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Blue Butterflies for Dementia patients.

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  • Blue Butterflies for Dementia patients.

    Have just heard about this scheme today and imo it's not a day too soon


    WELCOME TO THE BUTTERFLY SCHEME

    • In hospital, dozens of staff pass - often very quickly - through a patient's life every day
    • Some will be aware of the patient's memory status, but even those who are aware of it often don't realise that their words and actions are inappropriate - and possibly even dangerous - to a person with dementia
    • Inappropriate dementia care routinely results in greatly extended length of stay, but how can hospital staff automatically know how to respond to someone with dementia?
    • The answer, of course, is that they can't automatically know - but the Butterfly Scheme has developed a successful way of sharing carer expertise and insight with all staff who take over that care in hospital, very quickly building up their dementia care skills
    • Created by a carer, the Butterfly Scheme is rapidly spreading as hospitals hear from one another how it has created real enthusiasm for dementia care amongst staff using it
    • Hospital staff want to be able to offer good dementia care and the Butterfly Scheme makes that possible in the most practical and collaborative way


    Who's it for?


    The Butterfly Scheme allows people whose memory is permanently affected by dementia to make this clear to hospital staff and provides staff with a simple, practical strategy for meeting their needs. The patients receive more effective and appropriate care, reducing their stress levels and increasing their safety and well-being, and staff are happier, too.
    One of those rare situations where something that's great for the patient is also great for the staff!













    A three-part scheme:


    (1) At-a-glance discreet identificationvia the Butterfly symbol is available for hospital patients who have dementia-related memory impairment and wish staff to be aware of it

    (2) All staff who interact with patients are trained to offer a specific five-pointtargeted response

    (3) the Butterfly alerts all staff to the existence of an easy-to-use carer sheet







    http://www.butterflyscheme.org.uk/
    Last edited by enaid; 11th October 2012, 14:12:PM.
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    Re: Blue Butterflies for Dementia patients.

    We actually had something similar when I worked on a re-hab unit but used yellow stars
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