Connie48

Hello Everyone, My name is Connie and I am in training in MEPAP1. I have always been activities oriented whether it be at church with the 60+ group or director of the Vacation Bible School crafts. It has come easily for me. I have a 16 year old autistic son which helps me relate to having patience with the elderly especially in the Senior Behavioral Unit that I work in right now as the AD. We are a small 12 bed unit in Mena, AR. We are in the southwestern part of the state. We get patients from the 60-90 mile radius. I love what I do. I have always been interested in being an AD, but other things came up. We are connected to a hospital wing and I just so happened to see a job opening for SBH and called the director who happened to be on the Special Olympics board with me. She thought I would be excellent at this. I must say i feel great to do what I do trying to make a difference. Love my job! However, I must say my job description is somewhat different then the AD in a nursing home facility. I believe the nursing home AD has much more paperwork to do than I do. Connie

Hi Lisa, I'm in a Senior Behavioral Health Unit with a 12 bed unit. Rarely are we filled completely full, but it sounds a lot like your job. I'm the only Activities person in the unit. We are 90% dementia related and I love working with this group even if they do show aggression at times, but that is why we are here is to reduce that and get them back on the right track with changing their meds up if this is possible. It is never boring here. Connie