As communication skills decline in people with dementia, a supportive environment becomes crucial to a resident's ability to express needs and desires. But how do you recognise what physical and social changes will help improve functioning, communication, and quality of life? The Environment & Communication Assessment Toolkit (ECAT) for Dementia Care is your answer. This evidence-based toolkit includes the tools you need to assess, intervene, and modify on an individualised basis to ensure the quality of life for people with dementia. Use the validated Assessment Forms, and in three easy-to-follow steps you will be able to assess activity performance with quick yes/no questions; evaluate the environment to identify barriers and problems; and pinpoint individualised recommendations for intervention. ECAT's developers are researchers and experienced clinicians who have made sure that ECAT integrates effortlessly into evaluation and treatment sessions; helps keep up case load demands with creative solutions; satisfies regulatory requirements; leads to straightforward functional therapeutic interventions; and identifies low-cost, person-centred environmental modifications. ECAT for Dementia Care has more than 300 specific recommendations for interventions and modifications that will reduce typical problems encountered during routine activities of daily living for people with dementia. With the ECAT's functionally based assessment and intervention system, you will be fully equipped with solutions. Environment & Communication Assessment Toolkit for Dementia Care (ECAT) - Without Metres contains 100 pp paperback Manual, Assessment Forms, Card Pack (Gray Scale Contrast Tool, Type Size Reading Test), and CD-ROM (of reproducible forms and cards).

The Girls Talk records delightful conversations between Margaret Calkin and Maryland Selders about Christian subjects near and dear to their hearts. From vastly different backgrounds, the Girls find connection through their faith rooted in Jesus Christ. These senior ladies bring their lifetime reservoirs of stories of the Lord standing faithfully beside them during every season of life. Learn from them as they discuss topics such as the integrity of the Word, whom to honor, the ability to forgive, the door of opportunity, and "walking the talk." Laugh and cry with the Girls as they bring you "the keys of the kingdom" known as Scripture combined with personal testimony. You will long remember these conversations. Would that I could have learned these things when I was young Years of experience are costly in emotions and time. Here's a way to bypass some tough areas. Yeah, Girls Talk Keep helping us. --Dr. Myrna Etheridge, G & M Etheridge Ministries, Inc. I just love the way Margaret and Marilyn illuminate spiritual truths easily, yet profoundly, pulling it out from their rich life experiences. It captivates us to read and glean more from their discussions, as the two women share from their hearts in a natural fun style. --Joy MacInnes, Co-pastor of Fisherman's Net Revival Center Margaret Calkin, co-founder of Break Ground Ministries, Inc., has entered the missionary field via television as teacher and talk-show hostess. Author of Break Ground on Learning How to pray, she also has returned to the field of writing because that's what Jesus wants her to do. Look for more books in the future Marilyn Selders, author of Beyond the Gates, is a Bible teacher and certified relationship consultant, who also answered the call to spread the Father's love through media.

Praise the Lord Anyway A Portal to the Living God Praise the Lord under all circumstances. Join the victory party and ditch the pity party. Launch all of your prayers with praise and thanksgiving. Remember He inhabits the praises of His people. Practice the presence of God. Recall the past battle victories. Expect survival by Christ. According to Charles Spurgeon, "Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ." In this little book Margaret Calkin takes us deeper into those waters and does it in a way that is easy to understand and to apply. Although sometimes that praise must sail across turbulent waters, she shares how we can Praise through Everything to the Victory Dr. Jim MacInnes, international television minister, pastor, evangelist, and called the father of the Jesus Movement in Sweden Margaret Calkin, co-founder of Break Ground Ministries, author and television hostess of the Titus 2 Women, brings fresh insight to the sacrifice of praise. Her timely message on the sacrifice of praise sends hope to the hurting. Email: [email protected] www.breakground.org

As communication skills decline in people with dementia, a supportive environment becomes crucial to a resident's ability to express needs and desires. But how do you recognise what physical and social changes will help improve functioning, communication, and quality of life? The Environment & Communication Assessment Toolkit (ECAT) for Dementia Care is your answer. This evidence-based toolkit includes the tools you need to assess, intervene, and modify on an individualised basis to ensure the quality of life for people with dementia. Use the validated Assessment Forms, and in three easy-to-follow steps you will be able to assess activity performance with quick yes/no questions; evaluate the environment to identify barriers and problems; and pinpoint individualised recommendations for intervention. ECAT's developers are researchers and experienced clinicians who have made sure that ECAT integrates effortlessly into evaluation and treatment sessions; helps keep up case load demands with creative solutions; satisfies regulatory requirements; leads to straightforward functional therapeutic interventions; and identifies low-cost, person-centred environmental modifications. ECAT for Dementia Care has more than 300 specific recommendations for interventions and modifications that will reduce typical problems encountered during routine activities of daily living for people with dementia. With the ECAT's functionally based assessment and intervention system, you will be fully equipped with solutions. Environment & Communication Assessment Toolkit for Dementia Care Toolkit (ECAT) Card Pack contains 25 cards (24 full-colour Sequencing Cue Cards and 1 double-sided single colour card (Gray Scale Contrast Tool and Type Size Reading Test).

Boxed set contains: * ECAT Manual * ECAT Cue Card Pack * ECAT Assessment Forms * CD-ROM (of reproducible forms and cards) * light and sound meter As communication skills decline in people with dementia, a supportive environment becomes crucial to a resident's ability to express needs and desires. But how do you recognize what physical and social changes will help improve functioning, communication, and quality of life? The Environment & Communication Assessment Toolkit (ECAT) for Dementia Care is your answer! This evidence-based toolkit includes the tools you need to assess, intervene, and modify on an individualized basis to ensure the quality of life for people with dementia. Use the validated Assessment Forms, and in three easy-to-follow steps you will: Assess activity performance with quick yes/no questions Evaluate the environment to identify barriers and problems Pinpoint individualized recommendations for intervention And it's not only person-centered but real-world! ECAT's developers are researchers and experienced clinicians who have made sure that ECAT: Integrates effortlessly into evaluation and treatment sessions Helps keep up case load demands with creative solutions Satisfies regulatory requirements Leads to straightforward functional therapeutic interventions Identifies low-cost, person-centered environmental modifications In field-tests, 97% of professionals using ECAT reported it gave them new treatment options to use with clients with dementia. Discover for yourself the surprisingly simple environmental changes that can improve functional independence and resident well-being-changes such as supporting bathroom independence by increasing the size of sign lettering to identify spaces and using colored tape around a door handle, or encouraging social interaction by rearranging seating areas. ECAT for Dementia Care has more than 300 specific recommendations for interventions and modifications that will reduce typical problems encountered during routine activities of daily living for people with dementia. With the ECAT's functionally based assessment and intervention system, you're equipped with solutions!