Senior GEMS® - Workshop #1 & "GEM of the Month" - Sapphire
Thu, Apr 07
|Oakland Terrace Recreational Center
This will be a nice follow-up to your "Day with Teepa Snow" 2/22/22 and opportunity to learn how using the Senior GEMS® gives us "GEM focus." Senior GEMS® strategies provide a consistent way to provide support based on what the person living with dementia CAN do and what they need help to do.
Time & Location
Apr 07, 2022, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
Oakland Terrace Recreational Center, 1900 W 11th St, Panama City, FL 32401, USA
About the Event
This will be a nice follow-up to your "Day with Teepa Snow" 2/22/22 and an opportunity to learn how using the Senior GEMS® gives us "GEM focus."
Senior GEMS® strategies provide a consistent way to provide support based on what the person living with dementia CAN do and what they need help to do.
How can Senior GEMS help?
•Use familiar concepts to talk about a difficult subject
•Focus on what is valued
•Allow us to get beyond the words dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
•Open the door to talking about changes
•Allow us to speak in code to protect dignity
•Offer strategies and techniques to improve care and interactions
•It’s not all about loss, it’s about life!
Workshop #1 - Basics of Dementia - Recognizing & Understanding the Progression of Dementia
Description: This session is designed to provide health care providers with an overview of the Senior GEMS® as well as the other systems used to discuss the stages of dementia. During the session we will discuss the six different GEM levels and characteristics of each of those GEMS. It will also address ways in which the Senior GEMS® can help a person with Alzheimer’s or dementia, as well as the family members.
After an
For a free Senior GEMS® DVD - "A Guide for Families living with Dementia" or more information about Caregiver training and Dementia Care Excellence, call Senior Helpers of Panama City 850.215.1793.