Summary

Life History is an essential part of providing a person-centred approach to care planning and maintaining quality of life for the elderly and mentally or physically frail.

All behaviour has meaning. Misunderstanding someone’s behaviour can cause them to be agitated, "agressive" or "challenging". Knowing a person’s life history helps avoid such behaviour, especially when caring for someone with dementia.

Research shows that care professionals and third parties all respond from 70% to 80% more positively when they "know" a client’s background and personality.

As a family or group activity, a Life History project is rewarding and stimulating. It is also of great value to family and friends, young and old, as they reflect on the person’s life and share memories as a means of easing their sense of loss or bereavement.

Objectives

• to understand the value of a person’s life history;
• to show how a Life History can help support the elderly and those with dementia or a learning or physical disability;
• to suggest ideas and approaches to building a Life History as part of a person-centred approach to care planning;
• to help families and carers communicate and interact with a person;
• to help create strategies to prevent a person from becoming agitated, stressed or confrontational;
• to help provide appropriate stimulation and activities;
• to promote best practice and strategies for compiling a Life History;
• to propose an action plan for getting started;
• to meet the requirements of the Commission for Social Care and Inspection for person-centred care plans.

Who should attend?

• Families, spouses, neighbours and friends;
• Care professionals, social workers, nurses, staff working in residential or day care services and hospitals;
• Charity staff, their members and outreach workers;
• Members of social communities and networks, such as the Women's Institute, Verity Club, Community Centres;
• Members of religious communities and networks, such as synagogues, churches and mosques.

Delegate Support Materials

These include:

• Speaker Notes;
• Handouts;
• Life History Profile Summary;
• "TO" & "FOR" Infrastructure & Support Mapping Chart

Training Enquiries and Booking Arrangements

Training can be arranged either on an individual or group basis, for up to 30 delegates per training session.
Please complete the enquiry form (see link below), or simply contact us.