I am still me

I can understand

I can manage

Development of a psycho-educational post

diagnostic programme using a salutogenic

approach

Catherine Daly, Senior Occupational Therapist, HSE Primary Care

catherinekeogh.daly@hse.ie 086-1453678

Set your Intention

Find your tribe

Find your framework

Set to work

Set your Intention

O Less about the

symptoms – more

about the person

O Diagnosis being a

part of you, but not

all of you

O Living alongside

dementia and living

that life well

O “Hope is a decision

you make” (Ronan Smyth)

• Primary Care Occupational Therapy

Department – Dublin South City

• Department of Age Related

Healthcare – Tallaght University

Hospital

• National Dementia Office

• DCCN and IDWG (ASI)Kathy Ryan

Model of Human Occupation

Sense of CoherenceMy world has

meaning

My world is

understandable

My world is

manageable

I am still me

I can understand

I can manage

Sense of Coherence

Kitwood’s Enriched Model of Dementia

Set to Work

Instead of counting my days,

I’m going to make my days count

Kathy Ryan

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