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August 2012
www.dbmas.org.au
1800699799
Helping Australians with dementia, and their carers
New DBMAS outreach behaviour advisor
for Alice Springs NT: Peter Donohoe
Peter comes to the NT from NSW where he has previously worked as a Psychogeriatric Nurse. He is looking forward to working in the NT and we welcome him to Alice Springs. Peter can be contacted through NT DBMAS 1800699799 for client referral, support, advice where the behaviour of the person living with dementia impacts on care provision.
Life History In the last issue we talked of the value of knowing a Person’s life story to help with individualising our care and relating to the person with dementia
GETTING TO KNOW THEM
Here are some ideas for gathering this information
This is me: a template and guide to writing a life album for someone to take with them to hospital or respite so people know who they are
http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?fileID=849
Creating a life story book using Powerpoint: a template and guide to creating a powerpoint which can be printed into a book about the person with dementia by family or carers
http://www.alzscot.org/pages/info/life_story_book.htm
Whats on : NT DBMAS 2012 Psychogeriatrician NT
Visits: Professor Morris
August 13th – 17
th
November 12th
– 16th
Outreach visits WA DBMAS 2012 Available for client review
& education. Please
contact 1800699799
August : Geraldton and
Broome
September : Kimberley
(with NT DBMAS)
October: Pilbara
November : York and
Northam
Our DBMAS staff located in
Bunbury will be visiting the towns
in the south west of the state.
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Name: _________________________________ Skin Name: ____________________________
Gender: Male Female
Home Country: Place of birth: _____________________________ Date of Birth/Age:______________________________________
Country grew up in: _____________________________________
Country/Community living in now: _________________________
Languages – talk : _____________________________________
Family – Kinship Tree
Wife/Husband – children – grandchildren- parents – Sisters – brothers
(which people are avoidance relationships(poison cousins)) or other relevant information re kinship
Remember different groups have different structures for significant people in caring/ decision making roles. Be aware of not speaking a deceased person’s name.
The person to talk to about my care is _________________________.
I live with ____________________ at _____________________ they/she/he is ____________________to me.
Special cultural items: eg: totems (if want to record or talk about)
__________________________________________________ Schooling: Yes No To what year level if known: _______
Can you read: Yes No A B C D …..
Can you write: Yes No
Work History: What did you do when young person?
Stockman
Cook Cleaner
Look after people
Collect food Truck Driver
Ceremony
Artist Work at council
Teacher
What other things did you like when you were younger?
Horses
Cattle Walking
Hunting
Playing cards Drinking
Visiting family
Ceremony Singing
Going to church
Making baskets Painting
Smoking/chewing
Brothers/sisters
?avoidance
Person with
dementia
children
children
grandchildren grandchildren
Husband/
wife
Brothers/sisters
?avoidance
children grandchildren
Niece/nephew
Niece/nephew
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Answer: 98 seconds. The last cut separates 2 lengths so only 49 cuts are needed to get 50 lengths of ribbon.
NT Behaviour Advisor Stephanie Charlesworth attended a STAND- UP for dementia Course in NSW with FS trainer Jo Beare
HA HA HA
No it’s not a joke! It is a new therapy that is being implemented
by NTDBMAS and frontier services training. It is based around a
humour therapy course put together by Southern Cross
University and stand-up comedian Mandy Nolan.
The course came about by accident where Mandy thought she
was running a programme for carers and instead she was faced
with a group of people with dementia, remarkably over eight
weeks the programme invented itself with good results.
The programme is based around engaging people with
dementia in eight sessions of short role plays utilising simple
prompts. At the end of the 8 weeks a performance was held as a
finale, with a limerick cited for each resident which had been developed over the 8 weeks with input from the
participants.
The first of the programmes has been run at Tracy Aged Care in Darwin and consisted of a group of 12 residents
all with various abilities, attributes and levels of dementia. All of the residents engaged in amazing ways and
were ready and eager to take the centre stage in the role plays.
Spontaneous dialogue from participants surprised and entertained all
involved. For example: during a role play of returning a library book after
3 years overdue, the librarian was told as an excuse “I’m a very slow
reader”!!! and this statement was accepted and role play concluded with
other participants clapping and laughing.
The aim is to continue to implement the programme throughout the NT
with service providers trained to continue with this form of humour
therapy as part of their lifestyle program.
If you are interested in learning more about this form of diversional
therapy, please contact NT DBMAS 1800 699799.
Lateral Thinking Puzzle
A woman has to cut a roll of ribbon into one metre lengths. If it takes her
two seconds to measure and cut a length and the whole roll is fifty
metres long, how long will it take her to do it?
The unwanted gift
The proposal
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Training & information opportunities:
Interactive Workshop for Health Professionals and Care Workers
Aggression Management in dementia
Facilitated by visiting consultants from DBMAS VIC
Dr Samantha Loi Old-Age Psychiatrist
Melissa Kettle Manager DBMAS Vic
Lyn Robb RN Behaviour Consultant
The Airport resort – Darwin Crowne Plaza – Alice Springs
Monday 27th
August 2012 Friday 24th
August 2012
8.30am: Registration 11.00am registration
9.00am - 1pm 11.15am – 3.45pm
Lunch 1.00pm - 1.30pm including light lunch
RSVP to: NT DBMAS 0889825202
by Friday 17th AugustNo Cost
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