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?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @04:51AM
My mom was a school bus driver who was gang raped by horny teenagers, you insensitive clod! She never recovered from the experience. To this day we can't even let her look at a bus stop or she will have a panic attack.