Putting the Validation Method into Practice

Speakers:

  • Traci Wagner, Director of Memory Care - Sunrise Senior Living

Description: This session will review how validation method can offer a holistic approach that empathizes with elderly residents by helping to connect with them through listening and dignified care in their final stages of life. Discover practical ways to help reduce residents’ stress, enhance their dignity and increase their happiness, while also learning from and understanding the meaning of their behavior in cognitive decline.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define the validation method and the origin of this approach
  2. Explain the benefits and principles of the Validation Method
  3. Discover effective techniques to implement with your staff

CEUs: 1.25

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