Language has slowly evolved in a positive way in dementia care. In the 1800s and later, the language for the care of a person with dementia was very demeaning! A person was cared for as a nonperson and often put away in an insane asylum. Then later there was the top-down approach. You have a problem and I am here to be in charge of you, the patient! No one… Read More »
I came home from the 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease International Conference in Budapest, Hungary, really “fired up” about dementia-friendly communities. For over 30 years, the Best Friends™ Approach had spread the philosophy of being together with persons with dementia. We’ve impacted the care approaches of family and professional care partners, but what about our wider community? I started making plans for Lexington to become a dementia-friendly community. Today a hard-working and… Read More »