The innovative Namaste Care program helps facilities provide gentle end-of-life care, especially for residents with advanced dementia. Because of their profound losses, these individuals are often isolated with limited human contact during the final stages of their lives. This new program reveals simple and practical ways for direct care staff to ......
Part of a comprehensive training series, this CD-ROM focuses on hip protectors and how they can prevent often debilitating fractures resulting from falls in older people. It is a useful tool for improving falls prevention and patient safety in long-term care settings, assisted living facilities, and hospitals.
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.
Using a thematic approach to activity programming, this book teaches activity staff and recreation therapy students how to maximize cognition and brain functioning to improve the day-to-day performance of both well elders and those facing illness or disability. It features the Therapeutic Thematic Arts Programming method.
Richard Taylor has a diagnosis of dementia probably of the Alzheimer's type. A former psychologist, he is a champion for individuals with early-stage and early-onset Alzheimer's disease. This work shares his experiences with other individuals with the disease and their caregivers. It offers an insight into his life and the disease.
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.
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.
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.
Based on the work of experienced falls specialist, Rein Tideiksaar, these CD-ROMs cover a range of issues related to the prevention and management of falls in people who are frail or disabled. Each CD-ROM includes PowerPoint[registered] presentations for targeted staff training and relevant assessment forms, checklists, and guidelines.
