Hello everyone, Our thoughts are with all of you, your residents, and staff during this stressful time of dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak. You and your staff are likely busy reassuring the nervous loved ones of your residents, reminding staff of infection prevention protocols, and cancelling group outings and activities. With so many changes to […]
Tag: Person-centered care
Tips for how to Integrate Person-Centered Approaches into Care Plans
Hello everyone, Many of you are working on integrating more person-centered approaches into your care plans, and looking for ways that CNAs and other staff can easily access information about the social histories and preferences of residents, which is critical information when caring for people who have dementia. Those “golden nuggets” of information can help […]
Therapeutic Fibbing
Hello everyone, Since we were children, we’ve been taught not to lie to people. But sometimes there are exceptions to this rule. One of them is when we are working with a person who has dementia. In some cases, telling “white lies” helps them to preserve their dignity, allay their fears, and make them feel […]
What To Do When Nothing Else Works
Hello everyone, You’ve tried distractions, music, walking, going outside, changing caregivers and adjusting schedules. Nothing seems to work with this resident who consistently has challenging behaviors related to dementia. Some caregivers may even tell you that they can’t handle the person anymore. What do you do? The answer may just be—YOU. You may be the […]
Tips for Integrating Person-centered Approaches into Care Plans
Hello everyone, Many of you are working on integrating more person-centered approaches into your care plans, and looking for ways that GNAs and other staff can easily access information about the social histories and preferences of residents, which is critical information when caring for people who have dementia. Those “golden nuggets” of information can help […]
“My Story” boards help illustrate residents’ personal histories
Hello everyone, Care communities often have detailed resident assessments that do a wonderful job collecting important information about a resident and their preferences. Unfortunately, these helpful documents frequently stay in a binder or electronic record unlooked at. Team members then miss out on some great information (we call them “gold nuggets”) that can help them […]
Breaking Down Language Barriers
Hello everyone, If you’ve ever traveled to a foreign country where you don’t speak the language, you know how difficult it can be to get directions to a museum or order a meal. Imagine how frightening and depressing it would if everyone around you spoke a different language, but instead of being on vacation, you […]
Does One Hand Know What the Other is Doing?
Hello everyone, Last week we highlighted the importance of communication between caregiving staff and people with dementia. We are also learning about another challenge you face: improving communication between your nursing assistants. While nurses have a change of shift report to update the incoming nursing staff about medical issues with residents, CNAs rarely have the […]
Creating Person-centered Care Plans Webinar
Hello everyone, Based on feedback after our August webinar on creating person-centered care plans, we have developed a “part 2” which will use a case study to illustrate how to develop person-centered care plans that help staff better prevent and manage the challenging behaviors that occur with dementia. This free webinar will be held on […]
Creating Person-centered Care Plans
Hello everyone, For those of you who were able to join us for Thursday’s webinar on Creating Effective Care Plans, thank you! Below is a recording of the presentation (with the slides working this time!) and the slides are also attached if you’d like to print them. The recording is less than 25 minutes long, […]