Opinion ID: 612642
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Heading: The Activity Director Position

Text: On August 11, 2006, Serednyj was hired as an Activity Director by Dawn Mount, the Executive Director of Beverly's Golden Living nursing home in Valparaiso, Indiana. Prior to that time, Serednyj worked at Beverly two distinct times as a certified nursing assistant (CNA), and both times, she voluntarily quit the position. The duties of an Activity Director are to plan, implement, and participate in morning and/or afternoon activities for the residents at the nursing home facility. During Serednyj's term as Activity Director, she attended morning meetings, conducted exercise classes, developed a monthly calendar, shopped for activities, set up and prepared for activities, assisted residents to and from activities, and planned activities, including bingo, arts and crafts, cooking, and excursions outside the facility. In addition, Serednyj supervised the Assistant Activity Director, who assisted Serednyj with all of her job functions, conducted evening activities, and worked on Serednyj's off days. The execution of Serednyj's duties entailed some physically strenuous functions. These included: (1) transporting residents to activities in either wheelchairs or much heavier geri chairs; (2) rearranging dining room tables for specific activities, and later setting them back into place; (3) shopping for supplies for use in the activities, including bingo prizes, snacks, and drinks, which required her to lift and transport heavy shopping bags; and (4) setting up and maintaining the rather large monthly activity calendar, which required her to stand on a stool and staple the calendar to corkboard mounted on a wall. Other Beverly employees voluntarily assisted her with these functions, including Eric Christe, a physical therapy assistant, other members of the physical therapy department, and other CNAs. The job description for the position of Activity Director includes an Essential Functions heading, a Qualifications heading, and an Other Job Functions heading. Underneath the Other Job Functions heading is a section entitled Physical and Sensory Requirements. These requirements include: [w]alking, reaching, climbing, bending, lifting, grasping, fine hand coordination, pushing and pulling, ability to read and write, ability to communicate with residents and personnel, and ability to remain calm in emergency situations and when handling multiple tasks.