{"id":3600,"date":"2022-10-05T13:51:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2022-10-05T20:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:38:11","slug":"can-independence-for-people-living-with-dementia-be-found-in-a-sweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/can-independence-for-people-living-with-dementia-be-found-in-a-sweater\/","title":{"rendered":"Can independence for people living with dementia be found in a sweater?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3600\" class=\"elementor elementor-3600\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-435c48ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"435c48ae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c235770\" data-id=\"3c235770\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bfc5ac0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bfc5ac0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">I dressed myself today.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">I bet you did too and while you likely put some thought into what you were going to wear, I doubt you congratulated yourself on doing up your buttons, and I\u2019m fairly certain no one congratulated you on this small, everyday achievement.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">So why do we do it to older adults in care?<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\"><em>\u2018Let me help you put on your sweater.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\"><em>\u2018I\u2019ll do up those buttons. They\u2019re tricky.\u2019\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">While this may be necessary assistance for people who are physically unable, and may be considered a gesture of good manners in our culture, we routinely help older adults with everyday tasks simply because they are slower both physically and cognitively than other adults.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">\u00a0The day you stop putting on your own sweater is the day you no longer can.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/living-a-normal-life-with-dementia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I\u2019ve written previously<\/a>, older adults&#8217; autonomy and self-identify should trump the wider world\u2019s quest for efficiency.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">I saw the profound change simple acts of independence had on the residents and staff at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hogeweyk.dementiavillage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hogeweyk<\/a>, an inclusive, village-like community that provides high-quality care for people living with advanced dementia.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">Enabling independence strengthens three key character traits that contribute to the well-being of older adults and those living with dementia:<\/p><ol><li>Self-esteem: Doing things for ourselves feeds our sense of overall worth and value. That doesn\u2019t change with age.<\/li><li>Self-identity: We define ourselves and our place in our community through our actions. Older adults, particularly those living with dementia, deserve to feel they are a part of the adult world, which includes maintaining autonomy over how they present themselves to the world.<\/li><li>Active body, active mind: Physical inactivity reduces overall cognition, so staying active and engaged throughout the day \u2013 beginning with getting up and getting dressed \u2013 helps older adults stay well and reduces the risk of depression and anxiety.<\/li><\/ol><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">Empowering independence means accepting a degree of risk, and it is this acceptance of risk that sits at the heart of\u00a0The Hogeweyk (Dementia Village)\u00a0model.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">As co-founders Jannette Spiering and Eloy van Hal teach us, empowering adults to perform simple everyday activities has a purpose: it enables residents to continue to see themselves as they were before dementia.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\"><strong>Dementia is something they have; it isn\u2019t who they are.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">This shift in thinking about how we design and administer care goes beyond person-centred care planning. It\u2019s a move to normalize and empower aging, and all the experiences that go along with it.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">At The Hogeweyk deinstitutionalizing care includes handing back to the residents many tasks that are usually performed by nursing home staff.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">This means residents help with laundry because they have been homemakers and did their family\u2019s laundry for years, they continue to shop for food at the local grocery store and contribute to meal planning and preparation family-style, and when they feel a chill in the air they put on their own sweaters.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\"><strong>Simple acts but highly transformative.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">It\u2019s why I am excited to share the stage with Jannette and Eloy during our cross-Canada tour to explain both The Hogeweyk model and the evidence-based Be Advice Paradigm to inform how we can drive innovation and meaningful change in how we provide long-term care to Canadians.<\/p><p class=\"reader-text-block__paragraph\">We should be demanding a model of care that centers the individual over the institution, that creates purpose through creating a sense of place, that supports our continuing to life a normal life, and that recognizes change can happen fast when we value people living with dementia for who they are, not what they are contending with.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Join me, Jannette and Eloy at the Humanizing Dementia Care Canadian Tour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/cc\/canadian-tour-2022-humanizing-dementia-care-974199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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srcset=\"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Head-Shot_Aimee-Foreman-2020-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Head-Shot_Aimee-Foreman-2020-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Head-Shot_Aimee-Foreman-2020-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Head-Shot_Aimee-Foreman-2020-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Head-Shot_Aimee-Foreman-2020-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elementor\/thumbs\/Head-Shot_Aimee-Foreman-2020-1-psqo88zjtmmd5fs4w4m82j39jtvjobpk8p8jkq76vc.jpg 500w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Head-Shot_Aimee-Foreman-2020-1.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e101b85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e101b85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aim%C3%A9e-foreman-27801a43\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aim\u00e9e Foreman<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-108b666\" data-id=\"108b666\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71241e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71241e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eloy-van-Hal-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3121\" alt=\"Eloy van Hal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eloy-van-Hal-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eloy-van-Hal-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eloy-van-Hal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eloy-van-Hal-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eloy-van-Hal-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elementor\/thumbs\/Eloy-van-Hal-psqnu0picx53dyg8zh6jtmd1su0i5a7um9ox0xar2g.jpg 500w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eloy-van-Hal.jpg 1908w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c229638 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c229638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eloy-van-hal-70319b20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eloy van Hal<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e39077c\" data-id=\"e39077c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dca18bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dca18bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"1004\" src=\"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jannette-Spiering-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3120\" alt=\"Jannette Spiering\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jannette-Spiering-1.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jannette-Spiering-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jannette-Spiering-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jannette-Spiering-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elementor\/thumbs\/Jannette-Spiering-1-psqntyttz92iqqizagdaomu4m29rpw0dy0dy2ddjew.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09a9f73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09a9f73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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I bet you did too and while you likely put some thought into what you were going to wear, I doubt you congratulated yourself on doing up your buttons, and I\u2019m fairly certain no one congratulated you on this small, everyday achievement. 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