Login to our On-line Education and Support Community User Name    Password     Register Success Stories First, we welcome your success stories for submission. We hope our members will send in stories about your interventions with individuals with dementia that especially touched your heart. Sometimes our work can get overwhelming as we try to meet the many “requirements” of our “job”. So I encourage all of us to take a moment to share a successful moment that your skills and heart helped to create. All submissions should be written in 12 font and be one page or less. Also, please use first names only when referring to your client. A New Perspective Creates Positive Results Submitted by: Sarah Bryant, MS CCC-SLP Dear Kim, I had the pleasure of attending the seminar last week in Natick and just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed it and how inspirational the material was. Leaving the seminar, I couldn't wait to use these approaches in my own facility, which has a large AD unit. Yesterday, a woman was referred to me who was described by one of her nurses as "she does nothing." By using the techniques I learned in your seminar, I was able to engage her in a snack activity, paying attention to her nonverbal communicatioin. She was smiling, holding a cup, holding a cookie (even though she is classified as a "feed") said "yes" and had some other vocalizations. When I was done with my eval, a nurse on the unit came up to me and said that she had never seen this patient smile like that before and be so engaged in an activity. I was floored that all this woman needed to communicate and participate in her meals was a different perspective on someone who was described as "she does nothing". I later shared with that nurse that she, in fact, does a lot! I have recommended your course to all of my colleagues, and hope that you will be visiting the Boston area again soon so that they may attend. Please let me know if Dementia Care Specialists are hosting additional seminars, as I am very interested! Thank you so much, Sarah Bryant, MS CCC-SLP Success Story Archives Allen Theory Guiding us to Discover Potential July 2006-Awakening July 2006-Awakening June 2006-Forget Me Not Care Model™ January 2006-Forget Me Not Care Model™ November 2005-Horticulture Therapy September 2005-Implementation of Allen Theory August 2005-Parc Provence July 2005-Legacy Healthcare Services June 2005-A Successful Dining Experience Facilitated by a Caring “Dementia Therapist” May 2005-Eleanor On-Line Dementia Care Education and Support Community  A Community for Dementia Therapists of All Experience Levels featuring the services listed below. Full Overview or Register         Site Map Forms Contact Us © 2008 Dementia Care Specialists, Inc. All rights reserved.