My Story: Alzheimer's From the Inside Out
I am Richard Taylor, and for nearly a decade I have lived with the diagnosis of dementia, probably of the Alzheimer's type. I have discovered that thinking, speaking, and writing about what it is like for me to live with this condition has become the purpose of my life.
This website tells my story from the inside out Read more...
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For anyone who knows, interacts with, works with, or provides services to people with dementia.
Join Richard as he speaks from his heart, urging all of us to recognize that “THERE IS A PERSON IN THERE.” It is a remarkable documentation of his presentation to aging services professionals, urging them to embrace the culture change philosophy of person-centered care.
Blog: From the Mind of Richard
Everyone, including individuals living with the symptoms of dementia has a right to:
Feel safe
Experience pleasure
Experience a sense of control over their environments, people around them, themselves, their today, and their tomorrows.
Experience a sense of self-respect, self-value, self-esteem
Experience a sense of control of their privacy
Experience a sense of their own abilities to solve problems
Experience a sense of self-consciousness (being “non positional”) people [...]
Stand up! Speak Up! Do not become a victim of your own silence.
Speak for yourself and those who will follow. Ask Carers and Friends to do the same. Today
will never be here again. Time is of the Essence!! Use it wisely!!
Tell as many people as possible your perceptions of your interactions with pro
fessionals, with [...]
