This Online Tool Will Help You Support Your Relative With Dementia Wherever They Are
MyPAL is a cognitive assessment & personalised care plan tool for the person with dementia and their family. Based on an internationally recognised assessment & care planning system called PAL (Pool Activity Level), MyPAL is already an industry standard in the health, education and scientific sectors and is recommended in the National Clinical Practice Guideline for Dementia (NICE, 2006)
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Visit the Dementia Pal website
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What is MyPAL?
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Why Do I Need It?
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Identify what is important to the individual
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Focus on how to give the best support
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Know you are doing the right thing in the right way
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Be in control of your own care needs
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Tell paid carers what you want and how you want it
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Give the professionals immediate information that will help them to help you
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Reliability & Validity
If you would like some outside clarification to confirm the reliability and validity of the PAL Checklist, you can download this research document. -
Jackie Pool (author of MyPAL©) interviewed by OT Experts
Jackie Pool (the author of MyPAL©) was also interviewed by OT Experts and explains how the application of the PAL Instrument can really make a difference to the lives of people with dementia.
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