WHAM - Women Health & More https://wham.com.mt/author/nicola-montesin/ By informing and empowering women, discussing, and promoting women’s lived experiences, celebrating women’s achievements, and sharing our concerns and interests, we hope that we can empower women to lead better, healthier, and happier lives Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:08:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wham.com.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-Site-Icon-32x32.png WHAM - Women Health & More https://wham.com.mt/author/nicola-montesin/ 32 32 Of Person-Centred Communication in Dementia https://wham.com.mt/of-person-centred-communication-in-dementia/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:04:17 +0000 https://wham.com.mt/?p=10395 ‘Mum, do you remember me?’ ‘Dad, what are the names of my children?’  ‘No, my mum doesn’t understand us’. ‘You can order pizza for lunch; she does not like fish’. This scenario is seen and heard all too frequently within the community, in care homes, and even on social media. As a speech-language pathologist working with adults and the elderly, I am pained each time by the look of confusion and desperation in the individual with dementia, who is often unable to reciprocate or understand a conversation. ‘Why?’ one may ask. The answer is that we should preserve one’s dignity throughout the disease’s progression. One

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