Rosemary Hurtley MSc, Dip COT, FRSA
Registered Occupational Therapist & Consultant MSc Gerontology
Lead Coach & Trainer
Rosemary is a consultant in health and social care and Occupational Therapist, author and conference speaker. She has an MSc in Social Gerontology and is the founder of 360 Forward Ltd and Elizabeth Care®. Rosemary is a certified Validation worker having completed her training under the supervision of Validation Training Institute in the UK.
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“Efficiency is doing the job right and effectiveness is doing the right job”
Specialist skills:
- Innovative and creative thinker
- Adaptable and flexible worker
- Turn around and change management
- Communication and team building
- Leadership and coaching
- Highly committedwith integrity
- Certified validation worker for people with dementia
- Validation Coach and Trainer
Julia Pitkin Occupational Therapist / Validation Teacher
About the trainers:
Julia Pitkin achieved her Validation Teacher's certificate from the Validation Training Institute (VTI) in the USA in 2006. She hosted four visits from Naomi Feil to the UK between 2002- 2005 and co-facilitated the first Validation workers' course in the UK under the supervision of the VTI in 2006. Julia is an Occupational therapist with a postgraduate certificate in Dementia Studies and holds a certificate in Training Practice CIPD. She is currently studying for a Diploma Person Centred Counselling.
Person-Centred Validation is a process by which a therapeutic relationship is built on the practitioner’s congruence, unconditional positive regard and empathetic understanding shown to the individual. It focuses on the feelings rather than the content of speech. The practitioner demonstrates their skills in observation, encouragement, listening, pacing, exploring, summarising, rephrasing, matching voice tones and non-verbal interactions. The individual feels the practitioner's empathetic understanding and responds accordingly as their deep psychological need is meet.
This certificate is ideal for people who want to use therapeutic interaction skills in their daily role. We believe this is the first of its kind in the UK and therefore warrants the title of Therapeutic Dementia Champion.
Rosemary's Former Roles
Chairman of the Occupational Therapists in Private Practice
Founder Trustee for the National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People (NAPA)
Original steering group My Home Life
Trustee of The Relatives and Residents Association
Consultancy & Training - Occupational Therapy
Rosemary Hurtley Enterprises has a wealth of experience, using a diagnostic, interactive and developmental approach in:
- Specialist dementia care
- End of life care
- Re-ablement
- Care of older people practice development
- Activity provision diagnosis and guidance
- Integration of activity into care
“You don’t stop doing things because you grow old. You grow old because you stop doing things”
Some examples of consultancy and training topics include:
- Integrating activity into care - Therapeutic activities for Quality of Life for people with complex long term conditions and dementia / What Managers need to know about activities / Reminiscence and cognitive stimulation approaches
- Assessment of clients needs - advice for delivery of optimal person centred care, wellbeing and quality of life enrichment for residents with frailty
- Delivering person centred outcomes - Person centred culture analysis and diagnosis / Training needs analysis, activity provision for people at different stages of dementia
- Work-based learning courses - For behaviour change in helping organisations in the delivery of measurable culture change and implementation of practice in activity provision. Courses include - re-ablement and therapeutic environments, socio-therapeutic approaches involving relatives (see 360 fwd website courses).
- Culture change management - Diagnostic review with action planning guidance – results in improved reputation, higher occupancy, more effective and engaged staff, involved relatives, increased efficiency savings, ability to make planned investment inleadership, management and staff development
Author
Rosemary is an author as well. Her publications include the ‘The Successful Activity Co-ordinator’ and ‘Find the Right Care Home’ for Age Concern 2008 and ‘Insight into Dementia’ 2010, amongst others.
Rosemary also created 'Conversations that Matter; Breaking through Dementia', a powerful drama reconstruction to raise awareness and demonstrate a new way of communicating at a deeper emotional level with people experiencing dementia:
If you are interested in purchasing any of the above, please contact us.