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The ‘TOP 5’ Strategy has been developed to assist care
staff to preserve the identities of those they support
by ‘T’ – talking to the person’s family carer or
significant others, about the person; ‘O’ – obtain
information about the person, their behaviour, likes,
dislikes and interests; ‘P’ – personalise their care to
support the persons sense of self/identity; ‘5’ –
develop 5 strategies for the staff to use between
themselves and the person they support to help keep
the person calm, reassured and engaged.
More information about the TOP 5 can be found
here:
http://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/data/assets/pdf_file/0012/2959
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