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Providing an Activity or Entertainment at Senior Homes a Paying Outlet for Skills
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For Las Vegans hit hard by the downturn in the local economy of recent years, there is hope on the horizon. Its source, a virtually unknown yet vast population that is hidden in plain sight, and growing by leaps and bounds: the senior residential and care facilities that dot the landscape of communities nationwide.
From April 24-27, the Tropicana in Las Vegas will play host to the National Association of Activities Professionals, who plan the activity calendars for the residents of senior facilities. What is not commonly known is that those facilities often pay 'outsiders' from the community to provide a 1-hr.-long (max.) program (be it a performance or an activity) for residents to enjoy. Such programs are held daily in the morning and afternoon and often on two or more evenings per week (just typically not on Sunday mornings or during mealtimes, usually with the last one of the day ending by 8:00p.m.). That degree of regularity and flexibility makes providing an activity or entertainment at such places an ideal solution for those who are job-hunting or have other jobs. It's a potentially regular source of income that few people know about but should, especially those struggling in today's economy.
A press release published late last year revealed there's even a website dedicated to connecting local talent with the senior facility market called Seniorplaylist.com (http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprweb%2Ecom%2Freleases%2F2012%2F11%2Fprweb10129573%2Ehtm&urlhash;=hL6L&_t=tracking_anet.) Through Seniorplaylist.com, local program providers, whether they're arts-&-crafts workshop leaders, skill demonstrators, exercise/yoga instructors, speakers/readers or any of the more traditional types of entertainers, are promoted to the Activity Professionals of senior facilities, who book them directly from the contact info contained in the listing on the site.
As a former Activities Professional and long-time provider of senior activities at several facilities in Raleigh, North Carolina, Seniorplaylist.com founder Karen Raines will be among the exhibitors at the NAAP National Conference at the Tropicana from April 24-26 to introduce Seniorplaylist.com to Activity Directors, for whom it is a free resource for finding local options. It was during her tenure in the Activities Department of a nursing home that she realized there needed to be a conduit between those who, like her, would often search for new programs their seniors would enjoy and unsung talent awaiting discovery in the community who yearned for an appreciative audience for their skills. Some three years later, she decided to capitalize on her experience on both sides of the senior entertainment equation to fulfill that role, in the form of Seniorplaylist.com .
Ms. Raines plans to also host a Q&A; session about entertaining seniors that will be held after the exhibits close at 1:00 Friday, April 26, to which the public is invited. Interested parties may contact her at [email protected] to learn the exact time and location of the event. Adds Ms. Raines, "The senior entertainment circuit is, unfortunately, not on most people's radar as a possible source of income. Yet, it's easy to get into, is highly rewarding, can be worked into any schedule, and takes only an hour of one's time. It's hard to imagine a more flexible, fulfilling, potentially lucrative 'job' than that!"
Such news is sure to be music to the ears of those struggling to make ends meet. And to the seniors whose lives they would enrich with their talent.
From April 24-27, the Tropicana in Las Vegas will play host to the National Association of Activities Professionals, who plan the activity calendars for the residents of senior facilities. What is not commonly known is that those facilities often pay 'outsiders' from the community to provide a 1-hr.-long (max.) program (be it a performance or an activity) for residents to enjoy. Such programs are held daily in the morning and afternoon and often on two or more evenings per week (just typically not on Sunday mornings or during mealtimes, usually with the last one of the day ending by 8:00p.m.). That degree of regularity and flexibility makes providing an activity or entertainment at such places an ideal solution for those who are job-hunting or have other jobs. It's a potentially regular source of income that few people know about but should, especially those struggling in today's economy.
A press release published late last year revealed there's even a website dedicated to connecting local talent with the senior facility market called Seniorplaylist.com (http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprweb%2Ecom%2Freleases%2F2012%2F11%2Fprweb10129573%2Ehtm&urlhash;=hL6L&_t=tracking_anet.) Through Seniorplaylist.com, local program providers, whether they're arts-&-crafts workshop leaders, skill demonstrators, exercise/yoga instructors, speakers/readers or any of the more traditional types of entertainers, are promoted to the Activity Professionals of senior facilities, who book them directly from the contact info contained in the listing on the site.
As a former Activities Professional and long-time provider of senior activities at several facilities in Raleigh, North Carolina, Seniorplaylist.com founder Karen Raines will be among the exhibitors at the NAAP National Conference at the Tropicana from April 24-26 to introduce Seniorplaylist.com to Activity Directors, for whom it is a free resource for finding local options. It was during her tenure in the Activities Department of a nursing home that she realized there needed to be a conduit between those who, like her, would often search for new programs their seniors would enjoy and unsung talent awaiting discovery in the community who yearned for an appreciative audience for their skills. Some three years later, she decided to capitalize on her experience on both sides of the senior entertainment equation to fulfill that role, in the form of Seniorplaylist.com .
Ms. Raines plans to also host a Q&A; session about entertaining seniors that will be held after the exhibits close at 1:00 Friday, April 26, to which the public is invited. Interested parties may contact her at [email protected] to learn the exact time and location of the event. Adds Ms. Raines, "The senior entertainment circuit is, unfortunately, not on most people's radar as a possible source of income. Yet, it's easy to get into, is highly rewarding, can be worked into any schedule, and takes only an hour of one's time. It's hard to imagine a more flexible, fulfilling, potentially lucrative 'job' than that!"
Such news is sure to be music to the ears of those struggling to make ends meet. And to the seniors whose lives they would enrich with their talent.