Nursing Homes

PETMA™ is a Irish HIQA Compliant, Behaviour Support Model to support persons with dementia, who may become distressed, using an ethical and human rights-based approach.

 

There are two programmes available.

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Rationale

This programme is designed to equip learners with essential professional, ethical, and therapeutic competence, knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for preventing and/or supporting older persons when they experience distress. It aims to facilitate them to reach a calmer state while ensuring the safety of all involved.

The programme covers the following key modules:

  • Understanding Behaviour of Concern
  • Understanding Dementia and its Impacts
  • Support Strategies
  • Communication Techniques
  • Professional Aspects of Managing Distressful Behaviours
  • Legal Aspects of Managing Distressful Behaviours
  • Physical Component Module

This programme is aligned with the values and practices outlined in the HIQA National Quality Standards in Residential Care Settings for Older People 2007. Additionally, it adheres to the BILD Code of Practice for the use of Physical Interventions.

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Duration

This is a three-day programme, comprising of no less than 19 hours.  Full attendance is compulsory. 

What is PETMA™ TTT? 

PETMA™ TTT presents a distinct behaviour support training approach for disability organisations, schools, and nursing homes in Ireland, which is HIQA compliant, standing out from other models which have flooded the market. While many of these models originated as staff self-defence courses, PETMA™ took a different approach by listening to service users' voices. This enabled the development of a behaviour support model centred on understanding, empathy, compassion, and collaboration with service users.

PETMA™ TTT empowers trainers to enact real change in classrooms, enabling them to deliver tailored content relevant to the individuals they support. Through conducting a Training Needs Analysis (TNA), trainers gain insight into the practical challenges and realities faced by staff daily. This knowledge allows them to deliver the 2-day Foundation Programme with a mix of mandatory modules and also to craft a customised training programme, drawing on our vast number of modules that addresses specific needs effectively.  

 

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