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Activity Director Reviews
What is it like working as an Activity Director?
June 2015
Emplementing and executing daily activities.
Activity Director:
To be creative and energetic interact with residents on their level show kindness and compassion and smile - always listen to them be responsive to their needs.Have an open door policy. Always put residents first - always help out in any situation if needed.
May 2015
Rewarding.
Activity Director:
Pros: Seeing my residents happy and thriving.
Cons: Drama.
March 2015
Rewarding.
Activity Director:
Pros: The reward and feed back of our residents. The smiley faces, the light in their eyes.
Cons: Being excited about a project to present to our resident and it's a flop.
February 2015
Rewarding.
Activity Director:
Pros: Making the residents smile.
Cons: Paperwork.
September 2014
It's Exciting, Rewarding, Challenging, Fun.
Activity Director:
Pros: Our residents are wonderful. Anything I do for them, they return ten-fold.
Cons: Working with management.
August 2014
Smile, Smile, Smile!!!
Activity Director:
You can't teach someone to be outgoing and energetic, so if you are not those things, this may not be the position for you. You have to smile a lot and give lots of hugs and that is also one of the major perks :)
January 2014
Community Involvement.
Activity Director:
Pros: Wonderful and rewarding. Working with seniors is my passion.
Cons: The pay and working weekends. I also would love to have an assistant or more volunteers, as we have many events.
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