Supporting people with dementia by listening clearly to their emotions

Lancaster ONLINE.com
By LINDA ESPENSHADE, Staff Writer

In the beginning stages of dementia, the 80-year-old woman who recently moved to a retirement community couldn't understand why her children wouldn't come and take her back home.

They had promised they would, she insisted.

"What's going on?" Stephen Klotz, validation director for Country Meadows Retirement Communities, including a branch in Lancaster asked. "You really seem unhappy here."

"Well, it's not that it's so bad here," the woman said. "It's just not where I should be. I should be at home," she said emphatically.

"You really want to go home because this isn't your home," Klotz said rephrasing what she had said with the same intensity.

"You're darn right this isn't my home," she said.

"What's your home like?" Klotz asked.

"It's mine. My stuff is there. My family lives nearby."
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Elderly Care - How to Recognize a Good Carer

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By Simona Rusnakova

Smiling? Helpful? Good looking? Nice and tidy? So what should a good carer be like?

Normally you get to meet them just once before you say: "Yes, we want to go ahead with this company, we would like this carer to look after our parents."

Then what is the best methodology to assess care givers so that you really get the best person who will look after your loved ones really well? How to spot whether there's that nice match of personalities between the two, which makes sure that they will understand each other?

Generally, there are three main criteria:

1. Passion & Love

Does the carer have the passion for his work? Will they be able to .......read the whole article