The End-of-Life Namaste Care Program for People with Dementia

by Joyce SimardMSW

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Author: Joyce SimardMSW

Publisher: Health Professions Press

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ISBN 10: 1938870026
ISBN 13: 978-1938870026

Presenting a unique program designed especially for people with advanced dementia, this guide offers simple and effective ways for care staff to provide holistic end-of-life care. With compassion, sensitivity, and creativity, the Namaste Care™ program affirms the individual spirit of each person through comforting sensory-based experiences. Evocative scents, soothing music, and gentle massage are just part of this innovative program, which can be implemented with minimal resources and training and meets regulatory guidelines for person-centered activity programming. Step-by-step advice for staffing, budgeting, operating, and marketing the program is included along with detailed information for creating a Namaste Care room or other space. Skilled nursing facilities, assisted living memory care, and hospice organizations enjoy positive outcomes from implementing Namaste Care, including improved resident quality of life, increased family involvement, and strengthened staff morale. New to this second edition: greatly expanded coverage of programming and adaptations for assisted living and hospice care more stories and vignettes to illustrate creative uses of Namaste Care and improvements in quality of life introduction of the No One Dies Alone program into Namaste Care revised and expanded discussion of dying and death to encourage greater sensitivity and understanding of this important passage for residents, their families, and staff international examples of Namaste Care programs and perspectives from Australia, the United Kingdom, and Europe

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Everyone wins with the positive enveloping Namaste Care approach to advanced dementia residential care providers, care teams, caring families and, best of all, people living with advanced dementia. Simard's wise, experienced practical, rich and detailed specifics interspersed with inspiring stories of small miracles make real and achievable all the abstract ideals of dignified, compassionate quality care. --Lisa P. Gwyther, MSW, LCSW Co-author, The Alzheimer's Action Plan Director, Duke Family Support Program, Duke University<br \><br \>This book is a 'must read' for all healthcare professionals. Research shows that Namaste Care allows for positive and meaningful connections to be made with each individual. This program honours the person within by maintaining dignity and offering compassionate, heartfelt care. --Esther Chang, R.N., BAppSc(Adv.Nur), M.Ed.Admin., Ph.D.., FCN Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney (Australia)<br \><br \>The Namaste Care program revolutionizes how to lovingly provide care for those facing advanced dementia and empowers healthcare providers to find the person within using creative, multi-modal interventions. In her book, Joyce Simard leads you to the very heart of this approach to dementia care. --Russell Hilliard, Ph.D., LCSW, LCAT, MT-BC, CHRC Vice President, Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care

This book is a 'must read' for all healthcare professionals. Research shows that Namaste Care allows for positive and meaningful connections to be made with each individual. This program honours the person within by maintaining dignity and offering compassionate, heartfelt care. --Esther Chang, R.N., BAppSc(Adv.Nur), M.Ed.Admin., Ph.D.., FCN Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney (Australia)

The Namaste Care program revolutionizes how to lovingly provide care for those facing advanced dementia and empowers healthcare providers to find the person within using creative, multi-modal interventions. In her book, Joyce Simard leads you to the very heart of this approach to dementia care. --Russell Hilliard, Ph.D., LCSW, LCAT, MT-BC, CHRC Vice President, Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care

About the Author

Joyce Simard, M.S.W., provides consulting services to skilled nursing centers and assisted living communities. She earned her bachelor of arts in sociology/social work at Ithaca College in New York and her masterâ??s of social work at the University of Minnesota. In addition to Namaste Care, she developed The Memory Enhancement Program (MEP), a unique program for individuals experiencing memory loss above and beyond what is normal for their age and education. Residents in nursing centers, assisted living, and independent living communities who do not need a secured Alzheimer's unit benefit from this program. An internationally recognized speaker, Joyce has given seminars, such as Understanding Alzheimerâ??s Disease, Finding Joy in the Caregiving Experience, and Staff Participation in Meaningful Activities, to families of people with dementia and health care professionals in the United States, Australia, and several cities in Asia. She also provides in-service training on a variety of subjects, including hospice, bereavement, comfort care, and activity programs for people with dementia. Joyce is known for bringing humor and a light touch to serious subjects. She teaches through stories of real experiences from her more than 20 years in health care.

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