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Coming soon
The Spark of Life Club Program!
Please see below for
further details about our Spark of Life Club Program
and other exciting resources to ignite your Spark of Life.
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April 2008
Gratitude is the best attitude.
Author Unknown
This month discover how appreciation and validation can make
such a difference to the person with dementia. When your life is so busy, it is
easy to forget to pause and appreciate the simple things everyday. Validation
is also a fantastic tool to build bridges of communication and revitalise your
relationships!
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Validation
Validation is a way of listening and
communicating that helps us explore, accept and understand the person with
dementia who returns to the past.
To read our validation article in full:
Members, please log in to the DCA website and then click here.
Non members, please click here.
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Sparking Discussions
Q. Have you any advice or solutions for when the person with
dementia speaks so low and quiet that we can't pick up his conversation?
Visit our dynamic online forum for the answer to this and many other questions
unique to dementia care.
The Spark of Life Community
forums gives our members the opportunity to have their every question
answered, every time by a dedicated and experienced DCA Spark of Life consultant.
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Spark of Life Community
Are you in the middle of setting budgets and deciding on
expenditure for next year? Want an
economical and dynamic solution that motivates your staff and revitalises your
workplace?
Visit the DCA website
to discover the many benefits of a Spark of Life Membership, a specially designed and fully supportive partnership
that will transform your approach to dementia care.
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Coming soon!
The Spark of Life Club Program
A complete educational resource that will enable you to bring the benefits of the Spark of Life Club Program to your facility!
- Nine years worth of new footage, showing the program in action as part of a six educational DVD set
- Comprehensive training and reference handbook
- Assessment and Evaluation forms including the Bradford Wellbeing Profile
- Laminated Activity Assessment Cards
Everything you need to run the Spark of Life Club Program in your facility!
The Spark of Life
Club Program has been independently researched at Curtin University,
WA, and benchmarked as best practise in Wisconsin, USA.
Internationally recognised and implemented, this program truly
transforms the experience of people with dementia.
For further information and to see how the Spark of Life
Club Program rekindles the spark in people with dementia, email
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for a free introductory dvd and
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Discover how Spark
of Life Uniforms can transform your workplace.
'I am fortunate
enough to be working in a high care dementia unit in Trafalgar, Victoria. I purchased two rainbow
uniforms and need to tell you about the fabulous reaction I have gained from
some of our residents who are suffering dementia and no longer communicate with
us verbally.'
Click here to read the rest of this testimonial.
Spark of Life Uniforms are available
in sizes 6 to 26, they feature rainbow collars and cuffs and now come in 8 colours.
Click here to discover how you can brighten up the day of a
person with dementia.
The Power of Appreciation
 Harness the power of appreciation and open your eyes to the fabulous rewards
an appreciative mindset can bring.
Visit our shop for more information on this powerful book.
To view all of our products, visit our new look online shop.
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We trust you have enjoyed this edition of the Spark of Life newsletter.
Look out for the next edition, which will contain exciting news about our new Spark of Life Club Program and will also see the newsletter designed in a new format.
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Warmest Regards,
Hellen Fisher - Editor
On behalf of the entire DCA
team.
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