When a loved one starts to experience advanced symptoms of Alzheimer’s and can no longer look after themselves, there are so many considerations in providing for them… Read more “Oral Health and Alzheimer’s”
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Patient Dignity pt 3- The Patient Dignity Question
In considering patient dignity as a caregiver, the patient dignity question encompasses the simplest yet most important aspect of enabling a patient to have agency in their… Read more “Patient Dignity pt 3- The Patient Dignity Question”
Patient Dignity pt 2- Dignity Therapy
In helping address an aging patient’s dignity needs, the Patient Dignity Inventory is only an initial step in taking patients from feelings of helplessness, shame, apathy, or… Read more “Patient Dignity pt 2- Dignity Therapy”
Patient Dignity pt 1- The Patient Dignity Inventory
It should be no surprise, then, that aging people who find themselves needing care may be resistant to asking for or accepting help from other people. Family members and friends may struggle to understand why a loved one lashes out in anger at the prospect of receiving care, or cheerfully ignores any attempt to broach the subject. Their rejection can seem foolish, stubborn, or even malicious, until one realizes that they are afraid- afraid of seeming weak or pitiful, afraid of losing their freedom and agency, and most fundamentally, afraid of losing their dignity.
Why Should I Choose Home Care?
It’s an oft-cited fact in our modern world that people are living longer and longer. While this is a wonderful fact in that it gives us more… Read more “Why Should I Choose Home Care?”
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