Communicating with the "Alzheimer-Type" population / written and created by Naomi Feil.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Feil, Naomi, author.

Contributor:

Edward Feil Productions.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alzheimer's disease.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (19 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1992.

Language Note:

English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

The two vignettes depicted in this video show typical examples of troublesome behavior in very old people who are disoriented. The first, Marge, the Blamer, shows an 85-year-old woman accusing her beautician of deliberately ruining her hair. By using the validation method, the beautician does not argue. Instead, she elicits Marge s thoughts and memories through a series of questions. Validated, Marge calms down. In the second vignette, Muriel the Wanderer, an 86-year-old woman searches the streets for her lost three-year-old daughter. Neither the police nor Muriel s son can convince her that her daughter is now a grown woman, and that the incident took place years ago. The son learns to listen with empathy, reducing his mother s anxieties. In clear "before" and "after" scenes, this video offers techniques that will help reduce burnout for caregivers and alleviate stress for the old person. Part of the series: Two Videos on the Validation Method. The other video is The More We Get Together.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

OCLC:

747796272

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.