Speakers
Emily's job at the facility
Recreation Director
Another name for a patient
Resident
Levels of care provided at Wake Robin
Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, Independent apartments, Assisted Living
A healthcare model that defines a patient by their disease
Medical Model
The tier at the bottom of Maslow's Pyramid of needs to be met first
Physical needs
Andrea and Emily work here
Wake Robin
Another name for a facility
Home
A place where retired people live, allowing them to transition between different levels of support for changing care needs
A Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC)
A healthcare model that collaborates with the resident, family, and staff to plan care for a resident
Patient Centered Care
7-38-55 Rule
Breakdown of communication tools: 7%Words- 38%Voice Tone - 55%Body Language
Andrea and Emily's facility is in this town
Shelburne, VT
Another name for a unit
Neighborhood
Government financing accepted at Wake Robin
Medicare
2 common causes of aggression
hunger, pain, fatigue, inability to communicate, need to use bathroom
The most common dementia pathology
Alzheimer's Disease
Part of Andrea's job that helps people in the process of dying
Death Doula
Another name for neurocognitive deficits
Dementia
Refusing showers, eating foods not on their diet, and choosing to be in their room all the time
Examples of bad choices residents can make
The question we can ask when we observe "bad" behaviors in residents
"What is this resident trying to tell me?"
Lewey Bodies, Vascular, Parkinson's
Types of Dementia
The name of the training curriculum we used today
Oasis
Defines a person by their diagnosis and frames their needs as problems
Deficit-focused language
Pet therapy, Cocktail hour, Oktoberfest, Trivia contests, Casino night
Examples of activities to fight boredom
The word for events that stimulate a reaction, often an agitated response, in a resident.
Trigger
Number of levels of deterioration in cognitive decline
7 levels