tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659197563728114440.post6771284016412134672..comments2023-09-15T05:36:24.265-04:00Comments on Marijke: Nurse Turned Writer: How do you speak to the elderly?Marijke Vroomen-Durninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436563110710429784noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-659197563728114440.post-31454072378784069852009-01-09T02:40:00.000-05:002009-01-09T02:40:00.000-05:00I highly disagree. I have past experience as a CN...I highly disagree. I have past experience as a CNA, now I am a psychology major in college, and I believe studies as well as experience prove otherwise. When you get to know your residents, they become like family. Also, people with dementia tend to go back in time in their minds, perhaps to their childhood. It's also much much easier to get them to cooperate with you when you speak delicately, for example, speaking softly "come this way hun" to a person with dementia or who is MR instead of flatly saying "what I need you to do is go to the dining room" Please...give me a break. I think people have too much time on their hands wring up these articles... Spend 40hrs a week truly caring for these people, spending time with them and getting to know them, and see which way of speaking gets you further ahead. Of course if the resident/patient does not like it, of course don't do it, but you know your patients, and you know who you can and cannot speak this way to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com