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Dementia Care Strategies & Techniques during COVID-19
Successful Verbal Redirection. Persons living with dementia may become distressed during COVID-19. ‘Successful Verbal Redirection’ can help validate their concerns, provide a sense of comfort and an opportunity for distraction & redirection. Learn more about this GPA technique.
50% OFF GPA eLearning in dementia care
Who should take GPA eLearning? If you interact with older adults in any care setting, GPA eLearning can help you respond effectively and safely to those living with dementia and expressing responsive behaviours. Until May 18th $45 / person (Reg. $90) Learn more here.
News & Announcements
New Study finds that GPA is one of the few interventions to improve nursing care in Canadian hospitals that had significant evaluation research on its effectiveness and sustainability.
May 6, 2022
Go directly to our website to read the Executive Summary and see the Poster (see the dark blue checkerboard on “AFFILIATED RESEARCH”) QUICK OVERVIEW Interventions to Improve the Nursing Care of People with Dementia in Canadian Hospitals: An... Learn More »GPA Stories from the Point of Care. Read Coach Mariam’s Story from Trillium Health Partners, Ontario
April 19, 2022
Go directly to Coach Mariam’s Story. Quick Overview: For the 2020 | 2021 AGE Recognition Awards, we are celebrating resilience. We asked GPA Certified Coaches to send us their GPA stories from the point of care during the pandemic.... Learn More »GPA and AGE featured in online issue of Dementia Connections Magazine.
April 14, 2022
Go directly to the online article. Quick Overview: Teaching Tenderness: AGE Inc. improves long-term care with Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA). April Morganti, AGE Executive Director and Lisa Wauchope, AGE Clinical Education and Training Specialist, recently sat down with Jennifer... Learn More »NOTE: Please refer to GPA Coach information page for certification prerequisites. Supporting documents must be uploaded at registration. Participation at a GPA Education Session is now a prerequisite for GPA Certified Coach Training. If you have not participated in a GPA Education Session within the last 24 months, please contact info@ageinc.ca for information on how to access prior to attending the GPA Coach Training Workshop.
Enhancing the care of older adults by learning together
The first step in our patient-centred approach to care is understanding the whole person.
Dr. Samir Sinha. Expert lead of the Ontario Seniors Strategy and founding Co-Chair of the Advisory Board for Canada's National Institute on Aging speaks about GPA
Nouveau! GPA est maintenant disponible en français : Approches Douces et Persuasives (ADP) dans les soins aux personnes atteintes de démence. Regardez la vidéo pour en apprendre plus.
In collaboration with AGE and multiple educational partners, including the Division of Geriatric Medicine at McMaster University, a new geriatric curriculum has been launched – the Geriatric Certificate Program (GCP). Click here for more information.
A Tribute to our Past: The GPA Legacy Rose
The cradled rose is an element from our original Gentle Persuasive Approaches logo. It represents our belief in a gentle, nurturing and respectful response to caring for older persons. Although our logo has evolved over time, our approach remains firmly rooted in person-centred care.
“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.”
– Victor Hugo
Photo credit: Gardener Hands. Photographer: Lesleigh Bahnmaier, Lenexa, Kansas.
Photo used with permission from the Landon Center on Aging “Images of Aging” photo contest © University of Kansas Medical Centre.