2. Aim to Get Better Overview of Professional Services

 


AIM to Get Better

"Aspiration, Inspiration, Motivation".

Please go to our website to see our ethos and detailed information about who we are and what we offer:  https://aimtogetbetter.com

 

Overview of Professional Services

 

INTRODUCTION TO MJ ALBUTT

 

QUALIFICATIONS

·      Current PhD student, University of Worcester. Thesis title "Exploring Trauma Informed Dementia Care within a

·      Nursing / Residential Home Setting"

·      Dementia Care Coach

·      MSc (Public Health) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

·      PGCE (Post Compulsory Education and Training) - Greenwich University.

·      Diploma in Clinical and Pastoral Counselling

·      Registered General Nurse

·      Registered Mental Nurse

 

EXPERT IN POSITIVE DEMENTIA CARE

·      MJ qualified as a registered general nurse (RGN) and registered mental nurse (RMN) at the prestigious Royal London Hospital in 1989. Since then, she has worked in a wide range of health care and teaching settings in public, private, and voluntary sectors.

·      Her vast wealth of experience includes well over 15 years working in care home settings. During this time, she has become an expert in caring for people living with dementia, becoming a dementia nurse specialist and, more recently working as Head of Dementia for one of the largest care home providers in the UK.

·      MJ is currently undertaking a PhD with the University of Worcester, researching the bi-directional relationships between trauma and dementia, and how trauma informed dementia care can be implemented within a care home setting.

·      MJ is passionate about changing people's attitudes and understanding of dementia. She has developed a positive emotion approach to dementia care, aimed at helping workforces, care environments and people living with dementia to THRIVE


EXPERT BY EXPERIENCE IN INDIVIDUAL TRAUMA

MJ's first book, “The Bear, the Bull and The Butterfly” was published in Jan 2025.

 

"The Bear, The Bull and The Butterfly: A Journey To Authentic Healing” is a powerful memoir of resilience and healing. Through personal stories, reflections, and poetry, Mary-Joy shares her journey from childhood trauma and dissociation to self-discovery and renewal. Divided into five parts, the book explores survival, transformation, and the hope of reclaiming one’s life, offering inspiration and understanding to those facing trauma or supporting others on their healing path"

PR for Books April 2025.

 

MJ is now working tirelessly to give a voice to others who may have been silenced or misunderstood following their traumatic experiences, and to help organisations embed trauma informed care into their practices through inspirational talks and consultancy services.

 

 

GLOBAL EXPERT in the bi-directional relationship between trauma related conditions and dementia related conditions and embedding principles of trauma informed care into dementia care services

·      MJ is nearing the end of the 2nd year of her PhD at Worcester University. She is one of a handful of dementia care professionals globally to have expert knowledge in this area. 

 

 

SUMMARY of SERVICES

 

CONSULTANCY and TRAINING in POSITIVE DEMENTIA CARE

AIM to Get Better offers a positive emotion approach to dementia care.

We are committed to changing people’s understanding of dementia, and believe that people living with dementia are able to THRIVE, given the right support

 

Public, private and voluntary organisations

·      Specialist support to "turn around" non-compliant dementia services

·      Strategic analysis of current dementia care provision against current industry standards, with action plans and individualised packages of support to address shortfalls, based on our positive emotion approach to dementia care

·      Level 2, 3 and 4 dementia training (compliant with Dementia Care Training Standards) and ongoing support to embed training into every day practice.

 

Individuals living with dementia, carers and community groups

·      Informative talks that will give people hope, understand dementia related conditions, and learn how to support people to THRIVE with Dementia through focussing on positive emotion rather than diagnosis, disabilities and deficits,

·      Conferences and Public Speaking

·      Regular Blogs, Podcasts and Webinars

 

CONSULTANCY and TRAINING in INDIVIDUAL TRAUMA and TRAUMA INFORMED CARE

·      Individualised support and signposting for people who have experienced individual trauma.

·      Specialist support and signposting for people who have experienced individual trauma within the context of a religious organisation or institution.

·      Consultancy and training for public, private and voluntary sector healthcare providers, workplaces and religious groups in understanding trauma and embedding principles of trauma informed care into their organisational culture.

·      Conferences and Public Speaking

·      Regular Blogs, Podcasts and Webinars

 

CONSULTANCY and TRAINING in CREATING THRIVING CULTURES

·      Strategic analysis of current organisational culture, with action plans and individualised packages of training and support based on our unique THRIVE model.

·      Conferences and public speaking


CONSULTANCY and TRAINING In the BI-DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEMENTIA- RELATED CONDITIONS AND INDIVIDUAL TRAUMA

·      Expert advice to healthcare professionals

·      Support for people living with dementia and individual trauma

·      Conferences and Public Speaking

·      Regular Blogs, Podcasts and Webinars


HEALING SOUNDS THERAPY

People living with dementia, people living with the effects of individual trauma, and people living with both conditions often feel stressed or distressed due to their "fight, flight or freeze" survival mechanism being triggered more easily than those who don't live with these conditions (hyperarousal).

 Music utilising sound frequencies that replicate the soothing sound of a human voice (such as a mother singing to her baby) is known to reverse the fight, flight, freeze response.

 

Aim to Get Better offers healing sounds therapy specifically for people living with dementia, individual trauma, or both, to help restore calm and relaxation through activation of the parasympathetic nervous system.

·      Conferences

·      Retreats

·      Workshops

 

INTENDED CUSTOMERS

·      Academic journals. institutions and conference organisers

·      Public, private and voluntary healthcare services

·      People living with dementia

·      Carers of people living with dementia

·      People living with the effects of individual trauma

·      Therapists and carers of people living with individual trauma

·      Strategists, researchers, institutions and organisations wishing to consult with individuals with lived experience of trauma

·      Public, private, voluntary and religious organisations wishing to embed Trauma Informed Care into their policies and every day practices

·      Spiritual retreat organisers

 

INTENDED OUTCOMES OF SERVICES

·      Facilitate local, national and global changes in attitudes towards dementia through advocating a positive emotion approach to dementia care

·       Support people living with dementia to THRIVE.

·      Support people living with the effects of individual trauma to speak out and seek help.

·      Support public, private, voluntary and religious organisations to become more trauma informed and develop an organisational trauma informed approach

·      Support relevant care providers to embed the principles of trauma informed care into their everyday policies and practices

·      Provide global expertise on the bi-directional relationships between trauma related conditions and dementia related conditions.

·      Support organisational transformation and culture change through creating THRIVING cultures.

·      Improve wellbeing and reduce stress and distress for people living with dementia, individual trauma or both condition through healing sound therapy.

 

 CONTACT US:

Email: mary-joy@aimtogetbetter.com

Mob: (+44) 07563 328326

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Website: https://aimtogetbetter.com


Blogs: https://maryjoyalbutt.blogspot.com

 

 

 

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