Listening to Enid.
When the time came for Enid to make the transition into long term care the profile of Enid with her biography and behaviour modes was passed on to staff in the nursing home, thus enabling them to start from a point of knowing Enid as an individual. During her time at Burford, Enid managed to communicate and express herself sufficiently to keep a good degree of self-agency. Her dementia mapping scores showed her to be generally in a state of well-being. This article has attempted to show how it is possible to listen and learn from people with dementia and that care staff must want to learn about and from the person with dementia if they are to care for them in a person centred way.
Dewing
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Oxfordshire Community Health Trust.
Garner
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*