Using the strengths perspective as part of all nursing home resident assessments not only benefits the resident but the staff as well. Teach your staff how to identify and use strengths. Mentor and be a role model too!
Making change happen: learning from "positive deviancts"
Another approach to strengths assessment
1. Another Approach to Assessment
When is the problem not happening?
When is the problem different?
How have you survived, endured, or thrived?
What is currently working?
What are you doing that you would like to continue doing?
What if a miracle happened?
What can you do now to create a piece of the miracle?
Graybeal (2001)
Greene et al. Foundations of Social Work Practice in the Field of Aging. Washington, DC:NASW Press;2007
