Goals for videographic tools and interventions |
Reduce:
transfer trauma confusion, frustration, depression, anger, anxiety, fear, acting out
Through:
redirection, repetition, empowerment by information through mixed media
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Build:
confidence, routines, trust, caregiver-patient-family relationships, new cognitive associations, calming triggers
Through:
repeated exposure to environmental variables in a non-threatening, entertaining context |
SITUATION |
PROBLEM |
IMPLICATION |
NEED |
| Unfamiliar surroundings |
In some cases, the ability and or willingness to adjust to new surroundings is diminished with weakened mental health |
Addressing the tangible factors of the adjustment (familiarity with physical surroundings in both contexts) could buffer the negative effects of the change on the resident |
A medium to present and intermingle both contexts to allow the resident to visualize and verbalize the transition |
| Unfamiliar caregivers |
Strangers providing direction to a resident who has long been independent (and who is likely a bit confused, depressed, angry) |
New caregivers add to the variables of unfamiliarity and loss of independence, and trust has not yet been developed in the process of transition |
A medium to present the resident's story for "proper introductions" to breed familiarity and trust between resident and caregiver |
| Unfamiliar care |
Limited ability to process a new routine when pulled from one that has been around for decades |
Routines are products of repeated behavior that is self-reinforcing in a person's memory |
A medium for positive and repeated exposure to a new routine in a non-threatening context
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| Unfamiliar day |
Illness has caused the sudden onset of dementia and a resident is hospitalized temporarily |
A new transition needs addressed to re-orient the resident to time, space, and temporary surroundings / routine. |
A medium to generally describe events of temporary hospitalization and eventual return to their nursing facility, and a medium to provide them with a visual intermingling of both contexts with a familial voice |
| Unfamiliar world |
Dementia diminishes a resident's cognitive ability to process daily activity |
The resident requires increased attention to reinforce routines, familiarity, or simply to reduce fear of the unknown / inconceivable |
A medium to present daily activity (specific to the resident's level of cognitive function - memory degradation) in a non-threatening, calming context |
| Stressed family caregivers |
Family members have a limited ability to care for the resident physically, medically, emotionally, and have limited time to devote to the care that they can give |
The stressfulness of the transition on the resident can compound the stress on the primary family member(s) who are assisting in the care and transition (which can add stress to the patient and snowball) |
A medium for the family to be present with the resident in an on-demand audio-visual context when the family member(s) cannot physically be there - additionally, a medium for the family member to participate in therapeutic care through their familiar voice |
| Physicians have more than one patient |
Physicians can't be present at all times |
Behavioral therapeutic interventions for dementia residents can rarely be on-demand. |
A medium to deliver long and short-term therapeutic interventions that help prevent escalation of confusion and anxiety based behavioral problems. This is employed as an active intervention used in concert with other treatment options |
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The above list is by no means exhaustive. One responsible approach to caring for a loved one in the various stages of transition is to prevent fairly common and predictable challenges from escalating into behavioral incidents or excessive emotional stress.
Thinking outside of the bottle, Carpe Multimedia, LLC has chosen to apply unique and innovative videographic tools to address each patient in a way that affirms their life and works to secure the quality of the moment. |
