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Kate Swaffer. 27 th International Alzheimer’s Disease International. Science Fact or Fiction 7 – 10 th March 2012 London United Kingdom. Person Centred Care: An Insider’s View. Services targeted to the masses, rather than the individual. Person Centred Care. Define us by our assets
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27th International Alzheimer’s Disease International Science Fact or Fiction 7 – 10th March 2012 London United Kingdom
Services targeted to the masses, rather than the individual...
Person Centred Care • Define us by our assets • Speak to us, not about us • Work with us, not for us • Don’t diminish our symptoms • Value us • Individualise our support
We are mothers, fathers, lovers, daughters, wivesor husbands, employees or employers, grandmothers, aunties, bloggers...
Issues to be faced • Who will we become • A daily struggle between emotion and tasks • Further decline • Shame isolation and stigma • Grief and loss • Fear of loss of privacy • Death
Dementia represents the end of dreaming, a long and unforgiving one way odyssey into obscurity, clouded in a thick and unforgiving fog.
Dementia care is caring for people who often do not know they need care, and don’t want to be in care; no wonder they may become angry and upset!
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