Transforming the Hygiene Care Experience for All: A Person-Centered Approach to Enhancing Wellness

Earn While You Learn: Continuing Education Certificate and One (1) Contact Hour Available!

The presentation explores how shifting hygiene care from a routine task to an enriching experience can improve physical, emotional, and psychological well-being for both caregivers and recipients. Emphasising a person-centered approach, this session highlights the connection between hygiene care, and overall wellness, especially for people living with dementia. Participants will learn innovative strategies to promote dignity, comfort, and safety while still focusing on individual needs. Incorporating functional and practical strategies, along with case scenarios, attendees will gain insights into how and why the transformation of hygiene care practices, fosters a culture of wellness.

Learning objectives:

• Recognise the impact of dementia on healthcare systems globally.
• Understand the principles and importance of a person-centered care approach to healthcare. 
• Be introduced to the connection between hygiene care and overall physical, emotional, and psychological wellness.
• Conceptualise the transformation of hygiene care into a wellness-focused experience for all.
• Explore innovative practices and tools to enhance comfort, dignity, and safety during hygiene care.
• Examine the role of the environment, and specialised equipment in creating a positive hygiene care experience.
• Understand how person-centered hygiene care, with a focus on dementia care, promotes trust and improves relationships between care partners and care recipients.
• Identify common barriers of effective hygiene care, especially for people living with dementia.
• Review case scenarios to demonstrate successful implementation of elevated hygiene care practices for people living with dementia.

Attendees will have the opportunity to earn One (1) Contact Hour by participating the entire session and submitting the Evaluation Form at the end of the session. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider Number #CEP17028.