Talking Dementia: Would I lie to you?
03/09/21 • 24 min
Join Colm as he debates ‘white lies’ in dementia care with HammondCare CEO Mike Baird, Chief Operating and Risk Officer Angela Raguz and care staff Donna and Rafaella. This episode explores circumstances when a carer or family member might feel it appropriate to lie to someone with dementia. ‘Would I lie to you’ dissects the term ‘white lies’ and examines how some common care practises are fundamentally lies. Together this panel provides advice through real life examples, demonstrating how each person with dementia has a unique story and therefore, how their care, including the role of ‘white lies’, must be conducted with a deep understanding of the individual and a team approach between family, friends and care staff.
This episode is sponsored by Dementia Support Australia (DSA).
To find out more about truth in dementia in a resource from the Mental Health Foundation UK 'What is Truth' and the article 'Lying to people with dementia: developing ethical guidelines for care settings' .
For a clinical perspective on lies in dementia careyou can read the article from Aging and Mental Health 'Why is dementia different? Medical students' views about deceiving people with dementia' or the research report 'Lying to patients with dementia: Attitudes versus behaviours in nurses'.
To broaden your understanding on good or ‘white lies’ there is the article titled 'Telling a 'good or white lie': The views of people living with dementia and their carers' .
For all feedback please email [email protected]
Join Colm as he debates ‘white lies’ in dementia care with HammondCare CEO Mike Baird, Chief Operating and Risk Officer Angela Raguz and care staff Donna and Rafaella. This episode explores circumstances when a carer or family member might feel it appropriate to lie to someone with dementia. ‘Would I lie to you’ dissects the term ‘white lies’ and examines how some common care practises are fundamentally lies. Together this panel provides advice through real life examples, demonstrating how each person with dementia has a unique story and therefore, how their care, including the role of ‘white lies’, must be conducted with a deep understanding of the individual and a team approach between family, friends and care staff.
This episode is sponsored by Dementia Support Australia (DSA).
To find out more about truth in dementia in a resource from the Mental Health Foundation UK 'What is Truth' and the article 'Lying to people with dementia: developing ethical guidelines for care settings' .
For a clinical perspective on lies in dementia careyou can read the article from Aging and Mental Health 'Why is dementia different? Medical students' views about deceiving people with dementia' or the research report 'Lying to patients with dementia: Attitudes versus behaviours in nurses'.
To broaden your understanding on good or ‘white lies’ there is the article titled 'Telling a 'good or white lie': The views of people living with dementia and their carers' .
For all feedback please email [email protected]
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Join Colm and author of “Talking Sense: Living with sensory changes and dementia”, Agnes Houston MBE as they discuss sensory changes in dementia, its limited awareness as a symptom in the field of dementia, and the journey to the release of her internationally acclaimed book. Together, they explore Agnes’ journey as a campaigner for the voice of people with dementia, her own dementia diagnosis, and her subsequent search for independence and understanding of sensory changes people with dementia experience.
“Talking Sense: Living with sensory changes and dementia”, authored by Agnes with Julie Christie outlines Agnes’ experience and provides detailed insight and support to those experiencing sensory changes. As mentioned in this episode, ‘Talking Sense’ is available for free PDF download and for purchase as a print version here and is also available for free audio download.
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Talking Dementia: Being Present and Creating Connections
Join Colm and Professor John Swinton, the Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the school of Divinity, History and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, as they discuss the meaning of being present for somebody with dementia. Together, they explain the principals of presence, its importance to caring for a person with dementia and how it is limited by the attributes of current society. This episode is a commentary on the elements of communication within humanity and their subsequent impact on care.
“That is what presence teaches you, how you can be with people in these moments, to learn from that moment that actually there is so much more to this individual than you think there is and to take that learning back into your practise”
This episode is sponsored by the HammondCare Foundation .
The story of Gladys Wilson and Naomi Feil is an amazing example of the profound impacts of presence in care.
To delve further in faith based resources there are the 'Faith for Life' resources.
To support those with dementia to connect to faith, especially during this pandemic, there is this helpsheet .
John Swinton’s book 'Dementia: Living in the Memories of God' provides useful insight into the relationship between dementia and faith.
For all feedback please email [email protected]
The Dementia Podcast - Talking Dementia: Would I lie to you?
Transcript
Hello to you and welcome to The Dementia Podcast. I'm your host, Colm Cunningham. And in this edition, we're going to be tackling the thorny subject of would I lie to you when telling the truth may be hurtful or harmful. To have this discussion, I thought it was time to have our first of many panel discussions to allow us to discuss things that are not always straightforward. We are in this discussion talking about people with advanced deme
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