More than Words: A New Culture of Care and Communication with Persons Who are Living With Dementia and Other Age-Related Conditions

This video shows practical ways of identifying the underlying need behind a patient’s challenging behavior and shows the process of evaluating adaptive approaches to meet those needs. This film shows actual dementia patients and care providers in residential care facilities and offers strategies that can be used anywhere, including in the home.

Discussion: Review of realistic expectations about behavior management, focus on behavior accommodation versus behavior modification, identifying environmental triggers, and learning where caregivers do and do not have control.