How many hours per week is required for an activity coordinator/director in a skilled nursing facility?
There are no hours defined by Federal regs. The Fed guidelines state the department “will be directed by” but do not state full time or not. State regs vary in their definition. In NJ, the regs define how many activity hours are required per resident but it does not specify director hours. In many states, there are no specific hours cited – the regs just say a qualified person will be responsible and the hours will be “adequate”. Sorry I am not much more help than that. __________________________ Question: Where do you go on the Internet for the broadcast of the new activities web. Also I need to do some CEU’s from home, my facility don;t send us to workshops and I worked hard to get my ADC and don’t want to loose it thanks. Answer: You need to go to the CMS (Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services) web site. http://cms.internetstreaming.com/ You need to sign up for an account and then it will let you in. Then you sign up to view the CMS training on the web site. It is free. There ar
