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Providing A Positive Environment for People with Cognitive
Impairment:It’s What YOU Choose to Do as a Care Partner!
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Pay attention to the lights,
sounds, seating, work surface,
space…
Manage the Environment
Do the ‘right stuff’ in the ‘right place’
Match what you do to where you are…
Use the space well
Plan and place for BEST effect
Create & Use Storage
Make set-up & clean-up part of the activity
Change it around – if you need to - to make it
work!
Keep it ADULT
Make sure supplies, activities, and games are
meaningfulPlay & laugh with folks,
not at them
Give out tools and materials ‘just in time’
Control the activity so clients are successful – not overwhelmed
- not out of synch
Make it look friendlyGet me to want to come
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Look, Listen & Feel
Looking at the Role the Environment Has on Abilities & Behavior
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Supportive Environments
• Include 2 Factors
– What you LIKE…
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Supportive Environments
• Include 2 Factors
– What you LIKE…
– What’s GOOD for you!
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Supportive EnvironmentsThe 3 Positive P’s
• Physical Environment
• People—the ways they act and respond
• Programming
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Finding Balance
• Support or impair
• Too much or too little
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The Supportive Sensory Environment
• What you Hear
• What you See
• What you Smell/Taste
• What you Feel
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What you Hear
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Supports Impairs
• Quiet
• Purposeful music
• Familiar cues
• Positive human sounds
• Constant background noise
• Intrusive sounds
• Care noise
• Negative human noise
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What we See
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Can you See?
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Supports Impairs
• Bright light
• Non-Glare light
• Directed at work area
• Directed up-diffused
• Dim light
• Inconsistent light
• Glaring light
• Light in eyes
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What can you SEE?
• Visual Cues
• Too much
• Too little
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Visual Cues
• Where to be
• What to do
• Orienting to place
• Orienting to task
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Too Much
• Dangerous items
• Clutter
• Too Busy
• Where’s the focus
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Too Little
• Sterile or Cold
• Hidden cues
• Lack of contrast
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What we Smell/Taste
• Affects…
– Appetite
– Social interactions
– Quality of life
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Support Impair
• Food
• Calming scents
• Stimulating scents
• Waste odors
• Medicinal odors
• Cleaning odors
• Perfumes
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What you FEEL
• Temperature
• Surfaces
• Spaces
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Temperature
• Very individual
• Older/colder?
• Disease states
• Type of activity
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SurfacesSupport Impair• Safe and stable
• Right height
• Flexible
• Activity based
• Very mobile
• Dangerous to touch
• “Functional” for caregivers only
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Spaces
• Familiar
• Friendly
• Functional
• Forgiving
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Supportive Environment
• What you LIKE
• What you NEED
• Would you?
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So What Can You Do????
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How Can You Be Prepared & Respond When Something Does Happen?
• Think…, then act & respond• Use the positive physical approach• Reflect on the emotional message• Figure out the ‘need’• Use old & familiar to help with new• Take time & energy to problem solve… after• If its not working … STOP, Back off, try again
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So… What Should You Do?
• Plan for the probabilities• Create environments that reduce risk• Get skilled or find someone who is• Get others on board• Keep track of ‘what is’• Watch for signs of changes• Get help early – call or contact• Be flexible
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YOU are part of the environment
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How You Feel is REAL & Important!
• However you feel is OK, its how you feel!• It’s not about judgment, its about support!• Acknowledge the feelings…• Then decide what to do about it…• Is it what you want to feel?• IF YES, go with it…• If NO, work to change it!
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Some Ideas for changing…
• Pick one thing• Plan on baby steps• Get support for you• Build a routine• Check in on your feelings• Add something before giving something up• Believe it - Not everyone is meant to do hands on
care• Give it a try… not permanent… just try
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A Few More Ideas
• Set aside a few minutes – use a timer!• Breathe• Smile … Laugh! – look for some funnies• Remember a good time• What do you get out of the relationship• Use at least one of the STRESS TAMERS
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10 Minute Stress Tamers• Sit quietly in calm surroundings with soft lights and
pleasant scents.• Aromatherapy – lavender, citrus, vanilla, cinnamon,
peppermint, fresh cut grass. • Breathe deeply – rest your mind & oxygenate • Soak - in a warm bath, or just your hands or feet• Read - Spiritual readings, poetry, inspirational
readings, or one chapter of what you like…• Laugh and smile - Watch classic comedians, Candid
Camera, America’s Funniest Home Videos, look at kid or animal photos…
• Stretch – front to back, side to side, & across• Garden – work with plants
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10 Minute Stress Tamers• Beanbag heat therapy. Fill a sock with dry beans and
sew or tie closed. Heat bag and beans in a microwave for 30 seconds at a time. Place on tight muscles and massage gently; relax for ten minutes.
• Remember the good times - Record oral memories - scrapbooks, photo journals, keepsake memory picture frames. Just jot!
• Do a little on a favorite hobby. • Have a cup of decaffeinated tea or coffee• Play a brain game – crosswords, jigsaws, jeopardy,
jumbles…• Look through the hymnal and find a favorite – hum it
all the way through…
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10 Minute Stress Tamers• Books on Tape - Rest your eyes and read• Soothing sounds –
– Music you love– Music especially for stress relief– Recorded sounds of nature
• Listen to coached relaxation recordings • Pamper Yourself – think of what you LOVE and give
yourself permission to do it for 10 minutes• Neck rubs or back rubs – use the ‘just right’ pressure• Hand Massages – with lotion or without – its up to
you…
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10 Minute Stress Tamers• Take a walk. • Sit in the sun. • Rock on the porch. • Pray or read a passage from scripture • Journal - Take the opportunity to “tell it like it is.”• Cuddle and stroke a pet. • Have that cup of coffee or tea with a special friend
who listens well.• Pay attention to your personality.
– If you rejuvenate being alone, then seek solitude. – If you rejuvenate by being with others, seek company.
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BREATHE!!!• Take a deep breath in• BLOW it all the way out• Take another breath in• BLOW it out• Take one final breath in AND• SING IT OUT….
• Feel what happened to you… • Look at what happened to the people around you…• Think about how and when you might do this…
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Let Go:
• How it “used to be”
• How it “should be”
• How you “should be”
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Identify
• What you’re good at…and what you’re not
• Who can help…and how they can help
• What really matters