HSS 326 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Dementia
20 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Hannah Cheyney
Human Service Studies
In Class Notes
April 11th, 2018
Field Trip De-Briefing
Important to get down to their level
Somewhat similar to working with kids
oBUT don’t want them to feel offended
Very hard to follow their conversations with each other
Very confused
Could ramble on for a very long time thinking they make sense – aren’t confused by
their own gibberish
Some were much more coherent than others
Need to use facts with older people
Mixed up people
Would answer questions with previous question’s answers
All very different
‘Loving lies’
oSay what makes the other person feel validated
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Document Summary
Somewhat similar to working with kids: but don"t want them to feel offended. Very hard to follow their conversations with each other. Could ramble on for a very long time thinking they make sense aren"t confused by their own gibberish. Need to use facts with older people. Would answer questions with previous question"s answers. Loving lies": say what makes the other person feel validated. Emotion and body language matter more than your actual worlds: matters how it feels to the other person. Reality orientation vs loving lies: sounds terrible to clients bringing them into relatiy". Heightened anger/anxiety/fear among dementia patients: corrected almost every time open mouth. Want to encourage communication: reality orientation (exp. No its april, no you live in nc) does the opposite: they thought ro would retrain brains, facts would eventually stick not the case. Stopped reality orientation in early 90"s: clients are much happier because they are constantly being validated.
