She trained caregivers to “validate” the delusions of older people with dementia, rather than try to wrest them into the real world. By Sam Roberts Naomi Feil was only 8 years old when she moved into ...
Speaker says validation therapy is listening to patients and letting them work through suppressed emotions BILLINGS — People with Alzheimer's disease need to be treated with respect and empathy, which ...
MASON CITY - A new method of communicating with elderly residents with dementia that involves listening to them rather than correcting them is being used successfully at Good Shepherd Health Center in ...