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Put Downs and Uplifts in Dementia Care
Length: Half-day
Cost: $45 includes continental breakfast and handouts.
CEUs: 3 hours available for Activity Directors, Counselors, Nursing Home Administrators, OTs, PTs, RNs, and Social Workers for an additional $10.00
Registration
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Dates and times:
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January 21, 2009 |
Check-in: 8:00a.m.
8:30a.m. – 12:00p.m.
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Beacon Hill
2400 South Finley Road
Lombard, IL 60148 |
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Description:
In his groundbreaking work on person-centered care, the late Tom Kitwood wrote about attitudes and behaviors by which people with dementia are knowingly or unknowingly depersonalized by their caregivers. He referred to these practices as “personal detractors” and described them as indicators of an old culture of care. Daniel Kuhn and Jane Verity refer to them as “putdowns” in their new book, The Art of Dementia Care (2007). This seminar offers case examples of how putdowns are experienced by people with dementia and how a corresponding set of “uplifts” can promote their well-being. Indicators of a new culture of care will also be described. At the conclusion of this seminar, participants will be able to:
- Understand the principles of person-centered care.
- Describe ways of putting down and uplifting people with dementia.
- Describe indicators of an old and new culture of care.
- View themselves as instruments of vitality and joy to people with dementia.
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Without CEU's - $45
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With CEU's - $55
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