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Meet a Dementia Capable Care Superstar
In this new blog series “Meet a Dementia Capable Care Superstar”, we will introduce you to individuals and organizations who are going above and beyond, to create a dementia capable workforce and to deliver high quality care and services. Let's begin with: Twin Cities Care!
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It’s Time to Talk About Some Tough Stuff
OK, here we go. I am going to interrupt my normal “how to,” information laden blogs with a bit of a rant to hopefully raise awareness and inspire some important advocacy. This is a point of view blog, which feels like it must be shared. I keep coming across situations in my personal and professional life that are so genuinely concerning, I just had to write this. In each case there is a clear need for more awareness, honest discussion, and advocacy for solutions and improvement.
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How to Prevent and De-escalate Distress Behaviors Without Drugs
A required skill for quality dementia care is to be able to prevent and safely de-escalate distress behaviors such as pacing, cursing, threatening, and hitting. None of us want to get hurt on the job or verbally abused, and unfortunately it happens. The key to reducing this risk (and to provide high quality care for those living with dementia), is to make the necessary shift to empowerment, driven by informed and compassionate understandings.
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What are the Key Roles on a Dementia Capable Care Team? – Spotlight on Occupational Therapy for Dementia Care
It takes a village, truly it does, to deliver Dementia Capable care. Dementia Capable Care helps the person to live well with dementia and empowers and supports their loved ones and caregivers. Let’s review the principles and beliefs of Dementia Capable Care that the village will deploy.
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Dementia Staging is Necessary for Quality Dementia Care: Spotlighting Allen’s Model
Why is it so important to assess and identify a person’s stage of dementia? To help understand the answer to that question, I ask you to think about another cognitively compromised group- children- and all the information their developmental age supplies you.
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Effective Ways to Implement Person-Centered Dementia Care, and Why it Matters!
Person-centered care can be simply defined as “Putting the person first.” The person first? “Before what,” you might ask.
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The GUIDE Model Brings New Help for Caring for a Loved One with Dementia at Home: The Challenges and Possibilities
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Preparing the Holidays for People Living with Dementia
Holidays are a time for fun, food, music, decorations, and gatherings of family and friends. Let's discuss some changes people with dementia may experience.
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Have You Ever Wondered?
Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you had dementia? Do you fear it? Questions we must all contemplate.
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How Do I Earn a Dementia Care Specialization?
What is a "Dementia Care Specialist" and why does it matter? We tackle the questions many rightfully ask.
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Building a Dementia Capable Workforce
“With millions of people impacted by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, we must make it our priority to provide compassionate and skilled care.
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Thriving With a Dementia Diagnosis? Yes!
We must work together to alleviate "suffering from dementia" because quality of life with dementia is possible.