The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling - Jackie Pool

The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling

A Practical Resource for Carers of People with Cognitive Impairment Third Edition

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Buch | Softcover
176 Seiten
2007 | 3rd Revised edition
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84310-594-7 (ISBN)
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This third edition includes valuable new material together with the Instrument itself and the photocopiable activity checklists and plans that help to match users' abilities with activities. The author includes guidance for carrying out these activities with individuals of different ability levels as revealed by the PAL Instrument Checklist.
The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument has become generally used as the framework for activity-based care systems in a variety of health and social care settings for people with cognitive impairments. The Instrument is recommended for daily living skills training and activity planning in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Clinical Guideline for Dementia (NICE, 2006). The PAL checklist has also been proved valid and reliable by a recent research study.

This third edition includes valuable new material together with the Instrument itself and the photocopiable activity checklists and plans that help to match users' abilities with activities. A new section provides a selection of potential activities together with information on obtaining the necessary resources. The author includes guidance for carrying out these activities with individuals of different ability levels as revealed by the PAL Instrument Checklist.

An essential resource for any practitioner or carer wanting to provide fulfilling occupation for clients with cognitive impairments.

Jackie Pool is an Occupational Therapist specialising in dementia care. She graduated from the Liverpool School of Occupational Therapy in 1988. She has established her own training and consultancy organisation: Jackie Pool Associates Ltd, as a UK leader in working with health and social care providers to develop their practices with people with dementia. Jackie is an Alzheimer's Society Approved Trainer and an Honorary Visiting Lecturer at the School of Health Professions, University of Southampton. She has published extensively and spoken at many conferences in the field of dementia care.

About the Author. Preface. 1. Introduction. Part 1: The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument 3rd Edition. 2. The Four Activity Levels. 3. Reliability and Validity of the PAL Checklist. Jennifer Wenborn, University College London, David Challis, University of Manchester and Martin Orrell, University College London. 4. Life History Work. 5. PAL Checklist Case Studies. 6. Planning Interventions. 7. Implementing Interventions. 8. Seeing Results. 9. The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument 3rd Edition. Part 2: Leisure Activities using the PAL Profiles. Jackie Pool with Sarah Mould, Training and Development Consultant, Jackie Pool Associates Ltd. 10. Introduction. 11. Table Top Games. 12. Social Games. 13. Creative Activities. 14. Sensory Activities.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.10.2007
Reihe/Serie University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Medizin / Pharmazie Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie Ergotherapie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-84310-594-2 / 1843105942
ISBN-13 978-1-84310-594-7 / 9781843105947
Zustand Neuware
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