A Model for Enhancing Independence and Self-Management for People Living With Dementia (JGCR)

Summary

An article from Japan proposes a model for self-management support, entitled “Self-Management of Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment (SMILE)”. Five factors for helping to preserve social function include:

1. A focus on individuals’ retained functions and strengths, rather than their deficits.
2. Shared decision-making.
3. Optimising personal initiative in decision-making.
4. Aiming for a state of “autonomous interdependence”.
5. Preservation of reciprocal, mutually beneficial, relationships.

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Reference

Maki, Y. (2019). Proposal for the empowerment of interdependent self-management support for people with dementia. Journal of Geriatric Care and Research. June 2019. Vol.6(1): pp.3-8.

SMILE-Related Proposals for Improving Person-Centred Communication Support

A theoretically-based discussion concerning the maintenance of optimally effective communication support throughout the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease dementia, using the SMILE model:

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Reference

Maki, Y. Iritani, S. [and] Terada, S. [et al] (2019). Communication support for persons with dementia through ‘Self-Management of Autonomous Interdependent Life Empowerment’. Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR). December 4^th 2019, Vol.6(2): pp.56-63.