Unraveling the Activity Care Plan Puzzle

Vanessa Emm, BA, AC-BC, ACC and Myrtle Klauer, AP-BC, ADC, CAP

There have been many debates and some confusion surrounding the issue of whether Activity Professionals should, and are required to, write a care plan for each resident. The National Association of Activity Professionals (NAAP) has decided to take a more in-depth look into this issue and provide some helpful insight and regulatory information.

Activity-based goals and approaches are vital to residents in long term care. Under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance to regulation F249, it states: “An activity director is responsible for directing the development, implementation, supervision, and ongoing evaluation of the activities program. This includes the completion and/or directing/delegating the completion of the activities component of the comprehensive assessment; and contributing to and/or directing/delegating the contribution to the comprehensive care plan goals and approaches that are individualized to match the skills, abilities, and interests/preferences of each resident.”

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