Training in Supportive Care
Simile provides people with opportunities to come together and discover how they are similar despite their differences.
Our online training program is written primarily for people recently diagnosed with dementia to assist them in a better understanding of their diagnosis and manage their symptoms effectively. It also provides those who offer them support, a deeper understanding of the experience of cognitive impairment.
Instead of dementia, the term cognitive impairment is used as it is preferred by Mike Zuendel – a man diagnosed with dementia. You can read more about his initiative to change the way he is defined by others by clicking on the button below.
Online courses, provide valuable, practical information that both in a supportive relationship can use to reduce stress and isolation, build trust, and continue to enjoy a meaningful life.
Courses follow the Relationship Enhancement Approach to Supportive Care – a proven approach to care for people recently diagnosed with dementia.
This approach highlights the cognitive strengths and abilities of each in a supportive relationship and demonstrates how these strengths and abilities can be used to enhance their relationship with the goal of continuing to enjoy an active, meaningful life.
It's a unique and personal journey through care where people discover how similar they are despite their differences.
Our first single issue course, Responding to Short-term Memory Loss, is coming soon!
To improve the quality of homecare for people who have a cognitive impairment and those who support them through the knowledge and skills offered in the Relationship Enhancement Training Program.
To build a culture of care in Canada where community members have the knowledge and skills they need to support people who have a cognitive impairment and create safe places for them where they can genuinely express themselves.
Beverly Harper, B.A., P.S.W. has conducted extensive research and gained valuable insights from her front-line work as a Personal Support Worker with a variety of different people who have a cognitive impairment in both home and institutional settings. Relationship Enhancement reflects her unique approach to care that incorporates evidenced-based, academic research and experiences from everyday life.
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Our first single issue course, Responding to Short-term Memory Loss, will be available soon!
- from Ulysses by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
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