“ Come to your senses about dementia” Ageing suit experience
“ Come to your senses about dementia”
Ageing suit experience
Promoting Excellence Dementia Training
Dementia SpecialistImprovement Leads Programme
Appreciative Inquiry Model( Cooperrider, Whitney, Stavros 2008)
Discover
Dream
Design
Deliver (Destiny)
Proposal (Dream)
• Aging suit experience • Consultation with lecturers from course
• Research
• Proposal went to senior management for suit and additional eyesight impairment set
AccessibleBenefit
MeaningfulAttractivePractical
Aging suit- not a new concept
Planning stage (Design)
Impact assessment
Session programme
Health and safety checklist
Equipment checklist
Evaluations
Database of attendance
Engagement of services for trial (Delivery)
Contacted elderly mental health services first-commitment 11 priority
And
Those services who engaged early with promoting excellence training
Trial period evaluations(Discover)
• Pre and post session self evaluation- measured by differences in scores
• Reflection questions- qualitative
• Discussion – time for de- escalation
• Summary sent to each team leader
(thoughts: Follow up team evaluations 1 year later)
Sessions
• 30mins- exceptions for friends and families-require at least 45mins
• Health and safety checks
• Suit and tasks
• De- escalation
• Discussion
• Reflection
Results: Understanding dementia problems
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frequency of difference scores ( dementia)
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Results:Understanding problems that
Elderly have
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frequency of score differences (elderly issues)
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Results: reflections
“very restricted and scared that I would walk into something or knock something over. Apprehensive”
“lost, disorientated, struggled with walking and bending”
“shocked about how the person would feel and thinking about what I am expected to do”
“tired, it has brought home the physical and mental difficulties”
yes more tolerant/patient of the time it may take to accomplish the tasks of daily living”
“It’s a reminder of the difficulties that the elderly face every day”
“yes I will be able to support my team better and get them to think about what the person is
experiencing”
“training should be rolled out to all people who work with community care.
very thought provoking”
“really useful and constructive and I enjoyed being made to think outside my comfort zone”
What next?
• NHS
• NHS
• Social Services
• Fire Service
• Care Homes
• AHP
• Friends and Family
• Students
• Volunteers
18 months later
• Over 500 people attended
• Evaluations still very positive
• More interest from day care, care homes, friends and families
• Supermarkets
• Other ways that the suit can be used in training
Follow up evaluationQuestions
50% return on 4 question evaluation- by email
• Do you feel your staff gained a better knowledge of dementia and aging issues as a result of training? Examples?
• Do you feel that your services has improved because of this? In what way?
• Have you and your staff implemented any practical changes as a result of the training? Examples?
• What other training needs do you think you and your staff require?
Follow up results summary
• All positive• Increase in consciousness and thus altered attitudes
towards elderly – increased empathy and understanding• Communication improvements• Overwhelming in a positive way• Purchasing of equipment• Referred links to promoting excellence training- reinforced
learning• Ensuring patients have their glasses, hearing aids, etc-
being more alert when referred about sensory problems• Taking a proactive approach- supporting in community
better and prevention of crisis
2 years later
• Over 650 people have attended session
• More requests from Care homes
• Used in Promoting Excellence training to hotel staff- aiding a greater understanding of needs in their premises
Dementia Friendly Prestwick
• Dementia Friendly Hotel as part of Dementia Friendly Prestwick
• Conversion of 1 room initially to become dementia friendly
• Local business aiding those in local community to access facilities and not feel so isolated or stigmatised
• Normalising holiday provision
• Carlton Hotel