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

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, @06:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @06:51AM (#390929)

    That technique has been around longer than the Roman Catholic Church.

    When done by the Church, it's known as "excommunication".

    However, every clique I have ever known will do this. It is NOT specific to religion, but my own experience is religions are very blatant about doing it.

    That kind of sniggery is one of the main reasons I fail to find my spiritual needs met in a church. The people are good, however I often find the leaders mostly in it for the money.

    "Will you be obedient to me? No? Then I kick the sand from my feet and move on. I do not cast my pearls before swine!". The whole trick of many religions seems to be to trawl for anyone who will fall for the bait, without considering what is emitting it.

    Watch successful men. Do what they do, not what they say. So, if the Fifty-Eight Dollar Seed preacher implores you to send him a seed, ask HIM for fifty-eight dollars. If he fails to remit, now you know why he's rolling in money and you are not.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:55PM (#391222)

    So, if the Fifty-Eight Dollar Seed preacher implores you to send him a seed, ask HIM for fifty-eight dollars. If he fails to remit, now you know why he's rolling in money and you are not.

    I hadn't heard about this before. I mean, I know it's a common belief that god rewards good people with money. Did a little googling and found this [blogspot.com]. It's a journal of somebody who did the 58 dollar seed thing (and was obviously setting out to show that it doesn't work). Found it morbidly hilarious.

    Day 48

    Prayer: Dear Lord, I thank you for another wonderful day. Bless it, and keep me in your grace. Bless my 58 day seed also, and use it to pay off my $3,353.93 loan, according to the 58 day seed covenant. With you, all things are possible. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

    I'm in the final 10 days of the covenant. The "home stretch" if you will. The closer I get to day 58, the bigger the miracle will be. $3,400 dollars is nothing to God. He could easily have a millionaire just write me out a check. I read an article about a guy who found $2,000 dollars in a shirt that he bought at a thrift store. That could happen to me. God can just open up the windows of heaven and provide the money that I need to be debt free. Nothing is too difficult for God.

    Afternooon: I found a quarter today. If I apply it to my debt, that will bring the total to $3,353.68.