Training in Supportive Care
Simile Offers people diagnosed with dementia and those who care for them the opportunity to discover how they are similar despite their differences when they develop an enhanced relationship.
Enhanced Relationships are based on feelings instead of knowledge and ideas. They are effective because feelings remain intact despite the presence of cognitive impairment (dementia).
So, how do you connect with someone through feelings? This is what the courses in the relationship enhancement training program will help you discover.
Relationship Enhancement addresses the experience of cognitive impairment (dementia). Courses have been designed for people recently diagnosed with dementia and those who support them – their spouses/partners and caregivers.
You’ll gain valuable, practical information to reduce your stress, connect better with others and reduce isolation as you continue to participate in meaningful activities at home and in your community.
The training program follows the Relationship Enhancement Approach to Care – a proven approach to care for people who have been diagnosed with dementia.
A person’s feelings and how they cope with their feelings is central to this approach. When someone feels supported to explore, learn and discover new ways to adapt and cope with their changing circumstances (Whitehouse, 2008), they feel more in control and less stress.
If you have recently been diagnosed with dementia and are looking for personalized care, Relationship Enhancement offers you and those who care for you the opportunity to take a journey through care together that is unique and personal for each of you. And, along the way you’ll discover how similar you are despite the changes cognitive impairment (dementia) brings.
Instead of dementia, we use 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.
Take our first single issue course, Responding to Short-term Memory Loss, available now and free for a limited time!
To improve the quality of homecare for people who have cognitive impairment and those who care for them through the knowledge and skills offered in the Relationship Enhancement Training Program.
To create a culture of care in Canada where community members have the knowledge and skills they need to engage in supportive, enhanced relationships and create safe places for people who have a cognitive impairment allowing them to learn, adapt and connect with others in their communities.
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, is available now and free for a limited time!
- from Ulysses by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
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References
Peter J. Whitehouse, St. Martin’s Press, New York, NY, ©2008
Talking to Alzheimer’s, Claudia J. Strauss, New Harbinger Publication, Inc.,Oakland, CA, © 2001
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