April 9, 2014

Culture Change Workshop – May, 1, 2014

Join Arkansas Innovative Performance Program for a culture change workshop: “Demystifying Resistance-Addressing Unmet Needs”

Featured Speaker: Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA

Thursday, May 1, 2014/ 8:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Embassy Suites, Little Rock

 

This session delivers strategies and methods of providing care to people with dementia that recognizes losses and uses retained abilities to promote optimal care and positive outcomes in interactions. Attendees will learn how to approach people with dementia safely and consistently, and how to provide verbal support and responses that reduce distress and improve social engagement. They will discuss behaviors and habits that promote well-being and reduce the risk of negative interactions with people who have a dementing illness. This interactive session will help attendees develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that will change daily outcomes of care.

 

Click on the link to register online. http://events.afmc.org/home/tabid/424/ctl/viewdetail/mid/1078/itemid/344/d/20140501/AIPP-Culture-Change-Workshop-with-Teepa-Snow.aspx