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CONSIDER THE OPTIONS
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Workforce
Consider expanding your state-approved feeding assistant curriculum to include a component of Person First philosophy. (See also “For Additional Information” p. 88 - Action Pact’s PersonFirstTM Training)
Person-Centered Care:
• Is a collaborative effort to create a meaningful life
• Values the person no matter what their abilities or disabilities are
• Considers a person’s habits, routines and practices when providing care – know the person
• Places a high value on the relationship between the elder and the caregiver • Considers all behaviors as an effort to communicate
• Provides for spirit as well as body and mind
• Puts the person before the task
• Begins decision making with the person
• Accepts risk as a normal part of life
• Believes all people are learning and growing
Adapted from Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First Thomas Kitwood, 1997, Buckingham: Open University Press
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