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What Are
Dementia Populations Gift
of Purpose Programs?
A Social Model For Dementia
with a Resident
Centered approach that instills a sense
of
being needed and useful
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- The goal of the
Dementia Populations Gift of
Purpose Programs is for
residents and staff to
experience more enjoyable and
contented days.
- Designed to
enhance the quality of life for
individuals experiencing Alzheimer’s and other
types of dementia
- Contains six
brain stimulating exercises that
MATCH the participant’s
cognitive skills and abilities
- Ideal brain
stimulating curriculum for use
by OT
or Speech therapy
- May act as a
restorative approach for
individual’s who have shown a
decline in any of the following
areas:
- Daily
decision making
- Short and
long term memory
- Thinking,
awareness and recall
- Offers a failure
free experience each time the
participant takes part in a
brain stimulating exercise
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Dementia Populations Gift
of Purpose Programs Monitor:
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- Psychosocial
behaviors
- Cognitive skills
- Emotional/creative expression
- Communication
- Confidence and
self -esteem
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The Failure Free programs
provide the memory impaired participant an
opportunity to experience success!
Feelings are transferred into
daily living behaviors and attitudes. The
balance of the individual’s day may become as
rewarding as their time spent in the
Dementia Populations Gift of Purpose Programs.
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