Here are five I’ve learned based on my personal experience:
1 ) Calling them by diminutive pet names instead of their given names
2 ) Treating them like they are little more than pieces of furniture
3 ) Forcing them to sit with nothing to do for hours on end
4 ) Neglecting their overall care and well being
5 ) Innapropriately medicating them with antipsychotic drugs
These tips and thoughts are based on my personal experience, as well as my knowledge and work as a certified PAC trainer; the quote is Teepa Snow’s (see disclaimer here).
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5 ways we rob people with dementia of their dignity