What are the responsibilities and job description for the Memory Care Activities Assistant position at Holbrook Decatur?
The Memory Care Activities Assistant is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing activities for our Alzheimer?s and dementia care residents that include a variety of recreational and social activities which support spirit, mind and body.
Key responsibilities include:
- Organize, direct and encourage an activities program that will provide entertainment, intercommunication, exercise, relaxation, and fulfill basic psychological, social and spiritual needs for our memory care residents; activities should also incorporate wellness.
- Initiate and promote activities both inside and outside the community to stimulate and promote resident interest and general wellbeing.
- Encourage hobbies and craft activities among residents in groups or individually.
- Provide stimulating activities for all levels of dementia.
- Assist the Memory Care Director in creating a monthly newsletter.
- Encourage social communication among residents through group activities and recreation.
- Encourage residents to assist in the planning of activities, events and/or functions as appropriate.
- Encourage residents to participate in religious activities to fulfill their basic spiritual needs, through visits with chaplain, pastor, elder or other religious leaders, attendance at religious services whenever possible, spiritual reading material, and other spiritual opportunities.
- Encourage intellectual / educational development through literature, movies, cultural events and other creative forums.
- Maintain a record of each resident?s participation in activities.
- Evaluate resident response and participation in scheduled activities; report unusual observations to the Memory Care Director.
- Develop and maintain plan for obtaining weekday and weekend activities relief personnel.