Useful resources
HUG™ was developed with the help and advice from a great many health and care professionals, including Dr Jane Mullins (Consultant Nurse) and Jackie Pool (Consultant Occupational Therapist). Both have authored these excellent books and online resources to help in the care of people living with dementia.
Finding the Light in Dementia: A Guide for Families, Friends and Caregivers
Dr Jane M Mullins
https://www.findingthelightindementia.com/home-2/
This excellent book aims to offer help and support for people who have received a diagnosis of dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease; vascular dementia; Lewy body dementia; frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson’s disease dementia as well as rarer conditions). Based on listening to and supporting people with the condition, and their caregivers for over 25 years, and informed by the latest research in the field, Jane shares her knowledge and expertise in an accessible way through this informative book
Jane has also developed a series of short online courses:
https://www.findingthelightindementia.com/short-courses/
Contact Jane to find out about her in person dementia training
https://www.findingthelightindementia.com/care-staff-course/
Jane can be contacted via her website:https://www.findingthelightindementia.com
From Dementia to Rementia
Jackie Pool
https://uk.jkp.com/products/from-dementia-to-rementia?_pos=2&_sid=f04d79dcb&_ss=r
This innovative book sets out practical guidance for people with dementia, their families and carers on reducing the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Applying a ‘rementia’ based approach to dementia care, Jackie Pool shows how therapeutic cognitive rehabilitation techniques can be used to reduce symptoms of dementia and ultimately improve quality of life for people living with dementia.
Covering topics such as nutrition, stress, communication, memory and sleep, it provides all the tools and information necessary to build a personalised and flexible self-care plan which will improve and sustain quality of life. By clearing away the myths and stigma surrounding dementia, this book creates room for cooperation, creativity and hope.
The QCS Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling
Jackie Pool
The QCS Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument is widely used as the framework for providing activity-based care for people with cognitive impairments, including dementia. The Instrument was recommended for daily living skills training and activity planning in the National Institute for Clinical Excellence Clinical Guidelines for Dementia (NICE 2006). It is an essential resource for any practitioner or carer wanting to provide fulfilling occupation for clients with cognitive impairments.
This fifth edition of The QCS Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling retains the checklists and plans helpful in matching user’s abilities with personal care and leisure activities and includes a new chapter co-written by Professor Lesley Collier on the revised ‘PAL Engagement Measure’ describing its use and validity.