The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling : A Practical Resource for Careers of People with Cognitive Impairment

The instrument is now standardised and will also be of interest to strategic level providers and commissioners of health and social care services as a standardised assessment and outcome measure. In the draft practice guideline for dementia, The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE, 2006), the PAL instrument is recommended for activity of daily living skill training and for activity planning. This substantially revised edition expands the use of the Pool Activity Level (PAL) instrument to include clients with cognitive disabilities as well those with dementia. Originally developed as a framework for developing meaningful occupation for people with dementia, the PAL instrument is now in place as the basis of activity-based care models in several NHS trusts, as well as being used by carers at home and professionals in many sectors and settings.
This resource guides the reader through a series of clear practical steps and uses case studies to enable them to understand, plan and implement activities. The instrument includes photocopiable activity checklists and plans that take into account users' life histories and help to match abilities with activities.
Following two years of feedback from practitioners and carers, the author has refined the instrument, allowing it to be tailored more closely to the needs of individual users and has included new features such as an outcome sheet and reformatted checklists.
Since it was first published, the Pool Activity Level (PAL) instrument has become the framework for activity-based care systems in a variety of settings for clients with dementia. Following two years of feedback from practitioners and carers, the author has refined the instrument, expanding its use to form occupational profiles for people who have had strokes and those with learning disabilities as well as those with dementia. This substantially revised edition includes photocopiable activity checklists and plans which take into account users' life histories and help to match abilities with ac The PAL Instrument is based on the underpinning principle that people with cognitive impairment also have abilities and that when an enabling environment is presented to the person, these potential abilities can be realised. This resource guides the reader through a series of clear practical steps, using case studies to enable them to understand, plan and implement their use of the PAL instrument Previous ed. published with title: The Pool Activity Level (PAL) instrument.