The validation breakthrough : simple techniques for communicating with people with Alzheimer's and other dementias /
Validation is a practical way of communicating with and managing problem behavior in older adults with Alzheimer's-type dementia. It helps reduce stress, enhance dignity, and increase happiness. Caregivers who use these techniques validate older adults' expressed feelings, rather than focusing on di...
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Baltimore :
Health Professions Press,
[2012], ©2012.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Summary: | Validation is a practical way of communicating with and managing problem behavior in older adults with Alzheimer's-type dementia. It helps reduce stress, enhance dignity, and increase happiness. Caregivers who use these techniques validate older adults' expressed feelings, rather than focusing on disorientation and confusion. |
Table of Contents:
- Aging, development, and Alzheimer's disease
- The concept and techniques of validation
- Using validation with people who are maloriented
- Using validation with people who are time confused
- Using validation with people who are repetitive movers
- Using validation with people who are in vegetation
- Using validation with people with early-onset Alzheimer's disease
- Who benefits from validation?
- How validation differs from other therapies used with old-old people
- Communicating with people who are maloriented
- Communicating with people who are time confused
- Communicating with people who are repetitive movers
- Communicating with maloriented and time confused people living in the community
- Validating family members
- Setting up validation groups.