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What are the "Living GEMS?"
 
How can l use compassionate care to provide the best for my loved one at his / her level of dementia ? 

Teepa Snow is a dementia expert and educator whose life mission is to shed a positive light on dementia.  More than 20 years ago, Teepa Snow* created her signature GEMS™ based on the Positive Approach to Care™ techniques and focuses on what is 'precious and unique' about all of their clients. Providing support for a loved-one with Alzheimer’s or dementia is extremely important. Learn more from the informative DVDs and YouTube videos in hopes of helping family members with understanding the syndrome of dementia and what they can do to support the person living with dementia.  

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"When providing care I use a 'GEM focus' to better understand the person living with dementia, what the unmet need might be, and how to respond in the best manner to support function and independence for the person living with dementia.

Using a "GEM focus" helps me...

  • see what skills remain,

  • learn how to support and use those skills, and

  • utilize consistent ways to provide the support needed to achieve a desired outcome. 

 

I like the fact that everything is based on what the person is still capable of doing and that when I use visual, verbal, touch cues (in that order) together with a Positive Physical Approach makes the difference between anxiety and refusals to cooperation and communication that provides the person living with dementia to maintain independence and dignity."          

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About the GEMS™

  • Help us to see what remains and learn how to support and use those skills

  • Give us consistent ways in which we can  provide support for the best chance of success for each person based on what they can do and what they need help to do

 

How do the GEMS™ help?

  • Use familiar concepts to talk about a difficult subject

  • Focus on what is valued

  • Allow us to get beyond the words dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

  • Open the door to talking about changes

  • Allow us to speak in code to protect dignity

  • Offer strategies and techniques to improve care and interactions

  • It’s not all about loss, it’s about life!

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GEMS™ and POSITIVE APPROACH™ are trademarks of Positive Approach, LLC.

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