Thursday, April 10, 2008
...doing harm to the patient.
A newcomer has arrived on the Alzheimer's message board. His name is Kenneth Council. And he's a Texan. And he really knows how to be a care-giver. A very good care-giver. He believes in exuding good vibes. He's tested it on his mother-in-law. And he's getting positive results. He's proving, at least to himself, that the quality of care-giving makes a big difference. That a patient's behavior can be improved if the care-giver's behavior is truly loving and understanding. I've argued the same point. And I've criticized some care-givers for being in worse mental and emotional state than their patients. Meanwhile, I'm predicting that Council won't be well-received on the message board. By the very care-givers that should be listening to him. Yes, by the care-givers that have no business being care-givers because they don't have the temperament to handle the job. And they often end up doing harm to the patient. --Jim Broede
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Jim we have to preach in the wilderness.
It past time that some real people address this social terrorism that ripping our families apart.
I will be starting I knew daily report and have a full copy of my thread pulled by AA---
they are controlled by big business---
they allow people to openly advertise anti-psychotics despite the FDA saying those drugs enhance death in AD by 100%.
I have saw the results of anti-psychotic they can reduce a raging bull into a water gun in less than two years.
klcouncil
thx fo carin'
One of the problems we have, klcouncil, is that we have far too many Alzheimer's care-givers far, far more concerned about themselves than about their patients. They are whiners who forget how to love. And when that happens, they ought to turn over their responsibilities to others. Instead, they need to be under care themselves. They need treatment. And lots of respite. Then maybe some day they can go back to care-giving. The sad thing is that many of them don't have a clue that they are doing harm, not only to themselves, but to their patients. Yes, it's a two-pronged harm. So sad. --Jim Broede
True Jim---the sadder thing is the they don't realize they are being watched---
moreover they are liable for the level of care being given---
they need informing and accountability---
every home caregiver should be made to give an account of the type of health care they provide---
doping people up and putting them in a corner is not care---its prison!
klcouncil
thx fo carin
the problem is the wrong type of federal oversight exist---
we need to find the home caregiver who do a good job and let them provide feedback to the government--
this doping and killing off of the elderly has to stop---
we have time to work on a solution stay in touch---
klcouncil
thx fo carin
Alzheimer's is a social disorder that warrants social caregiving… the social caregiving means the physical act of socializing (families who socialize together more due ALZ disorder overcome more, have no stress related to the care (in fact social caregiving improves the caregivers stress level the caregivers are healing along with the people they care for), socializing induces good behavior on the parts of us involved in the caregiving process.
thx fo carin
klcouncil
Anti-psychotic drugs used to treat (so-called symptoms of Alzheimer's) is a questionable practice.
Caregivers using insight and good vibe ideas---understand that the patients rights are paramount in caregiving. Using the less restrictive means necessary is an absolute prerequisite to good caregiving.
This entails detail orientated care---in order to provide this level of care a caregiver cannot rely on drugs to control and manage a patients attitude or behavior---
The caregiver must use other means to control and manage the patients which do not violate the patients human right to life.
Insightcaregiving keeps the patient in sight of the caregivers 80% of time care is being provided---there is constant presence, eye contact, reading, casual touching, (family setting ideal).
(As an insightcargiver here is an example of day therapy I perform:
Patient (un medicated) up in room (alone) making beds, already dressed when observed, dentures located and in (alone), glasses located and on (alone), walked downstairs to kitchen (attempted to wash dishes--stopped and advised to use soap---did not agree (felt not needed "I go can home and never come here again" ramble for 5 min.)(caregiver calmed down went to turn on heat)---patient sits at kitchen table---juice, banana(2),---bp checked and is (high 186/93 pulse 70)---given bp pill and OJ---reading flower book (normal)---used rest room and is now in family room sitting directly in front of caregiver and young girl---patient reading daily news paper (quietly)---now watching dvd with daughter...
The above is a daily passage from the life of lady who was first DX with, ALZ in 2004 and went through 3 years of anti-psychotic drug use, anemia, urinary tract infection, homicidal and suicidal incidents, fall incidents, extreme aggression and agitation, confused wandering, hallucinations, endless rambling and self-talk---constant ER visits and Mental ward confine meant.
klcouncil
I couldn't agree with you more, klcouncil. My Jeanne was completely weaned off anti-psychotic drugs in the last 3 years of her life. And she got good vibes treatment. Daily one-on-one, face-to-face contact with me and with others. Wow! The results were astounding. Yes, good care-giving is so much superior to drug therapy. At least for Jeanne. I can't say it'll work for everybody. But you and I know it works for our loved ones. It's certainly worth a try. But it takes time and effort. And not all care-givers are willing to do that. They want shortcuts. Drug therapy. And that's sad. I guess they don't have time for old-fashioned love. Some people think a daily pill can replace love. --Jim Broede
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Getting a person off of anti-psychotics is essential to restore dignity and enhance end life care.
No one is functional on drugs used to control (so-called behavior problems in elderly people)-any caregiver who claims success at the expense of medicating people to death on hard drugs to make their job easier is outrageous. We cannot continue to give feeble-minded or elderly people powerful anti-psychotics.
I would suggest that the people who feel drugs help or slows down the process of mental aging consider this---
My mother-in-law could not talk or walk straight under the influence of anti-psychotic drugs (she’s also been certified as totally incompetent by a neurologist 11/2007)---
After being off anti-psychotics for seven months my mil can spell, write, do simple math, simple problem solving (interesting). Have a lot of young children’s workbooks on hand---in my mil case math books seem easiest for her to concentrate on.
The fact is she has more mental capacity since discontinuing anti-psychotics---yet the corporate care giving industry is telling us anti-psychotics are beneficial for our loved ones’ minds---this is absolutely false and may well be criminal.
I challenge any caregiver to bring their chemically induced patient to a neutral location, I will bring my Mil, and she will out perform their patient in any cognitive capacity.
My question is how do our elderly relearn the things they have known all their lives---and how do we retain our own mental capacity as we age.
Klcouncil
Thx fo carin
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