Free Resource Friday: What Helps Me Stay Connected?
This month’s free INSPIRE Learning Tool is:
A free practical Learning Tool for approaching sensitive conversations in dementia care.
Some conversations feel difficult because they involve relationships, loss, identity, dignity, choice or change. Avoiding them can leave people unheard or excluded.
What Helps Me Stay Connected? offers practical prompts to help care workers, team leaders and managers prepare, listen, understand what matters and agree one respectful next step.
Who this resource is for
- Care and support workers
- Senior care workers
- Team leaders and supervisors
- Care managers
- Anyone supporting sensitive conversations in dementia care
What you’ll get
- A simple preparation activity separating facts, observations and assumptions
- Suggested opening phrases and questions to consider
- Prompts for listening to what matters to the person
- A practical action-planning section
- Reflection questions and a quick checklist
- Clear reminders about reporting concerns and following organisational procedures
Why it matters
A respectful conversation does not need to solve everything. It can help the person feel heard and establish what should happen next.