Best Friends Approach Free Downloadable Materials!
What is the Best Friends™ Approach?
These 13 handouts are free for you to download and will introduce you to the Best Friends™ approach, a highly successful model for dementia care that puts the person first. Adopted world-wide, this easy-to-implement approach is built on the essential elements of friendship—respect, empathy, support, trust, and humor. Use these handouts to learn the foundations of this approach and how effortlessly it can be adopted in your organization.
- 21 Ways to Sustain a Best Friends Program
- 30 Activities That Can Be Done in 30 Seconds or Less
- Best Friends Approach to Activities
- Best Friends Approach to Communication
- Best Friends Approach to Family Interactions
- Best Friends Environment
- Building Blocks of the Best Friends Approach
- Elements of Friendship & Dementia Care
- Elements of Knack
- Moving the Needle
- “Old Idea” vs. “New Idea” Programs
- Recipe for the Life Story
- 21 Ways to Sustain a Best Friends Program
- 30 Activities That Can Be Done in 30 Seconds or Less
- Best Friends Approach to Activities
- Best Friends Approach to Communication
- Best Friends Approach to Family Interactions
- Best Friends Environment
- Building Blocks of the Best Friends Approach
- Elements of Friendship & Dementia Care
- Elements of Knack
- Moving the Needle
- “Old Idea” vs. “New Idea” Programs
- Recipe for the Life Story