The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling: A Practical Resource for Carers of People with Cognitive Impairment Fourth ... of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides)

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Body language may be inappropriate and may not always be coherent, but can use simple language skills. The three steps to introducing the philosophy into a care setting are vision, education and implementation. The Eden Alternative UK offers education, national and in-house training and supports staff teams to achieve these steps. A therapeutic approach Hurtley, R. and Wenborn, J. (2005) The successful activity co-ordinator: A learning resource for activity and care staff engaged in developing an active care home, London: Age Concern Books. The CLIPPER assessment tool was developed by Jennie Powell (2007). It considers 41 activities that could occur during a typical day. Caregivers note which activities occur, how often, and how the person seems to feel about each activity.

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Practitioners can learn to provide CST for people with dementia by following the CST manual by Spector et al (2006) or attending CST training (see www.cstdementia.com). An emphasis on philosophy

Can plan to carry out an activity, hold the goal in mind and work through a familiar sequence; may need help solving problems. Activities need to be broken down and presented one step at a time, multisensory stimulation can help hold the attention. More interested in the making or doing than the end result, needs prompting to remember purpose, can get distracted.

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Aware of others in the group and will work alongside others although tends to focus on own activity. National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People. ‘Activity allsorts’ (includes 101 things to do). London: NAPA. Powell, J. (2007) Care to communicate: Helping the older person with dementia, (2nd edition), London: Hawker. This book includes the CLIPPER assessment tool with forms to photocopy.

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Is aware of appropriate interaction, can chat coherently and is able to use complex language skills.