Virtual Dementia Tour helps sensitize health care providers.
Virtual Dementia Tour helps sensitize health care providers.
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10.1177/153331750201700301
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2002-05-01
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Beville, P K
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Beville, P K
对老年人照顾者敏感性训练的文献回顾显示，没有任何项目专门关注因衰老而发生的认知变化。Second Wind Dreams是一家致力于改善社会对老龄化的看法的全国性非营利组织，它进行了一项研究，其中在老年护理领域工作的146名受试者中模拟了这一人群常见的退行性身体症状，如视力和运动技能受损，以使他们对患者的观点有更广泛的了解。绝大多数参与者都对困惑的老年人的困境有了更高的认识，并且强烈地意识到照顾者对痴呆症患者的高行为期望是不现实的，需要改变。
A review of the literature on sensitivity training among caregivers for the elderly revealed that no programs focused specifically on the cognitive changes that occur due to aging. Second Wind Dreams, a national nonprofit organization committed to improving society's perception of aging, conducted a study in which degenerative physical symptoms common for this population, such as impaired vision and motor skills, were simulated in a group of 146 subjects who worked in the field of elder care to give them a broader sense of the patient's perspective. Overwhelmingly, participants in the study came away with heightened awareness of the plight of confused elders and a strong sense that the high behavioral expectations caregivers have for dementia patients are unrealistic and need to change.