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VIDEO INFORMATION

Supporting the Person Living at Home | Supporting the Person in a Communal Living Environment

Supporting the Person with More Complex Needs | Building Resilience

Video 1

Supporting the Person Living at Home

Approximately 60% of Manitoban’s living with dementia reside in their own home. There is a strong desire for many to remain in their homes for as long as possible. Supporting this goal requires care providers to understand dementia and implement strategies and supports that are person-centered rather than task-focused. A person-centered approach lays the groundwork for more successful interactions, greater consistency and promotes feelings of confidence amongst care providers.

In this 3-part section, we will discuss effective strategies when providing in-home support.

A. Getting in the Door – what to do when someone doesn't recognize they need help.

Featuring: Alzheimer Society of Manitoba Education Team, Emily Kinnaird and Meagan Fitzpatrick

B. Basic Cueing & Communication Strategies – finding the balance between support and independence. Helping the person living with dementia maintain a sense of control.

Featuring: Kelly Tye-Vallis, MS, Speech-Language Pathologist, Deer Lodge Centre, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

C. Safety Considerations – promoting safety and reducing risks for the person living with dementia and their care providers.

a) Understanding Sensory & Physical Changes in Dementia

Featuring: Courtney Denman, OTReg. (M.B.), Regional Manager Education, Extendicare

b) In-home Safety & Wandering

Featuring: Alzheimer Society of Manitoba Education Team – Emily Kinnaird and Meagan Fitzpatrick

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Video 2

Supporting the Person in a Communal Living Environment

As progression of dementia occurs, abilities change and so will a person’s need for increased supports. In many cases, this includes a transition to a more supportive environment such as assisted living, memory care or long-term care. As such, these living environments have seen an increase in care needs among their residents and have worked to increase their capacity to support them as they continue to change. Dementia care education is an essential part of this ongoing capacity building and helps to promote dementia-friendly environments and quality of life for all.

This 3-part section covers:

A. Signs and Common Symptoms of Dementia – how brain changes impact behaviour, common challenges and related strategies.

Featuring: Dr. Cornelia (Kristel) van Ineveld, FRCPC, FCGS, Associate Professor, Geriatric Medicine; Site Medical Director, Geriatrics, St. Boniface Hospital

B. Cueing and Communication: Using a Person-Centred Care Lens – basic and advanced communication strategies.

Featuring: Karen Stobbe, Chief Purpose Officer, In the Moment

C. Building Dementia-Friendly Communities – engaging people living with dementia in activites to promote purpose and meaning.

Featuring: Alzheimer Society of Manitoba Dementia-Friendly Communities Team – Nicole McDonald and Alana Evans

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Video 3

Supporting the Person with More Complex Needs

As the ability to communicate changes, people living with dementia may exhibit certain behaviours as an alternate means of expression. What we know to be a response to something internal or external (‘responsive behaviour’) can present a certain level of conflict and distress for the individual, their families and care providers.

This 3-part section will cover how to look past the symptoms that we see and investigate the source of the behaviour. “What is the person trying to tell us?”

A. Foundations for Understanding Behaviours – setting the foundation of a good behaviour assessment. Considering the person, their abilities, past and present history and context.

Featuring: Alzheimer Society of Manitoba Education Team – Meagan Fitzpatrick and Emily Kinnaird

B. Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia – supporting a person experiencing more complex symptoms including psychosis, delusions, hallucinations and delirium.

Featuring: Dr. Lois Stewart-Archer, RN, PhD, CPMHN(C), Regional Clinical Nurse Specialist, Geriatric Mental Health, Winniepg Regional Health Authority; Rehab, Healthy Aging & Seniors Care Program

C. Person-Centred Approaches to Bathing and Mealtimes – considerations and strategies

a) Better Mealtimes

Featuring: Joyce Klassen, Client Support Coordinator, Alzheimer Society of Manitoba

b) Bathing Methods

Featuring: Sheila Smith, RN, BN, Regional Educator, Long Term Care Program, Winniepg Regional Health Authority

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Video 4

Building Resilience

Caring for people living with dementia can be taxing on physical and emotional well-being. Dementia care is often under-resourced and lacks the recognition it deserves. Caring for ourselves is a necessity to continue providing the best care possible.

This section will discuss building resilience when facing the challenges and complexities of working in and alongside the health care system, which includes:

1. Compassion Fatigue

2. Self-Care

3. Working within a Complex System

4. Changing the Culture of Care

Featuring: Sienna Caspar, PhD, CTRS, Faculty of Health Sciences, Associate Professor, Therapeutic Recreation, University of Lethbridge

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