Dementia: Listening to our bodies, 72 unique behaviours, multi-dimensional personhood, and the sacramental ministry of touch
Matters of Life and Death
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The Importance of Caring for Embodied People in Dementia
Even in even when these body you know these embodied people that we've loved and we've cared for and maybe raised us there is a persisting knowledge that they are the same person. We need to have extremely individualized care because while we might all speak the same verbal language when verbal language or gesture fails us our bodies are highly individualized and will express themselves in unique ways. This is where the knowledge and the wisdom of caregivers regular caregivers loved ones can make an enormous difference.
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