Homes
gear up for supportive measures education
By the end of 2007, all of OMNI’s approximately
1,500 employees will experience a training program that
will no doubt enhance the level of care residents receive
but likely help them grow as employees and as people.
Supportive measures has already made an impact across
the organization over the past six years. Hundreds of
employees have been exposed to training and so many
residents have benefited from the increased quality
of life supportive measures brings.
Supportive Measures is a practice whereby caregivers
focus on individual needs and preferences of residents
living with Alzheimer disease or related dementia. By
identifying factors that trigger resident agitation,
Supportive Measures can be put in place to remove many
of these factors from the resident’s daily life.
Behaviour mapping, medication mapping, and the use of
resident assessments to determine resident needs, strengths
and preferences are all part of the supportive measures
discipline. It's all about focusing on each individual,
their preferences and their life experiences. By paying
close attention to the whole person medications can
be reduced and quality of life enhanced.
Staff members experienced in using supportive measures
techniques say the interventions can be successfully
applied to residents with other diagnoses.
The 53 employees who completed this past summer training
to make them supportive measures educators will meet
this week to hear details of how they’ll roll
out the training program in their respective homes.
It’s all part of OMNI’s goal to have everyone
trained by the end of 2007. When the power of supportive
measures spreads throughout each home, they will be
better places for residents to live, family members
to visit and people to work. |
STORIES
Supportive
measures ‘accommodate’ residents’
previous lifestyles
November 24, 2006
One Springdale Country Manor resident prefers a shower
in the morning instead of an evening bath. Full
Story
Home uses dining room
as supportive measures teaching tool
November 23, 2006
Almonte Country Haven employees will be receiving hands-on
training in supportive measures with the creation of
a dining room specifically for residents who have frontal
lobe dementia. Full
Story
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