Be Light Care is a microlearning platform that offers short videos designed to improve the care of people with dementia. This excellent solution won the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards at SilverNight.
“It’s so exciting, I mean, it’s a special public choice award, it’s because thousands of people follow me on social media and are so supportive, so lovely, they are so encouraging in what we do, and I know that my business and I wouldn’t be the same without them.”
Be Light Care Consulting is a company run by speech-language pathologist Adria Thompson, whose goal is to make videos on social media to help people know how to care for people with dementia and better understand this disease.
This devotion to awareness comes from a personal story, that of her own grandmother who suffered from dementia. The founder noted that resources and support for caregivers and people with dementia were not sufficient. She works with hundreds of people living with dementia every day and wants to continue doing so as much as possible. These videos build on his expertise as a speech therapist and home care specialist. Other than caregivers, home care providers also watch the content and use these tips on a daily basis.
Raise awareness of dementia in the general public
Adria Thompson makes these videos in her living room feeling a little isolated, and in those cases it’s easy to lose sight of the overall impact of what she is helping to achieve in the world. This award and recognition is very important to her. She designs short videos to give practical advice for professional or personal caregivers of people with dementia. These are tips on daily tasks such as how to help someone dress, or how to help the person with dementia take a shower by adjusting the water temperature, and all these techniques are based on evidence-based communication strategies.
To make these videos accessible to the widest possible audience, Adria Thompson wants to develop an application that makes its content accessible to anyone with a mobile device or computer. In the future, Adria Thompson hopes to reach even more people who need care advice and also hopes to integrate this micro learning into care spaces around the world.
Find out more about https://www.belightcare.com
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