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WORKSHOP I: Living the Life You Want: Exploring Your Needs and Preferences

Michigan 2010 Conference Determining Change Increasing Choice & Control for Older Adults through Person-Directed Planning and Self Determination in Long-Term Care. Six Workshops Introducing the Series: Successfully Employing Your Personal Assistance. WORKSHOP I: Living the Life You Want:

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WORKSHOP I: Living the Life You Want: Exploring Your Needs and Preferences

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  1. Michigan 2010 Conference Determining Change Increasing Choice & Control for Older Adults through Person-Directed Planning and Self Determination in Long-Term Care Six Workshops Introducing the Series: Successfully Employing Your Personal Assistance WORKSHOP I: Living the Life You Want: Exploring Your Needs and Preferences Wednesday, Oct. 13  11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

  2. Workshop I:Living the Life You Want 1.1 Welcome 45 mins 1.2 Opinion Poll 1 30 mins 1.3 My Ideal (or Perfect) Day 45 mins 1.4 Tools to Plan Your Personal 75 mins Preferences and Assistance Needs 1.5 Opinion Poll 2 30 mins 1.6 Closing 15 mins

  3. An Opinion Poll Most personal assistants try to help the people they work for live the best possible lives they can.  AGREE  DISAGREE  MIXED OPINION

  4. Exploring Your Needs and Preferences Describe what a really great day (living in your current home) would look like • Where would you be and go? • What would you be doing? • How would the day start? • Who would you be with? • How many things would you do in a day? • How and when would the day end?

  5. What Assistance Do You Need? • What ADLs, medical tasks, IADLs, other supports to you want and need? • How often do you need assistance? • How long does it take each time? • What is your preferred time of day to have it done? • What other preferences do you have about how this is done?

  6. What are Your Preferences? Do you want your PA to… • Enjoy your pets? • Share your interests with you? (e.g. TV, music, shopping, theater, clubbing) • Cook the kind of food you like your way? • Go to church with me? • Be a male (or a female)? …young (or older)?

  7. Taking it Home! In one word, or a short phrase… What is the most significant thing you’re taking away from this workshop?

  8. Successfully Employing Your Personal Assistants • A 7-Session 4-Hour Workshop Series • 10-Session Train-the-Trainer Program • With hopes to develop more mentoring supports Complete copies of the Instructor Guides & Handouts are available at: http://www.michigan.gov/ltc/0,1607,7-148--179012--,00.html Maureen Sheahan PHI Midwest Training & Organizational Development Specialist msheahan@PHInational.org 248.376.5701

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