9 ways children can help in dementia care 1. A person with dementia sees a child as a friend. Children of all ages, especially young ones, bring a smile to everyone’s face. 2. A person with dementia sees a child as someone they can relate to as children are...
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9 ways children can help in dementia care 1. A person with dementia sees a child as a friend. Children of all ages, especially young ones, bring a smile to everyone’s face. 2. A person with dementia sees a child as someone they can relate to as children are non-judgemental. 3. A person with dementia always likes to hear children talk and sing. They bring innocence to a room setting and they know only what they see. Everything is in black and white. The person with dementia somehow senses this innocence. 4. A person with dementia loves nothing better than to cuddle a little child, especially if they are family. Children are calming and it’s not rare to see someone with dementia holding a baby doll. To them its reality. 5. A person with dementia sees children as calming and not official such as a doctor or nurse or social worker. 6. A person with dementia in the early to mid-stages loves nothing better than to sit with a child and talk about school or TV but the best topic is what it was
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