What to write in a card to a caregiver
Alzheimer's and Dementia Communication Cue Cards Tutorial Part One "What is Caregiver Cards?"
hi and welcome to caregiver college
video tutorial we certainly appreciate
you looking for ways to help reduce the
stress and workload that comes with
being a caregiver to a loved one a
person living with Alzheimer's disease
dementia or related memory and her
speech disorders or adults with
developmental disabilities if you've
chosen this tutorial you are interested
in understanding how to use the
illustrated card deck version of
caregiver cards if you are interested in
viewing the tutorial for the mobile
version of caregiver codes please follow
the link located at the bottom of this
page this tutorial is broken down into
two parts one what is caregiver cards
and two how to use caregiver cards
please follow the provided link to a
very helpful part 2 after completing the
first section caregiver cards quite
simply is a deck of visual cue cards
there are illustrations with simple one
or few word phrase descriptions used to
help improve communication stimulate
memory promote independence and reduce
anxiety for the benefit of the person
affected and for the repair givers
caregiver college was founded of the
idea that not only are persons living
with Alzheimer's disease entitled to the
best supportive care and quality of life
but that so are the caregivers we
understand so well because we have cared
for our loved ones too okay looking at
the deck you will notice that the cards
are illustrations and not photos you
will also notice that the main person
characters faces were designed to be of
no specific gender or age this was done
for the purpose of keeping the cards
simple and non complicated design I'd
like to point out what you may have
already noticed different subject
categories caregiver cards had been
broken down into six categories as noted
by the colored dividers for ease of
navigation each subject has an
identifying marker and
per corner of the college much like a
regular plane deck of cards the main
categories are one basic activities of
daily living or ADL's to instrumental
activities of daily living three
activities for command and prompts five
emotions and feelings and six event
people and places I would like to talk
about the basic activities of daily
living
these are daily self-care activities
they are the things that we do on a
regular basis that ensure our health and
well-being these activities may include
eating trusting toileting and continence
bathing and hygiene walking with or
without assistive devices and
independently using assistive devices
such as wheelchairs hearing aids
eyeglasses the symbol describing basic
ADL's is a star incrementals ADL's are
activities that allow a person to
successfully live independently
they are not necessary for fundamental
daily functioning but they do allow for
independence within a community these
activities may include medication and
healthcare management housekeeping
laundry transportation managing
financial matters use of communication
devices and also care of pets these
categories are indicated by the pupil
walking symbol the third category in
character for college there's activities
activities are the actions are going on
that help with providing structure and
routine to the day this is shown by a
common symbol representing an awesome
activity the puzzle piece number four
commands and prompts commands and
prompts are one or two-word simple
phrases used to help cue a desired
action or response to help keep the
person oriented and safe commands and
prompts are identified by a speech
balloon
emotions and feelings by the fifth
category they are used to help convey
and Express ideas wishes concerns and
emotion during the moment at hand a
motion to represented here by a great
big heart the sixth and final category
is actually comprised of three sub
categories events people and places
these are used to help orient a person
to people places or what is going on in
the day or time of day this category is
further broken down into days of the
week birthdays celebrations holidays the
subcategory of people is used to
describe family and friends a place is
used to describe the location you are at
or are in route to the identifier here
is a house I'd like to remind you that
when you purchase any of our products
10% of the sales are donated to the
Alzheimer's Association and the
Alzheimer's Network of Oregon both of
these wonderful organizations are not
affiliated with caregiver cards it is
just our philosophy at caregiver card to
always drive to give back and to offer
help and support in many ways even by
donating some of our profits to support
others you know it really just feels
good to give back well that concludes
our what care giver cards are segment we
thank you for your interest in caregiver
cards and encourage you to continue to
video number two to understand further
how you might use caregiver cards please
visit us at www.gigaprojector.com earth
disease and help fall caregiver tips we
thank you for your time and we ask for
God's blessings upon you
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