Challenging Behaviour in Elderly Dementia Care: Bathing without the Bruises
Splish, Splash, Splosh – I just got Boshed! Care assistants and caregivers consistently find that bathing is one of those flashpoints that they have in terms of conflict and combative behavior with elderly residents in care, particularly those who may be confused or distressed because of the effects of dementia. This is one of the
“The desire for officers to receive better training in dealing with members of the public with mental health issues was repeatedly mentioned” – from the 2018 published Home Office Police Front Line Review. Crisis Intervention in Policing remains an emotive and important topic. I spoke with veteran police trainer Gary Klugiewicz some time ago about how we
Conflict Management Training for Utilities Engineers
Conflict Management Training for Utilities Engineers The Dynamis team recently completed a project to enhance the safety of the field workforce from a major UK energy utilities company. Imagine this with me for a second: “Your job is to travel out into the community, enter a completely unknown person’s home and spend 2-3 hours there
Is Officer Safety Training broken? If so, is there a way to fix it?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/officer-safety-training-broken-so-can-we-fix-gerard-o-dea/ THE WHAT-WE-TEACH PROBLEM Early in my career, I was escorted into a room at a national-level agency and shown a single, security-restricted copy of the ‘Self-Defence’ training programme which was being taught to at-risk staff. My sense of anticipation before opening that document caused my heart to race. You can only imagine my disappointment,
How to Stay Safe and Keep your Clients Safe when working with Distressed Behaviours Our client for this ongoing training Safe Caring support package is a mid-sized care provider based in the south of England. The organisation has multiple sites and supports individuals facing the challenges of living with dementia day-to-day, offering reassurance, support and