It is something that no one wants to ever imagine could be possible. But unfortunately it is a reality. The fact that an active shooter scenario can happen in a senior living facility is terrifying. Sometimes people choose to prey on the weaker and those less able to defend themselves. Just in 2017, Thomas Hartless, 43, was found dead inside Pine Kirk Care Center after having killed medical staff and a Kirkersville Police Chief. Throughout my career as an activity professiona

When I first became an activity director I was very overwhelmed. I was an activity assistant at the time and our director had left. I was asked to fill in as an intermin director. At that time I felt like a fish out of water. I didn’t know all of the protocols, rules and regulations of my facility. I was terrified, but I agreed to taking the position because I knew it was a step in the right direction. Even though I knew how to keep my residents happy and program planning was