpful
information for the department manager.
Cost $50.00
