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This DVD provides an excellent overview and introduction to the Validation Method. Using demonstrations by Naomi Feil and Vicki De Klerk working with people diagnosed Alzheimer's-type dementia, both principles and techniques are illustrated. This is a great DVD for those new to Validation as well as students of Validation. A great inservice teaching tool.
What is Validation
Qualities of a Practitioner
Principles
Who are the disoriented old
Resolution
Phase 1: Malorientation
Phase 2: Time Confusion
Phase 3: Repetitive Motion
Phase 4: Vegetation
Validation Techniques: Centering & Calibration
Verbal Techniques: Rephrasing, Open Questions, Polarity, Reminiscing, Ambiguity and Say their emotion,
Content by Elizabeth Galik, RN CRNP and Barbara Resnick, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
When residents refuse care or make poor health choices, nursing assistants find themselves in a difficult position. At some point, all nursing assistants will be confronted with residents who refuse to be bathed, change soiled clothes, take medications, or other necessary care. The challenge for the nursing assistant is to respect the resident's right to make these choices, however still make sure necessary care is provided.
In this DVD, filmed on location at a nursing home, staff identify some frequent reasons for refusing care including: a resident not wanting to do something at particular time of day; resident wanting the same person to always care for them; resident being fearful when approached by strangers; resident needing gentle coaching and reassurance; and, resident having privacy issues. Always document the specific care being refused.
Only by understanding the reasons why care is being refused, can solutions be found. Nursing staff and the social worker offer the following positive suggestions. Always remember the resident has a right to refuse care. Never use physical force to overcome resistance to care, and never address the resident with an angry voice or punitive manner. Encourage resident with positive reinforcement and use distraction, talking about their areas of interest. Always communicate with the team. Identify who has had success with the resident and what they are doing that makes a difference. Working as a team, it is generally possible to find ways to deliver necessary care.
DVD / (Students in health professional programs. Long-term care, assisted living, adult day care, and hospice staff.) / 15 minutes
How protection of residents' rights and respectful care relate to other characteristics of today's long term care environment, including:
1. Increased cultural, ethnic, language, and age diversity
2. More time and work-flow pressure on staff
3. The impact of outside stresses on staff, especially for single parents and employees working two jobs
What residents' rights are and why they are so important in the life and culture of a long term care facility
The specific rights everyone in a nursing home must understand and uphold
What staff, residents, and family members should know about dealing with concerns and complaints early and effectively.
As a result of the ageing population, the aged care sector is growing at a rapid rate. This has led to an increasingly diverse range of occupational opportunities in the provision of home, community and residential services. This interview led program explores the aged care sector, high and low levels of care, changes associated with ageing, positive ageing, and the rights and interests of old people. We talk with residential managers, team leaders and lifestyle co-ordinators as well as researchers experienced in the industry. Ideal for community services related studies at the TAFE level, this program covers the essential elements of the ISC Community services unit of competency, 'Work Effectively with Older People'.
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Australia is experiencing 'population ageing'. Many older Australians are dependent on the care and support of informal care arrangements provided by the family and formal aged care services delivered in the community or in residential aged care homes. Developing and maintaining respectful interpersonal relationships with the client/resident and family through the use of effective and specialist communication skills can achieve successful outcomes of care that promote quality of life in accordance with legislation, regulatory requirements, professional standards and guidelines. This program discusses various methods and approaches carers can utilise when communicating, ensuring a successful care arrangement for everyone involved.
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Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription for the Elderly describes the normal structural, physiological, medical, and psychological changes that occur with aging. The DVD explains the similar effects of aging, disease, and deconditioning. The DVD discusses the pros and cons of exercise testing with the elderly. In addition the DVD details the objectives of exercise programs and how to prescribe exercise that will be safe, effective, and enjoyable for older adults.
Pain is something we all experience and is something that many people fear, especially as they grow older. Long term experiences of pain may well become increasingly common as we head towards an ageing society beset with multiple chronic diseases. It is therefore imperative that medical professionals understand the implications of pain and incorporate appropriate actions to assess and deal with pain into their patient care. This program considers all of these issues and looks broadly at pain management in the elderly. Three pain management experts share their insights with us, examining what pain is, assessment methods and common treatments available.
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Due to any number of physical, social, medical or environmental factors, older adults are often at risk for poor nutrition. Developed to assess nutritional status in older adults, the two-part Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is a valuable resource to identify older adults that are at risk for malnutrition. This DVD demonstrates the assessment process, as well as, how to measure arm and leg circumferences, and compute body mass index. The DVD also documents specific risk factors for older adults, and offers an accurate, age-appropriate assessment that care providers can use to develop an effective nutritional plan for the patient.
Dysphagia, or difficulty in swallowing, can occur as a consequence of aging, or due to physical or cognitive changes. This DVD explains the 4 stages of swallowing, the warning signs of aspiration, and offers care techniques that can be used to reduce the risk of aspiration while hand feeding or tube feeding. The DVD also stresses the importance of good dental hygiene and denture care, body positioning when feeding, and how to select an appropriate risk-reduction intervention.
Effective communication with elderly people living in residential care is the keystone to the delivery of high quality care; care that not only meets the physical needs of patients, but also mental, emotional, social and even spiritual care needs.
This high quality program examines the basic elements of communication and how it can be enhanced to meet the care needs of older people who are living with hearing, vision, speech and cognitive losses.
This program also looks at effective communication methods for those from culturally diverse backgrounds.
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This DVD defines bedridden status, and looks at the role of the caregiver in maintaining comfort levels, and monitoring the resident's overall well-being. It gives tips on how to prevent residents from getting to a bedridden state, and identifies complications that can lead to bedridden status, such as skin breakdown, psychosocial changes, depression, anxiety, and dependence. It discusses contracture (the tightening of muscles in the hands, arms, or legs into a fixed position), and how to prevent it. It also discusses the use of equipment and devices, such as, the hospital bed, booties, splints, and foam wedges.
Caregivers will learn proactive ways to reduce further complications through routine turning, and repositioning, paying attendtion to body position, and managing incontinence.
Developing and maintaining a healthy and well balanced diet is just as important for the elderly as any other age group. For elderly people who can no longer look after themselves, it is of vital importance that adequate meals are provided that will meet the nutritional requirements of this age group.
Nutrition sources, portion size and meal frequency are all covered, as well as strategies for getting older people to eat.
Aged care workers will find this program invaluable when tending to the nutritional and dietary needs of the elderly.
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Elder abuse is a largely hidden problem. As the proportion of elderly people requiring care increases, it is critical that we all understand the different forms elder abuse can take, and what must be done about it.
This program provides an overview of elder abuse, including physical, sexual, financial and psychological abuse and neglect.
It also looks at strategies to protect vulnerable elderly people and appropriate responses by governments, peak bodies and the aged care industry to elder abuse. A vital, encompassing look at a difficult area.
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Mealtime can be the most important part of the day for residents in a LTC facility. Learn new ways to assist the resident. Can be used towards the new federal requirement for training of paid feeding assistants.
Systematic examination of old age is a new field inspired by the unprecedented number of people living long enough to become elderly. Developmental psychologists Paul and Margret Baltes have proposed a model of adaptive competence for the entire life span, but the emphasis here is on old age. Their model SOC (Selection, Optimization, and Compensation) is illustrated with engaging vignettes of people leading fulfilling lives, including writers Betty Friedan and Joan Erikson, and dancer Bud Mercer. Segments of the cognitive tests used by the Baltes in assessing the mental abilities of older people are shown. The Baltes discuss personality components that generally lead to positive aging experiences in this visually and intellectually appealing video.
A Video Guide for Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants in Long-Term Care
Up to half of all long-term care residents suffer from some form of dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease. Their caregivers face many special challenges. Chief among them is properly communicating with residents with dementia in order to meet all of their care giving needs. Caregivers can help by understanding residents' capabilities and limitations, then using that knowledge to help provide individualized care.
During this program you'll learn:
Communication difficulties associated with dementia
Techniques you can use to bridge the communication gap with residents with dementia
1. Verbal strategies
2. Non-verbal communication methods
More and more long term care facilities are offering the option of special end of life care to residents by establishing relationships which bring hospice staff and philosophy into the nursing home. For residents, families and staff this has many advantages. Find out how residents and their families benefit, how the process works, and the positive impact this collaboration provides for everyone.
This DVD includes interviews with members of the Gilchrist Hospice team who regularly provide care in nursing homes. They discuss: the one-on-one care they are able to give residents; how hospice is able to support families; and their role in educating staff on pain management and accommodating end of life wishes.
DVD / (families, long term care staff and students training to work with the elderly) / 16 minutes
A Video Guide for Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants in Long Term Care
44% of all long-term care residents have experienced some form of abuse in their long term care facility. Resident abuse can take many forms, from obvious rough handling to more subtle acts like ignoring a resident's request for care. Abuse is inhumane and illegal, but most of all: it's preventable.
Caring for your residents is your top priority. Residents and their families trust you to help protect them and their health. Understanding the causes of abuse and the impact it can have on residents will help you to be proactive in using strategies for preventing it. Above all, being educated and informed can help you make sure your residents receive the best possible care.
During this program you'll learn:
What constitutes abuse
How to identify risk factors that can increase the likelihood of abuse
If you're like most of your colleagues in facilities across the country, you're looking for ways to keep your nursing staff healthy and reduce workers compensation claims, while maintaining a high level of resident care.
"Resident Transfers: The Safe Way" can help you do all that and more.
This video-based training program starts by addressing the reluctance to use, or use properly, the transfer equipment available in your facility. It focuses on the need to assess residents' physical condition and match the appropriate equipment to the resident's needs.
Finally, it introduces and demonstrates how to use the five most frequently available kinds of transfer equipment: the total lift, sit-to-stand lift, Slipp patient mover, shower chair and walking belt.
With "Resident Transfers: The Safe Way" you can help your nursing staff:
Recognize safe transfers as an important element of good health for nursing staff and residents
Identify the criteria for using each of the five featured transfer aids
Receive a clear demonstration on how to use transfer equipment
Become motivated to reduce, and finally eliminate, the incidence of non-aided transfers
The key to a complete leaning experience will, of course, be hands-on proactive with the transfer equipment in your facility. The video program prepares your staff members to get the most from such practice, and the facilitator guide included with the program makes it easy for you to plan and conduct your session.
"Resident Transfers: The Safe Way" is a must for new-hires and an outstanding refresher for all current members of your nursing staff who transfer or assist residents.
Your residents and their families need to know the residents' legally protected rights. Your staff must understand how their behavior guards or infringes on those rights. You also need to find way to train and educate everyone involved effectively and efficiently.
The comprehensive video training program is:
Produced to complement the health and activity level of your resident population.
Geared for the unique needs of those who live and work in your facility.
The video program introduces residents and their families to their rights. Slice-of-life vignettes show how rights are protected throughout a typical day, while caring interview segments reassure the residents of your staff's attention to their needs.
It takes just twenty minutes for your residents and their families to get a thorough introduction to Residents' Rights. Then, if you wish, use the facilitator's guide to help you plan for and conduct a meaningful discussion session with your viewers.
Your residents and their families need to know the residents' legally protected rights. Your staff must understand how their behavior guards or infringes on those rights. You also need to find way to train and educate everyone involved effectively and efficiently.
The comprehensive video training program is:
Produced to complement the health and activity level of your resident population.
Geared for the unique needs of those who live and work in your facility.
The video program trains your staff members how to fulfil their role as guardian of the Residents' Rights. Clear, how-to instructions spell out what staff members must do, and void doing, during daily interactions with residents.
It takes just twenty minutes for your staff to get a thorough introduction to Residents' Rights. Then, if you wish, use the facilitator's guide to help you plan for and conduct a meaningful discussion session with your viewers.
Content by Elizabeth Galik, RN CRNP and Barbara Resnick, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
Staff in long term care and assisted living are often faced with the dilemma of a resident refusing necessary care. Staff know residents have the right to refuse care but they also fully appreciate the importance of positive health outcomes and quality of life.
Find out how nursing staff prevent confrontations, respect residents' rights and still deliver the necessary care. Their recommendations start with recognizing the importance of building a relationship with a resident, taking the time to find out who the resident is. Finding out about their family and their past interests lets residents know you care about them as a person. This relationship is very likely to ensure you'll be able to provide necessary care.
If a resident refuses care, staff suggest the following. Try coming back a short time later, using a soft voice and a reassuring manner explain why the care is necessary. Some nursing assistants use humor, or offer some type of "bribe/reward," while others use personal conversation as a distraction. If you're not successful, ask someone who knows the resident better to help out. When a resident continues to refuse care, prioritize the importance of the care and decide if it can be provided at a later time. Always document and report specifically what care has been refused. Filmed in a long-term care facility with commentary from: a nurse practitioner, LPNs, nursing assistants, and a social worker.
DVD / (Students in health professional programs. Long-term care, assisted living, adult day care, and hospice staff.) / 15 minutes
Under federal regulations all nursing homes must have a written policy describing resident's rights. For staff providing care, perhaps the best training they can have is hearing the definition of resident's rights directly from the residents themselves. In a series of interviews, residents emphasize that their room is their home. Anyone who enters their room is a guest and should respect their privacy and their choices. A knock on the door, a courteous greeting, knowing personal preferences and offering choices are all included in their comments. They have preferences about activities in which they would like to participate, opinions about going outside, and where they would like to sit. As one resident puts it, "We'd like to control our own destiny, " and this should be accommodated whenever possible.
DVD / (Social workers, Alzheimer's support groups, family caregivers, allied health training, assisted living/day care staff) / 20 minutes
These interviews with long-term care residents should become the standard guidelines for all staff in long term care, assisted living and home care. For these residents, no longer able to do things for themselves, having a nursing assistant provide for their basic needs, is a very difficult situation. Often embarrassed, residents are dealing with feelings of loss of dignity a violation of their privacy and unwelcomed dependency. No elderly person wants someone else to bathe them, help them dress, or change them when they are soiled, but this is what residents must accept once unable to do things for themselves.
Residents ask nursing assistants to understand that loss of function is not easy. They want nursing assistants to know them as an individual, to find out what they are still able to do, and where they need assistance. They want to be as independent as possible and maximize what they're still able to do for themselves. Respecting personal preferences, providing privacy during care and using a manner that doesn't diminish dignity are all important. Residents in this video, speak for themselves and for those who are unable are able to communicate, when they express their desire to be clean and look well kept.
Safety is an issue for all residents. Everyone is fearful of falling as they attempt to go from bed to wheelchair and during other transfers. As the bathroom is seen as a dangerous place, it's not surprising residents want a call bell answered or a person close by if they call. Finally, residents talk about staff attitudes. When staff are critical or unpleasant while providing ADL care, this makes the potentially demeaning situation worse. Residents feel much better about accepting this very necessary assistance if nursing assistants are pleasant and courteous when providing this most personal care.
DVD / (home health aides and nursing staff in long-term care, and assisted living programs.) / 18 minutes
The healthcare staff in a long term care facility plays a major role in encouraging self care, which is an important aspect of holistic and over-all care . Helping to maintain or improve a resident's ability to function is an important part of nursing care. This is accomplished by improving the resident's ability to participate in Activities of Daily Living. This program will teach you and your staff how to effectively encourage self esteem and independence through self care.