Activity Regulations
This Ftag addresses and outlines the qualifications required for an individual to hold the title of 'Activity Director' in a Long Term Care setting.
What is F680?
This wellness dimension is described as improving and/or maintaining cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, balance, flexibility and promotes healthy lifestyle habits and encourages personal safety.
What is Physical Wellness?
This activity asks participants to recall facts or details about general knowledge.
What is Trivia?
This critical pathway asks residents if planned activities are occurring on a regular basis or if scheduled activities are often cancelled.
What is the 'Activities Critical Pathway'?
Residents and staff would look to this to find what they may want to participate in for the month.
What is the monthly activity calendar?
This Ftag states "Activities meet the needs/interests of each resident".
What is F679?
Which wellness dimension encourages and emphasizes creating and maintaining healthy relationships through talking, sharing hobbies and interests, and actively participating in social events.
What is Social Wellness?
These types of games foster friendly competition and social interaction, usually with one winner.
What are board games?
This critical pathway asks residents if planned activities are occurring on a regular basis or if scheduled activities are often cancelled.
Who are Nursing and Social Services?
This required documentation would support a resident's engagement in activities of choice and may include: group, one-on-one and/or independent activities.
What is the activity participation documentation?
Activities directly impact this specific Ftag that focuses on well-being, life satisfaction and personal choice.
What is F675?
Expanding knowledge and maintaining cognitive functioning through a variety of problem-solving activities, educational resources and cultural activities would fall under this dimension of wellness.
What is Intellectual Wellness?
These special events are cause for celebrations that may include food, games, music, trivia and more.
What are holidays?
This critical pathway asks residents "does the facility consider the views of the resident or family groups and act promptly upon grievances and recommendations?"
What is the 'Resident Council Critical Pathway'?
The required number of CEs for the Activity Director to obtain annually?
What is 8 hours?
This term refers to any endeavor, other than routine ADLs, in which a resident participates that is intended to enhance his/her sense of well-being and to promote or enhance physical, cognitive, and emotional health.
What is 'activities'?
This wellness dimension assists in seeking meaning and purpose in life through meditation, prayer, and devotionals.
What is Spiritual Wellness?
Physical games like these may prompt reminiscing about their "glory days" on the field, in the gymnasium or in the backyard.
What are sports?
Focused on the care of a specific population, this critical pathway guides surveyors to determine if staff possess the appropriate competencies and skill set to care for them.
What is the 'Dementia Care Critical Pathway'?
What is time management?
F679 states that a facility needs to provide an ongoing program of activities designed to meet the interests and must support these three areas of well-being for each resident.
What are physical, mental and psychosocial well-being?
Occupational background, previous hobbies, life long interests and learning new skills is encompassed in this wellness dimension.
What is Vocational Wellness?
Provided live or with the use of technology, these activities can be the focal point or used in trivia, reminiscing and exercise.
What is music?
When implementing this critical pathway, surveyors will look for evidence of staff implementing the use of non-pharmacological interventions.
What is the 'Dementia Critical Pathway'?
This information about preferences is collected during a resident interview with the AD to assist in building a person-centered plan of care.
What is the Sec. F?