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In honor of Activity
Professionals week,. January 21 -27 Alternative Solutions in
Long Term Care www.activitytherapy.com held a nationwide
contest for an original tribute honoring Activity
Professionals week. Many inspirational tributes were submitted
by activity professionals, administrators, social workers,
consultants and residents. The winner was judged on
originality in which the tribute captured the essence of the
activity profession. The 2006 winner is Susan Winder-Rivera
ADC who is the Director of Therapeutic Recreation at Grand
Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center located in Bronx New
York. The winner received a cash award. All of the entries are
posted on the www.activitytherapy.com web site. For more
information please visit our web site.
Susan Winder-Rivera, ADC
Director Therapeutic Recreation
Grand Manor
Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Bronx, New York
Our call is one most
extraordinary
First we try to figure out
What it is a
resident’s truly about-
Involving the body, the mind, and
the soul
We fill the assessment, develop a goal.
We look
at the person
and not the dis-ease
We don’t want to
label
we want to perceive
In the calm of the
storm
one can usually see
what a person can
manifest
and what they can be,
beyond limitations,
unwanted adulterations
beyond morbid fascinations and
unheld screams
A higher calling cries to be heard
in the
melancholy scenes.
It may be the heart
It may be
the bones,
It may be the blood
or the brain’s
chemicals.
when the dancer stops dancing
through the loss of a limb
we map out and modify
for the
resident to win.
the original thrill
returned to its
source
back to the fork in the road
before things went
off course…
We enliven, enrich, embrace and
encourage
we remove elements that cause to
discourage.
We enlighten and energize
the lost and
forgotten
fan their flames, call their names
deny their
Armageddon.
We are teachers, counselors, a
healing balm
The soother, the smoother
of things gone
wrong
We overcome obstacles beyond comprehension
our
course need be steady, beyond apprehension
Our purpose is higher
than the
eye can see
and although we do appear quite commonly
Our
call is one most extraordinary.
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