Activity

Download our Men’s Health Checklist here. Download Now ‘Take Action on Covid-19’ is this year Men’s Health Week theme, runs from 15-21 June.  With men being recorded as a high-risk…

  When I worked in care homes for older people, an important goal we had was to encourage people to be as active and socially involved as possible. We introduced…

The arts can make a powerful difference to someone’s social and health care. The recent All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Well-being and the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust report,…

What is the best way to record activity provision in a care home? At NAPA we are often asked this question and, unfortunately, there isn’t a simple answer. Virtually every…

We run an exercise on our training days that gets participants to work in pairs asking each other a dozen questions. The questions have been carefully refined to ensure that…

A guide to safe practice for activity staff. I am frequently left open mouthed when, on training days for activity staff, students tell me that it is routine practice for…

National Food and Hydration Week aims to raise the importance of getting these elements right for all of us. With the help of our friends and supporters at Unilever Food…

Activity Planning is a popular topic on our training days. We often have healthy discussions about getting the balance right between large group, small group and 1 to 1 work.…