--001a11330530bd5c13051ad97c7d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Naoko Shirota Date: Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 1:48 PM Subject: Re: Interventionist Program To: Timothy Thomas Hi Tim, Although we can't guarantee results, we have seen some positive results in cognitive testing among high functioning individuals (residents of independent living) after three months of CTM participating in the program at 3 hours per week, so I would say that is appropriate. Thanks, Naoko On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Timothy Thomas wrote: > thanks Naoko, > > For the sake of this partnership with the ARAC clinic, I would need to se= t > a timeline for the patients to be reassessed following CTM intervention. = In > your opinion, would 3 months (of 3 hrs per week) be sufficient to see som= e > positive results? If not, what would you recommend? > > Tim. > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Naoko Shirota nshirota@homecareassistance.com> wrote: > >> Hi Tim, >> >> The interventionist program does not have a calendar guide as the >> interventionist will be determining which activity to do in each session= . >> There is no end date for the interventionist program. We have enough >> activities to go through and many of them can be repeated. Our longest >> client has been with us for 2 years, for example, and we have introduced >> new activities to keep the plan fresh and relevant but have also repeate= d >> some activities as well. The minimum hours are 3 hours per week, and man= y >> of our clients in the bay area either do 3 hours per week (two 1.5 hour >> sessions per week) or 6 hours per week (three 2 hour sessions per week). >> >> As for materials, the interventionist will be using the same CTM kit but >> will be utilizing more activities through the IMS, which can be accessed >> using the iPad. The only additional investment that is required for the >> interventionist program are an iPad (one for each interventionist), hiri= ng >> an interventionist (minimum of a bachelor's degree in psychology, nursin= g >> or related area) and time required to complete training (training is don= e >> in two parts: a self-study portion and a virtual training session led by >> me, and there is not cost to this training - however, I would like someo= ne >> who would be a future interventionist trainer to participate as well so >> training can eventually be done locally. Let me know when you are ready = to >> train the interventionist and I can go over the process in greater detai= l). >> >> I hope this answers your question. There's been a lot of offices >> implementing the interventionist program lately so I am planning to put >> together a document that outlines the implementation process for the >> program but until then, feel free to email or call me with questions. >> >> Best, >> Naoko >> >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Timothy Thomas > tt@homecareassistance.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi