About
All About RTC
RTC, Recreation Therapy Consultants, is a leading provider of resources, training, and consultation to health and elder care professionals. Founded in 1986 by Michele Nolta, Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, RTC has enjoyed over 30 years of success.
RTC constantly stays up to date with Federal and State regulations. We provide workshops and seminars throughout America, and have sold over 150,000 books, forms, and CDs for healthcare professionals.
RTC Resources include books for care plans and programs, documentation solutions, computer-ready forms, and invigorating program ideas. More than 12,000 RTC books are on the desktops of healthcare professionals across the country and internationally .
In Memory of Michele Nolta- Creator of RTC
Michele Nolta is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist who has worked throughout her career to improve the lives of older adults. She is the founder and owner of RTC, Recreation Therapy Consultants, located in San Diego, CA since 1986 . Michele has a bachelor’s degree in Recreation Administration from San Diego State University. She has written books and professional articles, designs forms and DVDs, provides consultation services, teaches classes, and presents educational sessions nationwide. Michele’s life was taken way to soon. But we continue to honor her work, educational materials, resources, and books she developed throughout her life.
Michele Nolta’s professional consultation services included coaching, education, and person-directed care for the national movement called culture change. She had credentials and certifications as an educator and as a recreation, activity and dementia specialist. Michele was known for staying up to date with Federal and State regulations. She has traveled extensively to teach healthcare professionals in more than 32 states. Michele has provided education and inspiration to hundreds of care communities and has written bestselling books for the long term care profession.
ACTIVITY CONSULTING AND TRAINING
Cathy Allen, CTRS and Laurie Kjar-Reiss, CTRS
Laurie and Cathy are Certified Therapeutic Recreation
Specialists that have more than 25 years of industry
experience teaching, training, consulting, and managing
healthcare professionals in Adult Day Health Care,
Memory Care, Assisted Living, Independent Living and
Skilled Nursing communities. They are passionate in
leading and developing a workforce that takes pride
providing services that have lasting impact on the lives of
seniors and their families. They are dedicated to training
activity professionals to ensure they develop the
knowledge and skills they need to manage a quality
activity department and program and enhance the quality
of lives for those they serve.
For more than 25 years Laurie and Cathy have been
speakers for state and national activity, recreation and
health care organizations.
Laurie and Cathy co-own Activity Consulting and Training
(ACT) and provide activity consultation and training for
long term care & assisted living communities. They have
been instructors for the California Title 22, 36-hour Activity
Leader Course for the past 28 years.
ACT Training includes keynotes, workshops, seminars and web-based education for health and elder care professionals nationwide. Laurie Kjar-Reiss and Cathy Allen are experienced presenters and educators for all care providers including executive directors and administrators, nurses and caregivers, recreation therapists and activity directors.
ACT Consulting is provided to culture change and healthcare organizations, retirement communities, and skilled nursing centers. We have developed a consultant network comprised of therapeutic recreation specialists and activity professionals who work as consultants and educators nationwide.
In an era when elder care policies and mandates are constantly being changed and updated, RTC’s continual upgrading of existing products reflects our company’s ongoing commitment to delivering creative, powerful, and robust solutions for healthcare professionals.