Bookby Naomi Feil and Vicki de Klerk-Rubin.
Summary: Validation is a practical way of communicating with and managing problem behavior in older adults with Alzheimer's-type dementia. It helps reduce stress, enhance dignity, and increase happiness. Caregivers who use these techniques validate older adults' expressed feelings, rather than focusing on disorientation and confusion.
Contents:
Aging, development, and Alzheimer's disease
The concept and techniques of validation
Using validation with people who are maloriented
Using validation with people who are time confused
Using validation with people who are repetitive movers
Using validation with people who are in vegetation
Using validation with people with early-onset Alzheimer's disease
Who benefits from validation?
How validation differs from other therapies used with old-old people
Communicating with people who are maloriented
Communicating with people who are time confused
Communicating with people who are repetitive movers
Communicating with maloriented and time confused people living in the community
Validating family members
Setting up validation groups.