REMEMBERING AND IDENTITY

REMEMBERING AND IDENTITY

1. reminisecnce therapy not widley used tool (not always the case)

   • when used appropriatley can give person a sense of being valued, it humanises them to staff perhaps making them more respectful
     • supported by COLIN BORLAND consultant who developed more +'ve attitude after listening to his patients stories

2. TIM KITWOOD 1997

   • PERSONHOOD
     • CARERS NEED TO RECOGNISE THE INDIVIDUAL BEHIND THE ILLNESS
       • PEOPLE WITH ALZHIMERS OFTEN VIEWED IN STEREO TYPICAL WAY

3. peopel with dementia retain sense of self until later stages of disease

   • KATE