Thursday, April 24, 2014

How to See Pain when Dementia Blocks Communication


Watch Teepa Snow demonstrate how to detect pain in a person with dementia and how you can help them.





This video is an excerpt of "End of Life Care & Letting Go", a 2 hour training DVD for caregivers.

Teepa Snow, a nationally acclaimed Alzheimer's and dementia care specialist, teaches her students how a person with dementia perceives his/her world and how to properly adapt one's own behavior to increase communication and mutual understanding.

Learn to recognize a patient's progression into the final stages of dementia and provide the best care with Teepa Snow's hands-on, disease-level appropriate techniques.

Full Article & Source:
How to See Pain when Dementia Blocks Communication

2 comments:

Thelma said...

Is this the answer to improper antipsychiatric drugging?

Rachel said...

I think the answer begins with understanding, Thelma.