Step 1: Comparing Care Practices

The Caring Families method of care is not the only method available. In fact, our method is the product of integration between three prominent practices in the field of dementia care. Our combination of the best aspects of each practice serves to provide you and your families the most beneficial and therapeutic outcome.

In order to learn about the best practice, we can start by examining the practices of dementia care that the Caring Families method grew from. The most prominent division between these practices care comes from whether or not lying to dementia patients can be acceptable in order to benefit the patient and/or the caregiver.

Read through the descriptions to find out what each practice believes about lying and how their care is provided.

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PRACTICES OF NON-LYING VS. PRACTICE OF LYING

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A downloadable file of the images is available here:

Comparing Practices.pdf

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Now that you have familiarized yourself with the building blocks of Caring Families, it's time to talk about what we believe. Continue to Step 2.