A seemingly simple shelter. Is in the structure of his own free will, then prepared. It 'very aware of the disease, particularly dementia, in Lewi bodies.
When I first talk with him I find it all pretty hard and are not the only one. In the ward are all upset. His consciousness is too painful for us.
Mi racconta come è iniziata la malattia, di come un nipotino è stato in gamba a buttarla in ridere dicendogli “nonno sei messo male se non sai nemmeno fare i conti “, di come trovava spaventoso essere colpito proprio nella capacità di pensiero e parola. Stiamo parlando infatti di un uomo di grande cultura, come risultò dalla intervista coi familiari, che aveva basato la sua professione nonché la sua vita su di una incredibile capacità di comunicare. Faceva conferenze in tutto il mondo, parlava molte lingue, viaggiava in continuazione, rivestiva un ruolo fondamentale in una grossa associazione che si occupava del terzo mondo.
Questo mostro di cultura e intelligenza, dopo poche frasi fa confusione e smette. Ci dobbiamo stop every time (I found more in there) after a very short time, sending down an empty feeling and a great sadness.
Mario walking back and forth, going to disturb others in the room is a bit 'uninhibited, easy to confuse the people in front of him mistaking them for family mostly.
E 'difficult relationship with him because he constantly fluctuates between the awareness and ability to structure a good thought (certainly by some huge mental agility that characterizes it) and moments of complex management with hallucinations and difficulty in movement.
hurts to see this man, still good looking, certainly not old, that has spent his life talking and relate very well with both the diplomat with the laborer hurts to see it filled with anger when he can not finish the sentence, it does suffer from "reduced" as he says.
We would like to help, but how? The
Validation does not help you much as a technique with this type of dementia, however, you are a bit 'to help it asks you to grow inside. For example, it is essential in these cases so compelling ability to distance oneself if one is made, in fact too involved. Then you compare yourself with colleagues or the team you can count on, talk, I trim short after admitting to yourself with serenity the error.
Thanks to the knowledge of his biography, which, according to the method Validation is important, to help when we were, just as an example, John shouted to another hospital, accusing her of wanting to throw away all that milk! After removal of the lady (which was validated by an operator) with the help of good listening and validating attitude, Mario was able to express its disappointment that the eyes of his mind could see empty cup in a quart of milk does not was certainly thrown away! That cup was the access ticket to fly to another time, another place, in a size that does not coincide with ours. Mario has worked hard during his esistenza sul problema della “ mancanza “ di acqua, di cibo, di terra da lavorare… non è difficile immaginare come si sia indignato all’idea che si buttasse qualcosa di così prezioso come il latte.
In queste situazioni non è solo bello poter fare qualcosa di utile, ma è anche estremamente importante se pensiamo che certi attacchi di ira, certe liti, a volte possono degenerare così tanto da dover essere gestite con mezzi di contenzione fisici o farmacologici. E ciò non ci piace, è terribile da vedere e da vivere.
P.S. Fu Mario un giorno a dirmi “Mi fa male il cervello”
When I first talk with him I find it all pretty hard and are not the only one. In the ward are all upset. His consciousness is too painful for us.
Mi racconta come è iniziata la malattia, di come un nipotino è stato in gamba a buttarla in ridere dicendogli “nonno sei messo male se non sai nemmeno fare i conti “, di come trovava spaventoso essere colpito proprio nella capacità di pensiero e parola. Stiamo parlando infatti di un uomo di grande cultura, come risultò dalla intervista coi familiari, che aveva basato la sua professione nonché la sua vita su di una incredibile capacità di comunicare. Faceva conferenze in tutto il mondo, parlava molte lingue, viaggiava in continuazione, rivestiva un ruolo fondamentale in una grossa associazione che si occupava del terzo mondo.
Questo mostro di cultura e intelligenza, dopo poche frasi fa confusione e smette. Ci dobbiamo stop every time (I found more in there) after a very short time, sending down an empty feeling and a great sadness.
Mario walking back and forth, going to disturb others in the room is a bit 'uninhibited, easy to confuse the people in front of him mistaking them for family mostly.
E 'difficult relationship with him because he constantly fluctuates between the awareness and ability to structure a good thought (certainly by some huge mental agility that characterizes it) and moments of complex management with hallucinations and difficulty in movement.
hurts to see this man, still good looking, certainly not old, that has spent his life talking and relate very well with both the diplomat with the laborer hurts to see it filled with anger when he can not finish the sentence, it does suffer from "reduced" as he says.
We would like to help, but how? The
Validation does not help you much as a technique with this type of dementia, however, you are a bit 'to help it asks you to grow inside. For example, it is essential in these cases so compelling ability to distance oneself if one is made, in fact too involved. Then you compare yourself with colleagues or the team you can count on, talk, I trim short after admitting to yourself with serenity the error.
Thanks to the knowledge of his biography, which, according to the method Validation is important, to help when we were, just as an example, John shouted to another hospital, accusing her of wanting to throw away all that milk! After removal of the lady (which was validated by an operator) with the help of good listening and validating attitude, Mario was able to express its disappointment that the eyes of his mind could see empty cup in a quart of milk does not was certainly thrown away! That cup was the access ticket to fly to another time, another place, in a size that does not coincide with ours. Mario has worked hard during his esistenza sul problema della “ mancanza “ di acqua, di cibo, di terra da lavorare… non è difficile immaginare come si sia indignato all’idea che si buttasse qualcosa di così prezioso come il latte.
In queste situazioni non è solo bello poter fare qualcosa di utile, ma è anche estremamente importante se pensiamo che certi attacchi di ira, certe liti, a volte possono degenerare così tanto da dover essere gestite con mezzi di contenzione fisici o farmacologici. E ciò non ci piace, è terribile da vedere e da vivere.
P.S. Fu Mario un giorno a dirmi “Mi fa male il cervello”
