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TheIronMaiden · 01-13-2022, 01:58 PM

I am by no means an expert, but like others have had family members suffer with dementia, and thus have studied the subject a fair bit. One interesting bit I learned was, it is not your responsibility to try and pull a person with dementia into your world, it is your responsibility to meet them in theirs (legal and personal safety aside). I found it really helped our visits because I wasn't trying to correct them or pull them into reality, instead we just had a nice visit about what ever was on their mind.

01-13-2022, 01:58 PM	#7
TheIronMaiden Franchise Player Join Date: May 2016 Location: ATCO Field, Section 201 Exp:	I am by no means an expert, but like others have had family members suffer with dementia, and thus have studied the subject a fair bit. One interesting bit I learned was, it is not your responsibility to try and pull a person with dementia into your world, it is your responsibility to meet them in theirs (legal and personal safety aside). I found it really helped our visits because I wasn't trying to correct them or pull them into reality, instead we just had a nice visit about what ever was on their mind.