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Online Dementia Journal November 2018
In Thiis Issue Special Times for Special People by Teepa Snow MS, OTR/L, FAOTA Special Times for Special People Lauren with a Side of Lewy
As we prepare for the First Annual PAC Conference closing of another year and November Meditation as the holidays are approaching, it's a good The Memory Activity Book time to do a check-in! Keep Calm and Brush On! Before we get revved up for Miracle Pill a round of holiday activities, festivities, and Stop in the Name of the...Law! commitments, consider how Breathe your partner is doing, how your support system is Preparing for an Intergenerational functioning, and most importantly, how you are Celebration doing. What You Can Do With the Strength As dementia progresses and we find our partner is of PAC still with us, yet remarkably different, we will want to To Read Is to Voyage Through Time do more frequent pauses and reassessments of New Short and Sweet Training how each of us is looking, sounding, moving, Sessions with PAC Content! feeling, and doing. Taking a step back and estimating time use, energy use, and satisfaction is NEW: Education Kits critical prior to embarking on old holiday traditional activities, planning additional special events, or gathering large groups of people together for Webinars Now interactions. Available
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Lauren with a Side of Lewy by Lauren U, PAC Core Team
I've been struggling a bit to find a topic for this month. So often now I find I have little to say.
My thoughts seem to be erased from my mind. It's not that I am not paying attention or trying to connect, it just takes a level of concentration that is often beyond my Coping with reach. The details are less and Ruby Distress less important. "I don't care" is in my head more frequently. Working with someone who has only gross motor skills and big Read or download the complete article m ovem ent s can frustrate many people, so we still try to use words and gestures, and tasks that have little or no meaning for the person we are trying to help. In this session, we will work on adapting our efforts to better match what we are noticing and offer care in ways that are less confusing, overwhelming, and distressing.
Creating Pleasure with Rubies
When working with someone in a Ruby state, it is vital to appreciate little whispers, movements, and signals. Creating pleasure will not always result in the BIG win, but it can have some amazing results, when your expectations change. This session will help you consider that option.
Brain Fitness for All of Us: What's Out There That Might Help?
In this session, we will explore risk reduction strategies and the test thinking on what we can do to keep our brains as fit and healthy as possible, whether we live with dementia or support others who do so. By the end of this session, there should be at least one thing you can First Annual PAC Conference choose to do that could help you Gaining a Positive Approach to Dementia maintain your brain.
Dementia is a state of mind Click here to view the library of Respect the state I'm in on-demand webinars
Upcomiing Events
November 17th-19th, 2019 will bring the first annual PAC Conference to Raleigh, NC!
Many of the details are still pending, but be sure to hold the dates. We will let you know when we plan November 18, 2018 to open registration. Educational Day East Hills, NY Read or download the complete article November 20, 2018 PAC Coach Certification Stratford, ON
Meditation November 27, 2018 by Linn Possell, Educational Day PAC Speaker and Mentor Waterville, OH
November 29, 2018 "A bird does not sing PAC Trainer Certification because it has an answer, Naples, FL it sings because it has a November 30, 2018 song." Chinese proverb Educational Day Lexington, KY Recently I spoke to a woman living with dementia about her December 4, 2018 Educational Day experience with her Oakville, ON community of faith. The story she told is, unfortunately, not December 5, 2018 unique, but it is one that we Educational Day need to take notice of and listen to carefully. Her Warren, MI story is that when she had a stroke and needed to December 6, 2018 be in a wheelchair, she was treated differently in her PAC Trainer Certification faith community. No one spoke to her, not even the Chicago, IL pastor. When she inquired about this with the pastor, he asked, "What would you like us to say?" December 6, 2018 Educational Day That may sound like a simple question, but in fact, it Okemos, MI is a sign of a deeper issue. December 10, 2018 Read or download the complete article Live Webinar: Bathing Challenges Virtual Event
December 11, 2018 The Memory Activity Book Educational Day by Helen Lambert, Seattle, WA Occupational Therapist, Cofio Dementia Training January 3, 2019 Educational Day Aiken, SC
January 11, 2019 Having qualified as an OT in Educational Day Winchester, VA 1991, I have spent most of my working life in the January 16, 2019 National Health Service in a Educational Day variety of clinical settings Wichita Falls, TX including mental health and January 22, 2019 learning difficulties. In 2001, Educational Day a colleague and I were San Jose, CA tasked with creating training for staff working within social January 28, 2019 care, residential and nursing homes, and home PAC Coach Certification care workers. My passion for dementia care Birmingham, AL education was born and continues to grow. January 28, 2019 PAC Trainer Certification In 2016, I made a monumental decision to leave the Cary, NC NHS and set up my own training company, Cofio Dementia Training. (Based in South Wales, "Cofio" More... is Welsh for "Remember"). This has opened the door to many exciting projects, including writing a book.
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Keep Calm and Brush On! Part One by Polly Logan, D.D.S., PAC Executive Assistant Learn more about and Publications Administrative Coordinator the Purple Angel
As we well know, it can be challenging for many of us in a Sapphire state to remember to brush and Do you have a floss as much as we should! story to share? With the progression of dementia, oral hygiene tasks such as toothbrushing, flossing, mouth rinsing, and denture care become extremely challenging. However, the lack of oral hygiene is only one reason for mouth problems in dementia care. The most commonly seen oral problems in individuals living with dementia are mouth sores, tooth decay and abscess, broken teeth, periodontitis (gum disease), and issues with dentures. Why does this occur? Let us know how PAC has helped you!
Read or download the complete article This is an open invitation to all people living with dementia, care partners, and professionals.Your stories help us learn and grow. We cannot do Miracle Pill what we do without you! by Clarke Pollard, Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Support Network and PAC Mentor Contact us today if you would like to submit an article or video for the Online Dementia Journal.
What if there was a pill that would control aggressive and dangerous behaviors of Alzheimers patients? What if this magic pill would take an "agitated, demented patient" and turn them into a little lamb? Wouldn't that be a miracle?
Would it? Personal Care (Bathing, Dressing) for GEMS States November 19 @ 10:30a ET Jim was an ironworker in Pittsburgh for 45 years. His hands are cracked and covered in calluses. "I Want to Go Home!" Since retirement, he has stayed busy working on November 26 @ 2:30p ET his home's plumbing and irrigation systems, Medications & Mealtime Concerns digging up and moving fruit trees so that they are and Options for GEMS States positioned in their optimal locations in his yard, and December 3 @ 10:30a ET working on the transmission of his '67 Stingray. Ask Teepa Anything - Live on Read or download the complete article Facebook December 5 @ 7:00p ET
Bathing Challenges - Exploring OUR Role For a Person Who Communicates Disagreement or Distress with Actions More Than Words December 10 @ 3:30p ET
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Stop in the Name of the Law! Dementia in the Courtroom
Coming early in 2019...You have not seen Positive Approach® to Care (PAC) offer this content before!
Often, when dementia enters the picture, independence and ability come into question and can even find their way into the courtroom. Families Would you like your staff to and those living with dementia can fall apart when be able to learn from Teepa finances and legal issues get crowded into the Snow, 24/7? picture with dementia. Pines of Sarasota Read or download the complete article Education and Training Institute is now offering Teepa Snow programs on its Group Training Website!
Each of your staff members can get their own online video account, with videos selected by you!
Be their "Online Group Leader" and monitor their activity, course completion, and quiz results* (where applicable).
Dementia in the Courtroom Click below to learn more!
Breathe by Diane Slovin, PAC US Public Certifications Program Director
Breathing, we all do it...am I right? Obviously, we all breathe, but it turns out that how we breathe and when we do or do not breathe can have a huge effect on many other things going on in our bodies.
So, what happens when we breathe? You bring oxygen into your body, right?
The dictionary definition says that breathing is "the process of taking air into and expelling it from the lungs." So, yes, breathing is the process of moving air into and out of the lungs to bring in oxygen and flush out carbon dioxide. As it turns out, there's so much more going on in our bodies when we inhale and exhale than we can imagine. Be Brave Enough To Start A Read or download the complete article Conversation That Matters
CLICK HERE To Learn More Preparing for an About Intergenerational Celebration Caring Conversations and the Caring Conversations by Olivia I. Nolan, Future PAC something, and her Tool Kit mother Beth A. D. Nolan, Ph. D., PAC Research, Grants, and Policy Lead, Mentor, and Speaker Click Here to Holidays are a favorite for many families, and ours is no Download different. My mom says that without time, planning, and lots Teepa's Tips of patience, they can also be for the Holidays stressful. So, when we planned Thanksgiving with grandpa, we decided that planning was our best weapon against stress and the best way to make a memory. Using Teepa's plan for making visits positive, we laid out our Thanksgiving dinner. The plan pretty much breaks down like this: pre-visit planning, then what to expect and try to do during the visit.
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What You Can Do With the Strength of PAC Teepa Snow, by Matthew Christopher, CPTA, Today's Voice for Director of Rehab, PAC Certified Independent Trainer and Coach Dementia
The past three years have felt Teepa is an advocate for those like I have been walking living with dementia and has through a fog, looking for a made it her personal mission light to guide me or a sign that t o help families and I was headed the right way, professionals better understand how it feels to be feeling like I was missing something that could help to living with dementia related improve my skill set. Little did I challenges and change. Her company, Positive Approach, know that the small light that was presented to me in the LLC was founded in 2005 and distance was going to offers education to family and professional care partners all become an inferno in my soul that would bring me to where I am today. Surrounding that inferno that I over the world. Her goal? was drawn to was Positive Approach to Care Making a difference...one mind at a time. (PAC)!
I had been looking for a new direction, something that would give me new skills, and the tools to be able to put them to good use. When the company I PAC Training increases work for came to me and asked if I would accept awareness, knowledge, the task of becoming dementia certified to train our and confidence among staff, little did I know that it was the flame I saw in care staff and educates the distance. resident families. Read or download the complete article Call 877-877-1671 To Read Is to Voyage Through Time or by Susan Ostrowski, email us!
Director, Reading2Connect
Parallel to the growing interest in brain fitness, studies on the Click Here to access benefits of recreational reading the Online Dementia have been popping up in numerous publications. Journal archives! Research shows that leisurely reading keeps our brains sharp and helps us understand different points of view. If reading is beneficial for adults without cognitive impairment, then we may assume that reading is also beneficial for people living with dementia (PLwD).
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You Asked For It, You Got It! Need Short and Sweet Training Sessions with PAC Content? It's Here!
Teepa has heard the cries for short in-service trainings that provide Positive Approach® to Care content, so here it is! She has taken time to write up short training session scripts that go along with the PAC Skills Make the Difference DVD.
PAC Skills Make the Difference
Using the Adult Experiential Learning Cycle that our PAC Certified Independent Trainers use, Teepa has created mini-session scripts that will help you get more out of your DVD experience.
This combination of the specific content in PAC Skills Make the Difference plus Teepa's handcrafted scripts break the 55-minute DVD into 14 sessions. They will be an engaging and impactful use of those 10-20 minute in-services that can otherwise be dull and drab!
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PAC Launches New Education Kits by Deborah Tyler, OT, PAC Client Relationship Director
"I have dementia training required for my Memory Care Staff!"
"I have a new employee who needs to have four hours of dementia education by Friday!"
"Do you have quizzes and certificates to go with your videos?"
"I have staff in different locations, and it's hard to get them together to watch any dementia videos!"
These are some of the questions and situations posed regularly to the PAC Team who answers phone and email inquiries. In response to this, PAC developed some Education Kits which are neatly and affordably packaged to contain streaming video content, initial licensing, certificates of completion, pre/post assessments, and additional materials that can be printed for reference; essentially everything a facility or organization might need to do some introductory dementia-awareness work with their staff.
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