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'The meals look lovely but mum says the food is tasteless'
- Authors:
- WYLIE Kim, NEBAUER Monica
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 22(1), 2014, pp.19-22.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
A person's sense of taste and smell can contribute to under-nutrition in older people and those living with dementia. This article highlights the need for improved assessment skills and knowledge about chemosensory loss, under-nutrition and ways to enrich the flavour of food. Person-centred approaches to enhance the dining experience of people with dementia are also discussed. (Original abstract)
Healing wounds: person-centred care of the family
- Author:
- WYLIE Kim
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 20(5), September 2012, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
This article describes a case study involving an older woman with dementia living in a residential care unit and her 2 daughters who visited regularly. The older woman was very popular with the staff, and, on the surface, family relationships appeared to be happy. This disguised a family history of abuse and neglect, in which, when the father was away in the war, the mother had ceased caring for the daughters and began entertaining foreign soldiers in the family home. The daughters’ psychological scars were unrelated to their mother’s dementia but caused by their life-long exploitation and abuse by her. The daughters’ were silent about truth due to fear that if staff knew about their mother’s life and behaviour, they would judge her in a negative manner and not treat her with respect and care. The article argues that person-centred care is not only for people living with dementia but also for the people who care for or are related to them. The story demonstrates how difficult family backgrounds can lie buried beneath the surface and that family support may be important even when everything appears to be normal.