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Dementia and the family: activities and guidance for families and carers
- Author:
- JOHNSTONE Rachel
- Publisher:
- Southgate Publishers
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 96
- Place of publication:
- Crediton
This book is about helping families to live well with dementia, and to care for, and about, a loved one with dementia. It contains more than 160 intergenerational activities designed to spark memories, stimulate engagement, and encourage interaction, focusing on loved one’s capabilities and interests. Activities are organised by themes, including: reminiscence trips and activities, games, arts, crafts and music, relaxation exercise and outside home, food and shopping. This resource can be used in care homes and memory cafes and by people working in day services and voluntary organisations. It include sections on: how to talk to children about dementia, how memory works, creating a dementia-friendly home, communicating with loved one, why stimulation and activities are so important to a person with dementia, and how to design inter-generational, dementia-friendly activities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Older people, well-being and participation: learning resources based on collaborative research
- Authors:
- BARNES Marian, GAHAGAN Beatrice, WARD Lizzie
- Publishers:
- University of Brighton, Age UK Brighton & Hove
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
The handbook accompanies films made as part of an ESRC funded participatory research project on well-being in older age. The research was carried out by a team of older people, university researchers and a voluntary sector manager. The handbook provides detailed explanations of the issues explored through the acted scenarios. It also lists questions that can used to reflect more on these issues, and suggests where you can go for more information. (Edited publisher abstract)
Assessment and management of risk in adults and older people
- Authors:
- TITTERTON Mike, SMART Helen
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 200p.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The most pressing concern a professional faces when working with vulnerable individuals is that of making decisions concerning risk. Professionals are increasingly called upon to justify and account for the judgements that they make concerning the safeguarding and welfare of adults and older people. This pack provides a step-by-step guide for trainers working with care professionals to effectively deal with risk decisions concerning the safeguarding and welfare of adults and older people. The training comprises 4 modules, each based on a specific stage of the risk assessment and management programme: positive risk taking; risk assessment; risk management; and putting it all together. The modules are broken down into training sessions which include case studies, exercises and handouts to support the presentation material and training notes. The theory behind the training contests the negative understandings of risk found in professional practice, policy and research, and proposes positive concepts that embrace risk enablement. It seeks to promote principles based on the rights of people at risk of harm to make choices about risk and risk taking. The pack includes a CD-Rom containing trainer’s notes, handouts, and a ringbinder with colour laminated dividers.
A resource pack for working with older prisoners
- Author:
- NACRO
- Publisher:
- NACRO
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The pack is aimed at wing-based prison staff, disability liaison officers and peer support workers so that they can implement good practice ideas and set up activities where they work. It is made up of four main sections: background to what it is like being an older person in prison; health and healthy ageing; good practice ideas, focusing on improvements that can be made to the prison environment, activities, health and social care and resettlement. The last section provides information and advice, which includes useful contact details. All sections can be removed and photocopied. The pack also includes two resource and activity discs. The pack updates a previous version originally published in 2005.
Finding your way: explorations in communication
- Author:
- ALLAN Kate
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 159p., 4 booklets
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This training and development pack is the culmination the author's work looking at how staff can support people with dementia in expressing their views of services. As well as supporting staff in exploring communication in everyday life and usual care practice, it provides a guide, ideas and resources for beginning and developing service use consultation work.
Dementia care training manual for staff working in nursing and residential settings
- Author:
- WALSH Danny
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 240p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource book encourages front-line staff working with dementia sufferers in nursing and residential settings to examine their working practice and modify it to where appropriate to meet best practice guidelines. Packed with photocopiable training exercises, discussion points and questions to prompt care workers to reflect on their style of work, this practical training manual also provides a framework for care work in line with statutory requirements and national training standards. It can be used as a self-training guide by carers, who can work through it at their own pace or under the supervision of a colleague, or by trainers running structured courses on good practice in dementia care. It is also suitable as a quick reference in daily practice.
Accident prevention in residential and nursing homes: a training pack for use in the workplace with staff specialising in the care of older people
- Author:
- REILLY Mary
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 84p., 38 transparencies
- Place of publication:
- London
A training pack including 39 OHPs for use in the workplace with staff specialising in the care of the elderly.
Assessing quality of life in specialist housing and residential care: a workbook for housing providers
- Authors:
- RISEBOROUGH Moyra, JONES Adrian
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This workbook will help specialist housing and care providers assess systematically how far a particular setting contributes to the quality of life of residents, and will provide the evidence providers need to make improvements and adjustments. Divided into five sections, the workbook takes readers through the whole process - from planning how the quality of life assessment might be done, to creating an action plan for future improvements. The workbook includes: an indication of the resources needed to run quality of life assessments; instructions for staff and interviewers; a questionnaire, which can be completed by provider staff; a checklist that captures the key physical ingredients of the building and facilities; an analytical framework which providers can adapt to analyse the responses; a feedback form for staff to complete; and tips and suggestions on how to get the most out of the workbook and the quality of life method.
An induction pack for care home staff (transitions): for front-line staff of care homes
- Authors:
- CHAPMAN Alan, KILGOUR Jim, WILLLIAMSON Margaret
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 144p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Effective induction of staff is recognised as a vital component of providing safe care and of establishing a competent workforce. Education and training provision could be used as appropriate to provide learning support. There are also learning programmes, intended as an early or pre-employment introduction to social care that should contribute to induction but have a different role - acting as part of the bridge between school and employment. The induction standards are set out to provide a description of the minimum understanding required for social care work in care homes. The frontline workplace manager is responsible for adding areas of work particular to the worker’s role and for deciding the level of understanding required for that role. Standards are set out minimum understanding they readily link to the NVQ level 2 that is the minimum qualification used within the sector.
The successful activity co-ordinator: a learning resource for activity and care staff engaged in developing an active care home
- Authors:
- HURTLEY Rosemary, WENBORN Jennifer
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 250p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
The second edition of this pack contains information, ideas and resources for those engaged in activities and leisure pursuits with older people in residential, nursing and care homes. It contains new material on the effects of bereavement; the significance of spirituality; falls; learning in older age; positive person work; multisensory stimulation; outings and social activities, spiritual activities; engaging people with dementia in activity; promoting physical activity; and involving relatives and the wider community.