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CREATE CARING COMMUNITIES
WITH
THE LIFE ENHANCEMENT APPROACH that supports a holistic approach that promotes meaningful and
memorable exchanges between staff, residents, family, and caregivers
while conveying the message that the life of the older adult matters. that offers the opportunity to meet your resident’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs. that meets the older adult where they are in their life’s journey and honors their story, setting a framework on how to elevate the value we place on the elderly in this 21st century. Newsletter The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to the community around you, and devote yourself to creating
something that gives you purpose and meaning. MORRIE SCHWARTZ 
LIFE ENHANCEMENT TRAINING Independent, Assisted Living and/or Nursing Homes Creating a Life Enrichment Environment
Communication Basics - What you need to know
Life Enrichment in Your Facility
Strategies for Modifying Activities
Maintaining a Successful Life Enrichment Environment Benefits: · Transforms days from mere existence into more enjoyment for residents. · Creates an environment that will foster a sense of staff loyalty and fewer days off from burnout. · Prospective employees will learn the value you place on Life Enhancement from the first interview. · Families and friends will receive tools that will allow them to create more enjoyable visit time with their loved ones. · When you create a volunteer program with this philosophy, you will attract more people who will become involved at a deeper level. · There is less time spent by your activity professionals putting together their program materials. · Caregiver support groups can focus on how to connect families and friends with their loves ones. · Community programs that are educational or reminiscence based will attract potential residents to your facility. · The quality of your program and the sensitivity of your philosophy which is actually an integral part of your program with all of the staff will help to position your facility in the community as a leader in creating environments that honor the older adult. Training: · for all employees to increase their understanding of the value of LIFE ENHANCEMENT for the older adult. · for activity professionals on how to modify their activities to the appropriate level for the older adult with communication and cognitive limitations. · for your volunteers in how they can best support the LIFE ENHANCEMENT approach. · to create effective intergenerational programs. · quarterly programs that revitalize the staff in the meaning of the LIFE ENHANCEMENT philosophy. Consultation: · to develop a screening tool for new employees to identify those who would enhance your CARING COMMUNITIES philosophy.
· to develop a background profile on all residents upon admission that will support LIFE ENHANCMENT.
· to develop a screening tool that would help identify residents within independent and assisted living facility who may be experiencing increased cognitive deficits that might lead to safety concerns. · to develop a ongoing series of LIFE ENHANCEMENT educational programs for staff. · to develop a community series of creative programs to enhance the quality of life of the older adult. · to develop LIFE ENHANCEMENT programs that involve family and loved ones. · to develop programs for caregiver support and adult day care respite programs. Every person’s life is worth a novel. ERVING POLSTER Contact kathy@connectionsincommunication.com and learn how you can create a CARING COMMUNITY with the LIFE ENHANCEMENT APPROACH ONLINE
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