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What is truth? — Dilemmas when two realities meet
Author(s)	Graham Stokes, Antonis Kosoulis
Journal title	Journal of Dementia Care, vol 25, no 2, March/April 2017
Publisher	Hawker Publications, March/April 2017
Pages	pp 24-26
Source	www.careinfo.org
Keywords	Dementia ; Communication ; Social ethics ; Person-centred care.
Annotation	Should we always tell people the truth? The authors report on the findings of an inquiry commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). The Mental Health Foundation looked into our understanding of dilemmas arising when people with dementia experience reality or beliefs that are different to those around them. From the evidence gathered, the Foundation identified five fundamental principles that apply, regardless of which response a carer uses to support the well-being of a person with dementia experiencing a different reality of belief. The five principles are: take a flexible, tailored approach: person first, strategy second; explore each experience with the person; make sense of the world together with kindness; document and share what does and doesn't work; and question one's own intent. The report is 'What is truth? - an inquiry about truth and lying in dementia care' (Mental Health Foundation, 2016). (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-170310218 A
Classmark	EA: U: TQ: PAA
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