Positive relationships begin with people enjoying one another. This title features nine group exercises and more than 30 informal mini-exercises, which cover broad topics such as individuals' backgrounds, personal preferences, and social history. Its activities can be used in long-term care settings, adult day centers, and senior centers.
Bed safety is a critical component of an effective falls management program - 30 per cent to 50 per cent of all falls occur in the bedroom. This CD-ROM assists in training staff to understand the fall risks associated with beds and bed transfers and to effectively use strategies for increasing bed safety. It includes a PowerPoint presentation.
Designed to monitor movement in older adults that need assistance, exit alarms alert staff to hazardous situations and allow for timely interventions with older adults at risk for falling. This CD-ROM teaches staff about the procedures for using a variety of exit alarms, including pressure-sensitive pads, pull cords, and postural change alarms.
Provides information on implementing a post-fall assessment program and decrease the risk for subsequent falls at your long-term or acute care facility. This training CD-ROM aims to help staff identify factors responsible for falls in older adults and adapt fall prevention strategies to meet individual needs.
Frequently left undiagnosed and untreated, foot problems can result in pain, limited mobility, increased risk for falling, reduced levels of activity, and lower overall quality of life for residents. This work helps direct care staff understand common foot problems, practice preventive foot care, and recognize conditions that require treatment.
Activities for People with Early Memory Loss, Volume One
These 70 engaging activities will stimulate the minds, memories, and senses of older adults. Designed especially for individuals with early memory loss, the short, one-page worksheets strengthen brain functioning, promote social interaction, and provide hours of meaningful enjoyment.
Designed specifically for memory-challenged adults, this book meets the important need to communicate with the meaningful activity for people with dementia or other memory disorders. It includes topics that relate to adult life experiences. It is intended for family caregivers, residential facilities, adult day services, chaplains, and others.
This book shows administrators and directors how to develop programs that help families adapt to the experience of having an older family member living in a long-term institutional care setting. It recognizes that families continue to be involved in various ways in the lives of relatives who no longer live at home.
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.
