Making Your Bed IPPI Activity

Our Preference Based Living team has created Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interventions, or IPPIs for short, to support provider communities as part of their journey to providing person-centered care. IPPIs are flexible activities that can be done in as little as 10 minutes, but if the resident is enjoying it then they can go longer. Anyone can perform an IPPI activity with a resident who has varying levels of dementia. Residents will first be interviewed about their personal preferences and preferred activities, based on their answers, IPPIs are chosen to meet the resident’s personal needs and preferences. IPPIs were designed to increase instances of positive interactions, strengthen connections between direct care workers and residents, increase positive moods, and decrease negative behaviors. We suggest doing an IPPI activity with a resident when there is downtime as a preventative measure, or when a resident is exhibiting behaviors of distress and could benefit from a more personalized intervention. The resident identified taking care of their personal belongings, specifically making their bed, as a preference.