Dementia

1. Unit HSC 04- Dementia
awareness
15th May 2017
Week 4

2. Sweet Quiz
• All the answers are the names of sweets!!
• 1. Clever folk
• 2. Big Bus
• 3. Spin round
• 4. Outside meal
• 5. Pub pins
• 6. Big cats pub

3. Answers
• 1. Smarties
• 2. Double Decker
• 3. Twirl
• 4. Picnic
• 5. Skittles
• 6. Lion bar

4. Learning Outcomes
• Explain the benefits of communal areas
within a care home
• Assess the affects the care environment
has on those with dementia
• Describe two benefits of doll therapy for
dementia sufferers.

5. Recap
• C2- 3.4
• Describe support available for individuals
with dementia.

6. The environment
Watch this clip and take notes about aspects
of the environment that are important for
dementia sufferers.
Dementia environment

7. Feedback
• What does the health and social care
practitioner need to consider with regard to
the environment in supporting an
individual with dementia?

8. Have you met your
objectives?

9. Society and the media
• ‘Dancing with dementia’
• Christine Bryden

10. Therapies
• During the clip think about the benefits of
doll therapy also known as cuddle therapy.
Therapy

11. Health and well-being
• Discuss the benefits of doll therapy in
supporting the health and well-being of an
individual with dementia.
Term- Discuss- Write an account giving more
than one view or opinion

12. Unit HSC 04- Dementia
awareness
16th May 2017

13. IT/DIS Sessions
• Individual tasks:-
• Print off an up to date copy of CV to put in
your placement file
• Placement file front cover- Name/Centre
number/Pin number
• Work on HSC 04
• English and maths GCSE Pods

14. Time to Think…………
• Times Table Bingo

15. Parkinson’s Talk
• 3pm in the LRC

16. Learning outcomes
• Describe the positive affects of effective
communication
• Explain the benefits of a range of
communication methods on people with
dementia
• Discuss techniques used to help
communication with dementia sufferers

17. Recap- Board Blast
• In our communication unit HSC M4 what
methods of communication did we learn?

18. Communication Techniques
• Watch the clip and take notes thinking
about the role of the health and social care
practitioner in communication.
Communication

19. Communication Techniques
• A person with dementia may have difficulty
focusing on conversation so we may need
to change our communication strategies.
• These will need to be considered when we
plan and implement an individuals needs.

20. Have you met your
objectives?

21. Talking mats
• Talking mats
• A “talking mat” is helping people with
dementia communicate more effectively
with carers and feel more involved in
decisions about their lives, according to
research published by the Joseph
Rowntree Foundation.

22. Creative Individual task
• Using the communication techniques on
your desk think of the actions you would
need to take. Write about them in your
jigsaw pieces.

23. Have you met your
objectives?

24. Unit HSC 04- Dementia
awareness
17th May 2017

25. Time to Think………….
• Words from the letters in:-
ONOMATOPOEIA

26. ONOMATOPOEIA
Words that sound like their meaning.
‘Smash, crash, bang, pop, pow.’
Can YOU think of an
example of onomatopoeia?

27. Learning outcomes
• Explain the benefits of a range of
communication methods that meet
individual abilities and needs
• Discuss techniques used to help
communication with dementia sufferers

28. Recap
• B1- Describe the impact of dementia on
an individual’s health and well-being.

29. Ideas and tips
• Communicating with a person living with
dementia is a real skill.
• Help the person to have positive feelings
about themselves by acknowledging
achievements or respecting their feelings.
• Never talk over the person but include
them in the conversation.

30. Creative Individual task
• Using the communication techniques on
your desk think of the actions you would
need to take. Write about them in your
jigsaw pieces.

31. Have you met your
objectives?

32. Let’s play Taboo!!