I am often asked this question by carers. It’s a fair question with ethical and moral issues attached. As someone who has worked in mental health for most of my thirty five year career, the question is easy; you... Continue reading
Category: Understanding Dementia
Over the past several years, as I consult to care homes across the UK, I have observed elderly gentlemen patrolling a given area of their care home, and occasionally urinating along the walls, or in objects, in that same... Continue reading
Dementia Care: More Sherlock Holmes than Florence Nightingale! Florence does things FOR or TO a patient. Sherlock deduces WHO the person is, WHAT the person is communicating [albeit non-verbally] and WHICH needs of the person are being overlooked. Florence... Continue reading