September 11, 2019
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Nearly half of hospital patients diagnosed with dementia were physically restrained to prevent them from harming themselves, according to a new study.Hospital patients in Japan who are living with dementia were physically restrained to prevent them from trying to get out of bed, trying to pull out catheters, and to prevent
Reprinted with kind permission “Sundowning” is an area I feel is a distorted viewpoint and yet another “label” for cognitively aware people to use, when they misunderstand and misrepresent people living with dementia. Personally, my belief is there is no such thing as “sundowning”. That it is yet another term
“Grief is itself a medicine.” ~William Cowper Grief as defined by Merriam-Webster is: (a) a deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement (b) a cause of such suffering. But the truth is, it is so much more than this. Grief and bereavement have been studied throughout the years