Services
At Lasting Joy LLC Dementia Care Consulting & Training, we provide tailored strategies that offer hope and unlock possibilities.
Initial Consultation
Initial Consult
We offer an initial 30 minute consultation free of charge to a family member, care partner of a person living with dementia, or for a person living with dementia.
This would consist of discussing the trainings and support we might offer for families and care partners to assist in successfully creating an environment that allows for the greatest opportunities for engagement and new relationships to be formed between everyone involved with each individual situation.
Family/Care Partner Consulting
Consulting
Explore a range of customized tips and techniques to enhance personal care or interventions for your loved one, ensuring a greater success and well-being.
Discover techniques for building connections before engaging, focusing on doing with rather than to a person. Gain insights into the cognitive processes of individuals living with dementia and learn effective communication strategies for more positive interactions.
Senior Living Consulting
Community Care Consult
We develop sustainable community care solutions, focusing on the well-being of individuals living with dementia, along with staff and care partners in fostering meaningful connections.
We work in close partnership with you and your team to thoroughly identify challenges and collaboratively develop comprehensive and effective solutions. Through this collaborative approach, we ensure that all unique aspects of your situation are addressed, creating strategies that are tailored to meet your specific needs and objectives.
PACTM Champion Courses
Join Our Professional Workshop
If the workshop is hosted at your location, for every four paid attendees, one of your staff members can attend for free. Additionally, if all participants are from your team, Lora will offer a complimentary follow-up session via Zoom or in-person to review the implementation of skills with residents and provide helpful reminders.
Champion 1 (2 hours)
Learners will observe and practice the steps of Positive Physical Approach™ (PPA™) with someone in an Emerald GEMS® State (early to mid-state dementia) to connect and build a relationship before beginning a task. In each scenario, the person being approached will be in a relatively calm state, have binocular visual field, and will be able to take turns in conversation without grasping the full meaning of all the words offered.
Learners will observe and practice:
- PPA with someone in Emerald State who is standing, seated, or approaching you
- Getting into Hand-under-Hand® (HuH™) from a handshake as a form of getting permission to touch someone
- Using cues in the order of visual cues first, add in verbal cues that match, and then touch, if needed, to accurately deliver a message to someone
Champion 2 (2 hours)
Learners will observe and practice adapting the steps of Positive Physical Approach™ (PPA™) with someone who is sleeping or not accepting of a handshake. Learners will also observe and practice the five uses of Hand-under-Hand® (HuH™) with someone in a Ruby GEMS® State (mid to late-state dementia) to stay connected and supportive through the initial approach and completion of a task. The state of the person being approached will shift in order to support the practice of adapting PPA™.
Learners will observe and practice:
- Adapted PPA™ with someone who does not accept the handshake offered
- Adapted PPA™ with someone who is sleeping
- HuH™ for someone in a Ruby State for the five following uses; comfort, mobility, initiating, supporting the sequence of a task, and directing focus or attention
Champion 3 (2 hours)
Learners will observe and practice being flexible and in a Sapphire GEMS® State to skillfully adapt the steps of Positive Physical Approach™ (PPA™) for each of the GEMS® State in order from early to late-state dementia. These GEMS® are Diamond, Emerald, Amber, Ruby, and Pearl and are demonstrated by Teepa in video along with the PAC™ Certified Champion Course Teachers for practice.
Learners will observe and practice:
- Identifying characteristics of the abilities at each GEMS® State
- Practice and adapt PPA™ for someone in each of the following GEMS® State; Diamond State, Emerald State, Amber State, Ruby State, and Pearl State
Champion 4 (2 hours)
Learners will observe and practice being flexible and in a Sapphire GEMS® State to approach and identify the current GEMS® State of someone else. These GEMS® are Sapphire, Diamond, Emerald, Amber, Ruby, and Pearl and are demonstrated by Teepa in video along with the PAC™ Certified Champion Course Teachers for practice.
Learners will observe and practice:
- Identifying the four truths of dementia and how progression can be matched to the GEMS®
- Observation, with dynamic assessment, through PPA™ for each GEMS® State
- Use PPA™ to identify and approach someone in each of the following GEMS® State; Sapphire State, Diamond State, Emerald State, Amber State, Ruby State, and Pearl State
Empower Your Care Journey
Are you ready to make meaningful changes in your dementia care approach? Look no further. Lasting Joy LLC offers expert guidance to transform your dementia care journey.
PAC Certified Independent Consultants, Teachers, are not employees of Positive Approach, LLC. The opinions and views expressed by PAC Certified Independent Consultants, Teachers, do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of Positive Approach, LLC or any of its employees. Positive Approach, LLC is not liable for any actions by PAC Certified Independent Consultants, Teachers.