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Section 31
Reference List

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Topics and Page Numbers

On the next page is a summary of the motivational approaches covered in this Manual for you to duplicate, cut out, and perhaps paper clip to your Activity Planning desk calendar as a quick reference to keep the Activities and Motivational Approaches suggested in this course fresh in your mind.  At the beginning of the DVD I refer to this a creating a “Reference Listing of Activities & Motivational Approaches.”  You also might do the same with the Skill-Level Activity Ladder, which lists Activities presented in other courses.  The Reference Listing on the following page reminds me of a football quarterback I once saw on TV who actually had a playbook velcroed to his forearm he used during the game.  The Skill Level Activity Ladder and the following list can become your playbook, so to speak, directing your thoughts when you interview a resident and are trying to create a Care Plan Goal for him or her. 

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Reference Listing of
Activities & Motivational Approaches with Page Numbers

Permission is granted to duplicate this page for staff use.  Keep in a visible place for easy continual reference.

Concluding Commentary

Well, did you get it? Did you get that whole bag full of motivational approaches that I mentioned in the introductory commentary? Are you going to make an assessment book with which to approach your next new admission? What about the activity skill level ladder?  Is that one worth implementing into your thought process when you evaluate the appropriateness of an activity for a resident?  What about using the unfinished job, referrals, etc to position or present that activity in such a way to encourage participation? 

It's easy to get unmotivated and burnt out when trying to continually motivate others who have lost a lot of their incentive.  So, how do you replenish or motivate yourself?  What could you do to motivate you?  The question I would like to leave you with when completing this course on motivation is:  How do I motivate myself?  It's really hard to motivate others when you feel unmotivated yourself.

You have received many proven approaches presented to you in a step by step format.  How do you get the energy and enthusiasm to walk into your Mabel or Harold's room for the fiftieth time to invite them to attend an activity?  So think about creating an internal set point or compass that you can draw from.  The reason why I feel there is turnover in an activity department is due to the fact that oftentimes we as motivators ignore our need to replenish our internal set point or compass.  So as you are implementing the plethora of approaches suggested here, I feel it is essential that you have someone or some way of decompressing and venting a natural amount of frustration that goes along with having a job in the health care industry.  Ask yourself:  Do I have another staff member?  Significant other?  Some form of Journaling?  Meditation?  Exercise?  That can renew my set point or compass on a consistent basis periodically.  The point to be made here is, sure the ideas are important!  Sure the ideas work!  But you sure need to take care of yourself in the process!  Agree? 

Thanks for taking the time to read this manual and hopefully implement many of its concepts.  I have given you the best knowledge that I have regarding any and all motivational approaches that I know of.  It's your turn now to implement the ones that seem to feel right to you and to do what you need to do to replenish your motivation!  Best of luck!