Nicolle Mitchell🏳️🌈
@massage4dmentia
Massage Practitioner Trainer Speaker Consultant Poet
Innovator of Massaging Persons Living with Dementia &
Aromatherapy for Persons Living with #dementia
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http://www.massagefordementia.co.uk 13-11-2012 11:11:20
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Confusion in dementia can be triggered by various factors: changes in routine, unfamiliar environments, infections (like UTIs), dehydration, medication side effects, or sensory overload. #DementiaCare #Alzheimers #brainhealth (Image: 3Spirit Training Caroline Bartle)
Dementia Who! Ah my pleasure so sorry to hear what you’ve been going through. It’s all too familiar - a lady who used to love the piano sometimes says leave me alone now - because it can feel like a sensory intrusion - we are interrupting their peaceful inner world. It’s all abt softness 1/2
Dementia Who! 2/2 Entering the ‘pearl’ stage means finding a way through the ‘layers of shell’ w quiet sensitivity. You must set your expectations lower & lose the guilt! Enjoying the arts will only happen on a more sensory level rather than at a busy social. (I’m ok btw just juggling hats!) x
Nicolle Mitchell🏳️🌈 Dementia Who! Thank you so much Nicolle 🙏 So sorry, yes it’s a painful grieving process to see a loved one’s light slowly diminish. 💎 I agree Teepa’s gemstones analogies can be a helpful way to recognise those changes. Here’s the ‘Amber’ stage for example & how we might respond & support…
Nicolle Mitchell🏳️🌈 Dementia Who! Just wondering whether to share here so more people can benefit…Here’s the first gem…Sapphire…
Just listening to Hanif Kureishi on BBC Radio 4 Today this struck a chord "we will all in the end probably end up in the arms of strangers On care the impact of welcoming people to our country & for me highlighting our vulnerability interdependence & need for compassion in communities