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Dementia Today – A Better Way offers education in a style of care that will create calm in a time of storm, hope in that moment of chaos, and peace in the midst of frustration and anxiety – most often without the use of meds.
You will learn why it is important to understand what psychosocial needs are and the important role they play in creating quality of life for you and your loved one. You will also see how vital it is that you, as caregiver, be identified by your loved one as “that one that will cause them to survive.
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Rosie I – with psychosocial validation
We have a new admit to our locked dementia facility today, Rosie. Up until now she has gently gone along with family plans to place her in a locked...
Survival Mode
Anger is one of the easiest emotions to surface, especially when survival or the perceived threat of survival is at stake, making it the “emotion of...
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or Dementia?
First sign of forgetfulness and we become deeply concerned. Unfortunately dementia is a major part of our world these days. Makes us all pay...
Dysphagia (Swallowing issues)
Somewhere around the middle to end of Stage II about 45% of people coping with dementia begin “pocketing” food between their teeth and cheeks in the...
Confibulation <> Confabulation
Polar realities By now you should have a pretty good grasp of the fact your reality and your loved one’s reality are sometimes completely...
Where’s Marty?
I met Elizabeth, my very first active PTSD resident, while working at a locked dementia facility. Other than medication to minimize anxiety, there...
Generating positive bathing responses
Resistance to bathing is quite common within the memory loss population. Common, but not acceptable, creating some horrific battles. A few...
Refusing to bathe
Three little words that may completely change the mind of a loved one refusing to bathe. Discover Validate Resolve In Generating positive bathing...
Dementia-wise Interaction
Dementia-wise interaction is a specific way to interact with loved ones living with dementia. It places focus on the loved one's psychosocial needs...
Opposing Realities – Part 1
"IF WE DON’T GO TO THEIR REALITY, WE MAKE THEM PRISONERS OF OURS" Not opposing realities, their reality This true story was selected...
Attachment Theory
“Finding the one who will cause me to survive” (aka attachment theory) Attachment theory itself is basic. Yet it clearly marks significant...
What is Psychosocial Model of Care?
There are two schools of thought regarding care within the healthcare industry. One is Medical Model. Easily understood and used almost...
Psychosocial Interaction – a better way
Has your loved one become angry during the simplest of conversations? Perhaps exhibiting catastrophic responses and/or acts of aggression? There...
Word Salad
You ask your loved one, "Did you sleep well last night?" They respond with, "Well, makapak bailed. Can you help?" How do you interact and...
Validation and Redirection of Thought
Producing numerous life enhancing results when used property, validation and redirection of thought are two tools you will want to become...