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© McCarthy, Bernie, Jul 15, 2011, Hearing the Person with Dementia : Person-Centred Approaches to Communication for Families and Caregivers
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, ISBN: 9780857004994
Chapter 1
Communication
Sometimes it’s a struggle
We communicate to get a message across to others, to
share ideas with others and to find out what others
think and feel, to build intimacy, to share and solve
problems. Without the ability to communicate we
struggle to maintain a sense of relationship, connection
and psychological attachment to other people. This is
the difficulty faced by many people with impairment in
the area of communicating. They struggle to make us
understand their inner experience, wants and needs, and
they struggle to understand what we want of them. We
struggle to understand them and get our message across
to them. The struggle is fraught with frustration and, at
times, tension; it can be wearing and numbing. And then
there are those moments of pure joy when both seem
to be thinking of the same thing, each connecting with
the other person and finding understanding. It seems so
easy then.
How we communicate has a profound effect on the
quality of our relationships, on the quality of our lives.
Whether you are a spouse or a paid carer, if you have a
relationship with someone who has dementia you may
be experiencing some of the difficulty of communicating
with your partner, loved one or friend, or client. (For
11
© McCarthy, Bernie, Jul 15, 2011, Hearing the Person with Dementia : Person-Centred Approaches to Communication for Families and Caregivers
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, ISBN: 9780857004994
12 / Hearing the Person with Dementia
those readers working with a person with an intellectual
impairment, simply change the words relating to
dementia and replace them with words that match your
situation. I hope this works for you.) It is not easy to
maintain an equal relationship, as the...
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, ISBN: 9780857004994
Chapter 1
Communication
Sometimes it’s a struggle
We communicate to get a message across to others, to
share ideas with others and to find out what others
think and feel, to build intimacy, to share and solve
problems. Without the ability to communicate we
struggle to maintain a sense of relationship, connection
and psychological attachment to other people. This is
the difficulty faced by many people with impairment in
the area of communicating. They struggle to make us
understand their inner experience, wants and needs, and
they struggle to understand what we want of them. We
struggle to understand them and get our message across
to them. The struggle is fraught with frustration and, at
times, tension; it can be wearing and numbing. And then
there are those moments of pure joy when both seem
to be thinking of the same thing, each connecting with
the other person and finding understanding. It seems so
easy then.
How we communicate has a profound effect on the
quality of our relationships, on the quality of our lives.
Whether you are a spouse or a paid carer, if you have a
relationship with someone who has dementia you may
be experiencing some of the difficulty of communicating
with your partner, loved one or friend, or client. (For
11
© McCarthy, Bernie, Jul 15, 2011, Hearing the Person with Dementia : Person-Centred Approaches to Communication for Families and Caregivers
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, ISBN: 9780857004994
12 / Hearing the Person with Dementia
those readers working with a person with an intellectual
impairment, simply change the words relating to
dementia and replace them with words that match your
situation. I hope this works for you.) It is not easy to
maintain an equal relationship, as the...