Meter andECAT Sound MeterAs communication skills decline in people with dementia, a supportive environment becomes crucial to a resident's abilities to express needs and desires. The ECAT is the evidence-based toolkit to help you recognize what physical and social changes will help improve functioning, communication, and quality of life. Here are the tools to assess, interven, and modify—on an individualized basis—to ensure the quality of life for people with dementia. In three easy-to-follow steps, the ECAT Assessment Forms help you: Assess activity performance with quick yes/no questionsEvaluate the environment to identify barriers and problemsPinpoint individualized recommendations for interventionThe ECAT is not only person-centered but real-world. ECAT's developers are both researchers and experienced clinicians who have made sure the ECAT: Integrates effortlessly into evaluation and treatment sessionsHelps keep up caseload demands with creative solutions,/li>Satisfies regulatory requirementsLeads to straightforward functional therapeutic interventionsIdentifies low-cost, person-centered environmental modificationsIn field-tests, 97% of professionals using ECAT reported it gave them new treatment options to use with clients with dementa. Discover for yourself the surprisingly simple environmental changes that can improve functional independence byincreasing the size of sign lettering to identify spaces,using colored tape around a door handle, andencouraging social interations by rearranging seating areas.ECAT for Dementia Care has more than 300 specific recommendations for interventions and modifications that reduce typical problems encountered during routine activities of daily living for people with dementia. With the ECAT's functionally-based assessment and intervention system, you are equipped with solutions!

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