GUARDIANS OF NORMAL LIFE
Downloadable book
GUARDIANS OF NORMAL LIFE: How Activity/Recreation/Engagement/
Community Life Professionals can Save the World of LTC
Most people living, working, and visiting LTC homes don’t know it can be different. We have inherited and institutional culture and been conditioned to think it is the only way. But, did you know? We can reject the institution with regulations backing transformational change. Most people don’t know regulations are not in the way, they lead the way.
This eResource is meant to be different. It is not a book with pages and page numbers. Instead, it consists of standalone Informative Sheets meant to be shared. On each Info Sheet you learn a normal life practice and how it is backed or even required by federal regulations. Use every one of them to embolden you and all those who care about the LTC home you represent.
Learn what regulations say and don’t say. Are you top heavy on groups? Most are. Learn how to dispel the pressure to have so many group activities. Interests is the focus of Tag 679, not activities. It’s not about busy work or being occupied; it’s about meaningful engagement. It’s about having meaning and purpose, not passive or active attendance at activities. Learn to create an Expectancy of Engagement, a Pledge to Engage and an Oath against Boredom.
Learn to use Regulations to Reject & Replace Institution with Home & Normal Life. Become an advocate no matter your role. If we each do this, we can make living in a LTC home terrific. Please join me in building an army of guardians of normal life.
No one says, FACILITY SWEET FACILITY. Here’s to true HOME SWEET HOME.
Keep the HOME in nursing home and the LIVING in assisted living.
Price is $35.00. However, if you join the army of guardians of normal life by subscribing to our periodic encouragements blog, we will drop the price to $25.00 just for the asking. Thanks for considering.
Review
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Wow. This resource has changed my perspective on how I approach activities. I, too, have fallen into the trap of believing that my department was only as good as my attendance numbers and that group activities are the end-all and be-all of life in nursing homes. Bowman has challenged me to see beyond these institutional confines and cultivate an environment of Normal Life in the community I serve. And she shows how to USE the regulations to do so! I no longer feel chained to regulations but freed by them! I can advocate for the people I serve by showing administrators (and surveyors) that I am exceeding regulations when I support the people’s choices, preferences, and interests. Thanks, Carmen, for an awesome resource!