The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument has become the framework for activity-based care systems in a variety of health and social care settings for people with cognitive impairments. The Instrument is recommended for daily living skills training and activity planning in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Clinical Guideline for Dementia (NICE, 2006). The PAL checklist has also been proved valid and reliable by a recent research study. Following these endorsements, Jackie Pool has developed valuable new material for this third edition. The book continues to include the Instrument itself and the photocopiable activity checklists and plans that help to match users' abilities with activities. An additional second section provides a selection of potential activities together with sources for obtaining them. The author includes guidance for carrying out these activities with individuals of different ability levels as revealed by the PAL Instrument Checklist. "The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling", as recommended in the NICE Guideline for Dementia, is an essential, reliable resource for any practitioner or carer wanting to provide fulfilling occupation for clients with cognitive impairments.

Table of Contents

Contents: About the Author. Preface. 1. Introduction. Part 1: The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument 3rd Edition. 2. The Four Activity Levels. 3. Reliability and Validity of the PAL Checklist. Jennifer Wenborn, University College London, David Challis, University of Manchester and Martin Orrell, University College London. 4. Life History Work. 5. PAL Checklist Case Studies. 6. Planning Interventions. 7. Implementing Interventions. 8. Seeing Results. 9. The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument 3rd Edition. Part 2: Leisure Activities using the PAL Profiles. Jackie Pool with Sarah Mould, Training and Development Consultant, Jackie Pool Associates Ltd. 10. Introduction. 11. Table Top Games. 12. Social Games. 13. Creative Activities. 14. Sensory Activities.

About the Author

Jackie Pool is an Occupational Therapist specialising in dementia care. She graduated from the Liverpool School of Occupational Therapy in 1988. She has established her own training and consultancy organisation: Jackie Pool Associates Ltd, as a UK leader in working with health and social care providers to develop their practices with people with dementia. Jackie is an Alzheimer's Society Approved Trainer and an Honorary Visiting Lecturer at the School of Health Professions, University of Southampton. She has published extensively and spoken at many conferences in the field of dementia care.

Reviews

"'An extremely practical resource with photocopiable activity checklists, personal profile records and outcome sheets...the resource is well presented and easy to read and it flows. The inclusion of short case studies provides the reader with workable illustrations so that at no point is he or she left unsure as to how ideas might be translated into practice.' - The British Journal of Occupational Therapy"