Features a Life Review process that involves eight one-hour sessions that are organized around Erik Erikson's eight developmental accomplishments, or life stages. This book describes in detail the role of the interviewer (Therapeutic Listener) and of the Life Reviewer. It also includes communication techniques, and counseling techniques.
Drawing from a diverse body of research, this book illustrates the meaning of self and the importance of providing dementia care that recognizes and supports personhood. It provides strategies for restructuring the physical and social environment to facilitate person-centered care.
This innovative care program blends nursing care and meaningful activities to promote peaceful and relaxing end-of-life experiences for older adults with late-stage dementia. The first program created specifically for this hardest-to-serve population, Namaste Care also meets the latest regulatory guidelines for person-centered activity ......
Enjoy the benefits and reduced stress that come from reconnecting people with dementia to lifelong activities they love. Using a strength-based approach, this guide shows step by step how to design meaningful, individualized activities that can be performed by a person with memory loss as independently as possible.
14 training modules designed to help care staff build meaningful relationships with the elders with whom they work. The modules teach caregivers how to refocus their energies away from just providing physical care to providing emotional/spiritual care that comes more from the heart.
Successfully implement this relationship-centered approach to dementia care that builds on the essential elements of friendship—respect, empathy, support, trust, and humor.
For decades the acclaimed Best Friends™ approach has been widely recognized for helping people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias experience meaningful ......
The ""Best Friends"" approach to Alzheimer's care improves the quality of life not only for clients with Alzheimer's disease but also for the staff providing care. Readers can hear stories and ideas from real staff in facilities worldwide who are already implementing the Best Friends approach with their residents.
The Best Friends Daily Planner shows you how simple it is to be a Best Friend to a person with dementia each and every day. This handy and practical book provides you with Best Friends guiding principles and reflection questions, as well as more than 150 quick, easy, and surprising activities to support your caregiving each week. The Best Friends ......
Bring out the best in each person with dementia each day with more than 140 versatile, easy-to-implement ""Best Friends"" activities. The approace means thatanyone on staff can turn any interaction with a resident or client into an activity that satisfies essential physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
