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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, 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.

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  • (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.