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Dementia toolkit: information for staff
- Author:
- SOUTH WEST YORKSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST
- Publisher:
- South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 38, 53p.
- Place of publication:
- Wakefield
This toolkit has been developed for staff working with people who have dementia and their carers within South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust (SWYMHT). It can be used to assist staff with planning care, reflecting on practice and decision making within clinical supervision or multidisciplinary team meetings. The dementia toolkit is designed to stimulate ideas about how to best care for people with dementia and their carers, identify skill or knowledge areas that need to be developed and find out what training is available, and become aware of what the research evidence suggests about a particular care approach. Sections cover challenging behaviour, communication, carer stress, the use of validation therapy, the use of structured exercise to improve mobility, cognitive stimulation and Reality Orientation Therapy and reminiscence therapy. Within the sections there are useful tools and case examples to show clearly how research has been used in practice. The section on training shows what is available for staff to improve their skills and is a useful tool in developing a personal development plan as part of the annual Knowledge and Skills Framework process.