The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling

Jackie Pool is an Occupational Therapist specialising in the development and provision of programmes and materials for leadership and workforce development in dementia care. She sat on the National Dementia Strategy Reference Group and was commissioned by Skills for Care to write the QCF dementia units for the national health and social care qualifications. She has published extensively and speaks at many conferences in the field of dementia care. Jackie's website can be found at jackiepoolassociates.org.

4th edition.

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, University College London, David Challis, University of Manchester, and Martin Orrell, University College London. 5. Life History Work. 6. PAL Checklist Case Studies. 7. Planning Interventions: Completing the Pool Activity Level (PAL) Profile and the PAL Individual Action Plan. 8. Implementing Interventions. 9. Planning and Implementing Sensory Interventions. Lesley Collier, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, University of Southampton. 10. Seeing Results: Aims and Rationale of the PAL Instrument. Part II: Using the Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument in Leisure Activities. Sarah Mould, Training and Development Consultant, Jackie Pool Associates Ltd., and Jackie Pool. 11. Introduction to Part 2. 12. Table Top Games Activity Pack. 13. Social Games Activity Pack. 14. Creative Activities Pack. 15. Sensory Activities Pack.