So elders suffering from dementia are all wrapped up in faked outrage like a 23 year old liberal college student? I suppose we better take care to address their gender preferences as well.
Bulls**t.
[[So elders suffering from dementia are all wrapped up in faked outrage like a 23 year old liberal college student?]]
No- they have dementia- and likely can’t help how they feel- They revert to their teen years, or early adulthood in many cases- when they used to not like being called that-
We do have to remember that dementia patients can’t help how they feel- unfortunately- but folks who have to care for them often take what dementia patients say personally- but it’s not personal- their minds aren’t normal
I know. This doesn't fit older people I know.
This is the sort of thing people have to play by ear. Some caregivers do sound condescending. Others sound ... well ... caring. I don't think you can lay down hard and fast rules. What one nurse or orderly can say may sound phony in the mouth of another.
A few older people have all the resentment of the young generation when they aren't spoken to in a cool, cursory, factual manner. But most like it when there's some emotion and warmth in the voices of those who talk to them. They don't like it when there's too much of a hard edge in the voice and manner of people who bring them their food or change their sheets. When you've already got plenty of things to worry about just knowing that people aren't too judgemental can be a relief.
Well stated. Dementia patients don’t care at all. Yes, I have experience with this.