Here is a sample of a Life Story Template for you to use.
These are only ideas, you may have questions of your own relevant to the person you are talking to.

Print out your own recreation therapy calendar each month and fill it in as you go!

The Diversional Therapists Annual Report is a wonderful forum by which to communicate effectively to your manager and peers without letting your emotions get in the way.

This sample program is for acute Dementia care. Some people like to do it weekly, others monthly. Download the form and adjust it to suit you.

The evaluation of social outings can be done in various ways. Keep in mind your objectives for the outing and write about your observations.

Social Outings should be carefully planned, with safety always being the utmost priority. The ratio of carers per resident depends on the capabilities of each resident.

A checklist is the best preparation for social outings. It's also great for piece of mind!

The purpose of an action plan is to improve the recreation and leisure lifestyle of your facility.

The 'Health & Lifestyle Survey' is a tool used to determine whether the respondents have a positive view of the facility and the care being provided.

For facilities that have people from a cultural and linguistic diverse background (CALD) it is a good idea to make a 'Radio Guide' with musical and talk-shows programs to suit each individual.

It is important to support volunteers and show your appreciation. This is one of three certificate of appreciation you can download. The signatures at the bottom of the certicate are for the Manager and Recreation Therapist.

There are a few ways to record programmed actitives attendance. This is an individual one. The advantage of this one is that you can see at a glance how the resident is doing.

One-on-One forms are useful for recording individual visits. Individual visits are interventions used to support residents who are ill, unable to attend programmed recreation or simply refuse to leave their rooms.