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Connecting to People Living With Dementia

Relias

Understanding how to communicate effectively with people with dementia is vital for healthcare professionals in various settings, including home care, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and hospices. A patient’s ability to communicate affects care outcomes in multiple ways. Often, they repeat themselves.

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Connecting to People With Dementia

Relias

Understanding how to communicate effectively with people with dementia is vital for healthcare professionals in various settings, including home care, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and hospices. A patient’s ability to communicate affects care outcomes in multiple ways. Often, they repeat themselves.

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Love in the Present Tense by Nina Praske

The Critical Blog

Every single person we met in the hospice and the hospital was kind to all of us. For the whole time James was ill, with the exception of his time in the hospice, I felt like a ‘non person’. Ethical protocols around communication with families need to be developed to ensure that this never happens again. The hospice was amazing.

Hospice 52