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Behaviour changes in those with dementia Understanding triggers, keeping your people safe, and the importance of asking for help

A care home’s management of dementia is broad. It involves ongoing care, support, and evaluation from—and not limited to—in-house Health Care Professionals (HCP’s), families, social workers, nurses, GP’s, mental health practitioners, and Dementia Intensive Support (DIS) teams. Timely comeback from external support teams is essential in keeping both the individual and other care home residents […]

I want to go home…

I want to go home Living with dementia and the desire to ‘go home.’ Just like you and I, people with dementia enjoy the time of others and like to be listened to. They need to feel understood, and they want to feel accepted. Home can be thought of as our safe-haven, a place of […]