Dementia care becomes indispensable part of live-in carers’ training - LIVE-IN care agency Corinium Care has trained more than 200 people in dementia care in the last year in response to increasing demand.
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LIVE-IN care agency Corinium Care has trained more than 200 people in dementia care in the last year in response to increasing demand.
Author: Asa Stevens
Date: Dec 2, 2010 - 7:36:52 AM
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LIVE-IN care agency Corinium Care has trained more than 200 people in dementia care in the last year in response to increasing demand.
The company, based in Gloucestershire, provides free training in a raft of subjects for new carers.
Earlier this year it started to offer special one-day refresher training in dementia care to all their existing carers.
It then launched a one-day seminar in dementia care for relatives of elderly clients.
Managing Director of Corinium Care, Camilla Miles, said that helping carers to communicate with their clients is vital for the wellbeing of both parties.
“People with dementia can often feel frightened, confused, threatened and incapable,” she said.
“If carers haven’t come across that before, they need help to deal with it. There isn’t enough training out there for dementia care – not even for doctors and nurses - so we decided to provide it ourselves. We feel passionately about it.”
Carers undergoing dementia care training appreciated the opportunity to widen their knowledge.
Beverley Phillips, whose client has dementia, said: “Dementia is a can of worms yet to be unleashed in the UK and people are only just waking up to the seriousness of the situation.
“In my small way I’d like to help spread
the word that dementia is not a stigma, and not something to be swept under the
carpet.
“Everyone should get a better understanding and do what they can to help those
with dementia retain as much dignity and quality of life as possible.”
Training sessions in dementia care take place at Corinium Care’s offices in Nailsworth. Carers are given examples of what to expect from someone with dementia and offered solutions as to how to manage it.
“We can’t expect a client with dementia to adapt to us – we have to adapt to them and communicate in a way which puts them at ease,” said Mrs Miles.
“There are many ways of doing that – building up the client’s self-esteem, expressing ideas in a positive way, avoiding the word ‘don’t’, not asking questions they can’t answer.”
She added that one of the most difficult aspects of dementia to grasp is the loss of logic and reason. “What should a carer do if the client puts toothpaste on her toothbrush, then brushes her hair with it?” she asked.
“Everything takes time too. But it’s important that our clients are allowed to do things for themselves and feel at the end of it that they’ve achieved something.”
She pointed out that a lot of the unusual habits which people with dementia adopt, like wearing odd clothes, or drinking their tea out of a saucer, are a reflection of our own perception of received behaviour.
“If we try to teach them to act differently, we are expecting them to adapt, which is unlikely to happen. What we have to ask ourselves is: does it matter? Is the client putting herself at risk?”
Mrs Miles, who set up Corinium Care in 1995, said: “We have the opportunity to provide one-to-one dementia care in a dignified and safe environment and to allay fears in what can be a very uncertain future for the client and their families.”
The award-winning agency, based in George Street, has 800 registered carers on its books. It has 15 staff at its head office in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, as well as recruitment offices in New Zealand, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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