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 […]
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“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 […]
Create a Plan & Evaluate It–The Final Steps of DICE
Hello everyone, This week we’ll finish discussing the four steps of DICE. We hope you had a chance to discuss the “Describe” and “Investigate” parts with your staff, and are finding the process helpful as you work to assess and manage behaviors of your residents with dementia. The “C” in DICE stands for “Create a […]
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 […]
Pay Attention to Apathy
Hello everyone, “The squeaky wheel gets the oil” is a well-known proverb. In terms of challenging behaviors, the man running down the hall naked or the woman crying loudly at lunch generally get our attention more quickly than the quiet lady in room 101 who likes to keep to herself and “isn’t any trouble.” In […]
Person-centered Care Plans
Hello everyone, We have spent much time discussing care plans, and how to make them person-centered so that they can effectively guide care and help caregivers address challenging behaviors of residents. We know that many of you use electronic care plans that provide “pre-made” interventions to click off. This can be helpful, but be sure […]
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, […]
Announcing our Free Webinar: Creating Effective Person-Centered Care Plans
Hello everyone, It’s a fairly universal refrain echoed throughout long term care communities across the land: “We can’t stand care plans!” We’ve decided to address this issue head on (misery loves company, right?) and offer a free webinar on August 30th at 11:00 a.m. that will focus on ways to create more practical, effective care plans. […]