National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW), formally referred to as National Nursing Home Week, begins on Mother's Day and usually is celebrated for the entire week. This is a great time to educate, advocate, and celebrate all of the work, care, and accomplishments that have been made to provide and offer quality of life and quality of care to those who reside in skilled nursing care homes. Recreation and Activity professionals are often given the task of providing all of the events this week, but I remind the reader that this should be something organized and facilitated by ALL departments. I encourage the Recreation and Activity Directors to have a planning meeting with all department heads and assign tasks accordingly. It really should be a team approach.
The 2026 theme for National Skilled Nursing Care Week, May 10-16th, is ““Moments in Bloom”! “Moments in Bloom” reflects how everyday acts of compassion, connection, and teamwork grow into meaningful experiences for residents, families, and staff. It celebrates the idea that big and small moments, when nurtured, can flourish to help residents live life to the fullest and with purpose.
You can head over to the AHCA website and download this year's graphics and tools. Before you leave this page though, scroll down and download my freebies to help you celebrate!
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The 2026 National Skilled Nursing Care Week is "Moments in Bloom". In this free zipped folder, I share some activity worksheets that can help you celebrate this theme. This bundle includes 10 activities: 2 word search puzzles, 2 word scrambles, quotes, 3 coloring pages, a match game and kriss kross! Just download and print! Sign up now to get started!
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This word find has 23 common words used in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). This may be used as part of employee training, inservices, facility contests, family and resident education, and more. Just download and print! Sign up now to get started!
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If you would like additional special event and theme day ideas, please visit my special event/theme day page. You'll find a large variety of ideas and theme-related activities!
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