Dementia Training to Promote Involvement in Meaningful Activities addresses unmet activity needs among persons with dementia, applying appropriate activity assessment methods, adjusting care routines to include enjoyable activities, and monitoring outcomes related to activity involvement. This evidence-based program includes patient simulations, video presentations, and workplace exercises.
It focuses on the following learning objectives:
- Discuss the CMS activity regulation (F-tag 248) and methods to promote compliance.
- Describe the benefits of individualized activities for older adults with dementia.
- Describe the relationship between individualized activities and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).
- Describe how to select activities based on individual needs, preferences, characteristics, and abilities.
- Describe the benefits of, and methods to implement, each of the following activities: Simple pleasures, wheelchair biking, exercise-based activities, music-based activities, social groups, arts & crafts activities, animal-assisted activities, relaxation-based activities, cooking as an activity, and sensory-based activities.
- Establish team roles to effectively implement and modify individualized activities.
- Describe basic principles for implementing individualized activities.
Here’s what learners who have used this product are saying:
- “It helped me look at activities in a different way that is more beneficial to the residents.”
- “It made me see that there are many different ways to get all staff involved in the daily activities and that activities need to be more resident-appropriate.”
- “This provided GREAT ideas for residents who wanderer, just “sit,” or are anxious… the entire staff can and should be involved with offering activities instead of leaving it up to the nurses to deal with behaviors.”
- “I realized that by improving one area of a resident’s life it flows into many other areas, such as behaviors, relationships, energy level, and mood.”
- “It helped staff think of a different way we can implement new activity ideas with their past interests and individual preferences and how we will incorporate them into their plan of care.”
This CD-based product provides a quality, cost-efficient training opportunity for your staff without them having to leave the workplace. The package may be purchased for $50.00, and it is approved for 9 contact hours of continuing education for nurses through December 31, 2017. To order, send your request to geriatric-education@uiowa.edu. Please include your name, your e-mail address, and your organization’s name and mailing address.
