The life enrichment assistant establishes and encourages an atmosphere of optimism, warmth, and interest in residents’ activity preferences and needs.  They develop a growing knowledge of each person in the community including his/her activity background (previous occupation, hobbies, openness to learning new skills).  They address the various aspects of personal development ~ physical, mental and intellectual, verbal, social, kinship. artistic, musical, sensory (touch, sight, smell, taste, hearing), verbal, and spiritual.