Main description:

The QCS Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument is widely used as the framework for providing activity-based care for people with cognitive impairments, including dementia. The Instrument was recommended for daily living skills training and activity planning in the National Institute for Clinical Excellence Clinical Guidelines for Dementia (NICE 2006). It is an essential resource for any practitioner or carer wanting to provide fulfilling occupation for clients with cognitive impairments.

This fifth edition of The QCS Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling retains the checklists and plans helpful in matching user's abilities with personal care and leisure activities and includes a new chapter co-written by Professor Lesley Collier on the revised 'PAL Engagement Measure' describing its use and validity.

Including access to a digital version of the PAL instrument, it is an essential resource for any practitioner or carer wanting to provide fulfilling and meaningful occupation for clients with cognitive impairments.

Contents:

About the Author and Contributors
Preface
Part 1: The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument
1. The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument
2. Introduction to Part 1
3. The Four Activity Levels
4. Reliability and Validity of the PAL Checklist
Jennifer Wenborn, David Challis and Martin Orrell
5. Validity and Use of the QCS PAL Engagement Measure (Jackie Pool and Lesley Collier)
6. Life History Work
7. PAL Checklist Case Studies
8. Planning Interventions: Completing the PAL Activity Profile
and the PAL Individual Action Plan
9. Implementing Interventions
10. Planning and Implementing Sensory Interventions
Lesley Collier
11. Seeing Results
Part 2: Using the Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument in Leisure Activities
Sarah Mould and Jackie Pool
12. Introduction to Part 2
13. Table-top Games Activity Pack
14. Social Games Activity Pack
15. Creative Activities Pack
16. Sensory Activities Pack