Salary

I recently was reading facebook posts related to various salaries for activity staff. I find it pretty sad that many in this profession are only recieving $10.00/hr or less. That is not enough to show that facilities are valuing what we do. If Activity Departments are required by DOH to be in nursing home, and we provide the quality of life for our seniors we work with, as directors, we need to be paid more. I know various states have different costs of living and some are lower and therefore pay in those areas are lower, but $10/hr still seems to be an insult to the profession.