One of the questions, of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) I'm taking through the University of Tasmania that deals with Dementia, posed in the beginning was just this - How would you finish the statement: "My Life is Enhanced By..."
How would you answer this?
How does one measure the quality of life for a patient with Dementia?
Are the Basic Needs Being Met?
Is Physical and Mental Stimuli present?
How About Nurturing?
If you look around the facilities, what do you see?
If we take into account that Dementia has no cure, and the road traveled goes further into an abyss, how do we, ourselves, help make that journey less tragic and more comfortable and interesting for the patients?
There are so many questions that arise from that one above.
Perhaps we should ponder on this as we go through our days, while also considering what we might appreciate if/when we become those patients at home or in care.
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