Dementia care
The benefits CR is invaluable in the sense of wellbeing, hope and purpose it provides for individuals with dementia. It keeps people functionally more able for longer, which is important not only to themselves but also to family and to the level of support services they may require. It is easy to disable people and do too much for them in a care setting. If you can keep them doing what they can do, it results in better use of staff time, more job satisfaction for staff, and a better reputation for the care home that can be shared with family members and key stakeholders.
This approach runs counter to the belief that people with dementia are on a downward spiral. CR represents new thinking - that people can improve with the right approaches, that therapy and rehabilitation does work, and it can help maintain people’s abilities for longer. In order to deliver the full GREAT CR
programme, training is required. Health and social care professionals will soon be able to undertake the free online course on the NHS eLearning Hub – which will enable them to be a recognised GREAT CR practitioner.
References 1. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers, June 2018,
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng97
2. Royal College of Psychiatrists, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP),
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/ improving-care/ccqi/quality-networks-
Jackie Pool
Jackie Pool is dementia care champion at health social care consultancy QCS. Jackie plays an integral role in helping QCS create a progressive best practice dementia strategy for social care providers. QCS also fully supports Jackie to further advance her innovative PAL Instrument, which QCS has acquired. Prior to joining QCS, Jackie was director of memory care at Sunrise Senior Living UK. Jackie also works in academia, where she’s a researcher at the Universities of Manchester and Exeter. Jackie is also a visiting lecturer at the University of
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3. Alzheimer’s Society, My Life My Goals, September 2021
https://www.alzheimers.
org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-09/my- life-my-goals-workbook.pdf.
4. QCS, Digital Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument, 201 https://www.qcs.
co.uk/digital-pool-activity-level-pal- instrument/
Winchester. Jackie is also a speaker, author and multi-award winner. In 2020, she was also recognised by NAPA for her outstanding career contribution.
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