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Social Engineering Dementia

posted by n1 on Sunday August 21 2016, @03:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the repeat-reassure-and-redirect dept.

quietus writes:

The other day I was having a consult at the psychogeriatric ward of a local hospital. While we were discussing a CT scan of my father's brain, the psychiatrist mentioned that his ward was really aimed at reshaping disruptive behaviour -- like painting the bathroom with excrement -- of patients with dementia (pdf).

Thinking the conversation over, this sounds a bit like social engineering -- which makes me wonder: have other Soylentils been in a position where they've taken care of an elderly parent, and what psychological principles did you apply to moderate/shape behaviour?

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @04:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @04:40AM (#390887)
    Not Euthanasia? Seriously if I'm 80 and spreading shit on walls due to dementia I'd rather be dead.

    If they haven't got a cure or proper treatment I won't be getting better nor really be having years of fun fulfilling times while stuck in some ward getting shit on myself and everything else.

    No need to kill me if I turn out to be one of the kindly demented people who are happy and making other people happy. But unfortunately that's not what happens in many cases. The afflicted get aggressive, paranoid, angry and miserable.
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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @04:46AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @04:46AM (#390892)

    Liar, if you'd rather be dead, you'd be drowning yourself in the toilet bowl, and not smearing shit on the walls.

    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @05:17AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @05:17AM (#390906)
      Once it gets that bad I wouldn't even be able to figure the way out. People like that often can't even dress themselves.