Through the Eyes of A Person With Dementia: 5- Emergency Department

Emergency Department- the fifth video in our six part series Through the Eyes of a Person with Dementia. These videos illustrate everyday scenarios from the point of view of a person living with dementia. They also include a suggested approach that can be more beneficial to the individual and their caregiver.

[corielake]

Wonderful reminder for practicioners to speak in a calm slow manner. But it becomes hard when they refuse everything.

[godsvessel]

I really liked how the nurse directed the questions to her like she’s actually there and not just some object that doesn’t hear, think or feel.

[ericerto]

My dad has dementia and it's awful watching your loved one stuffer my dad lives with me and I take care of him after work and I have to pay a care giver full time . It's so sad because his savings that he worked so hard for is going to his health care . He is miserable every day because he thinks we are trying to kill him he's frightened he never has a moment of peace he's very mean he hits us and fights us doing everyday routine things like dipar change eating showers are the worst and going number 2 he refuses the toilet because he thinks his movements are to big. He won't go in his bed because he thinks is soaked with urine and that it is broken and he's going to fall through. I applaud anyone who is going through this it will test every fiber of your being

[albatrosone]

I work wish dementia clients. They can’t help where there are at, we need to understand more about this illness and be caring and understanding. Respect It’s a must!!

[johndavey]

Thank you so much my Grandmother has dementia and I love her so much

[damighty]

my grandma started having dementia when I was nine although it was subtle and nobody really suspected there was anything wrong with her until we started noticing very weird behaviors like her trying to use her toothpaste as make up or her trying to go out the terrace naked, I was so confused and kept trying to understand her but it was no use, I reported the care takers multiple times because they would either steal from her or treat her like she was less than a human being, also at this time I had started going to boarding school so I was only there during the holidays and my aunts who lived with her weren't always around to see what the caretakers were doing. My heart absolutely shattered when she couldn't say her own name or my name when she was asked during her test, no one would even explain to me what was happening with her and just told me she was sick and would get better soon, it was so sad to see her mental health deteriorate so much, I was young and had no idea what was going on or what dementia was, all I knew was that my favorite person in the whole world was sick and couldn't remember my name or even speak properly, I'm sixteen now and she died last year, I miss her every single day

[oxennguyen]

SOUNS SO MUCH LIKE MY 89yrs GRANDMOTHER. SHE INSISTS TO KEEP HER RIGHT TO MAKE HER OWN DECISIONS but HER MIND IS NOT THE SAME and REFUSES TO BE DIAGNOSE FOR MORE HELP. MAKE IT VERY HARD FOR ME. SHE REFUSES TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN REALLY NEEDED, REFUSES TO SEE FAMILY DOCTOR AT ANY COST and REFUSES TO TAKE HER MEDICATIONS FOR 2yrs NOW. (SOME HOW SHE DOING FINE WITHOUT THOSE MEDS FOR TWO YRS) and I wonder if those meds really help her? GOD BE WITH US ALL, WE ARE GOING TO GET OLD WHETHER WE WANTED OR NOT.

[tinamartinez]

My mom has been diagnosed with dementia, beginning. She's not half as bad as this lady.
My problem, is more the lil habits she's developing, like picking her nose, until it bleeds. She will continue to pick it, whipping the blood on the sheets or where ever she wants.
I think it's better they are on a schedule, she used argue about showering. Now every morning shower. No problem. She doesn't want to go anywhere or do anything but watch t.v.
I do need help with her or she's on her way to a nursing home.

[sallyclay]

My sister had Lewy Body dementia. She passed away after suffering 7 years. It destroys your brains and body, at an accelerated level.

[joywebster]

Back in 1990s we established a Seniors Rapid response team at McMaster medical center. As the Clinical Nurse Specialist I'd do the assessment, history taking (unless it was critical then ER doc started), and pared down the situation to what disciplines needed to be involved when, to get the senior home safely the fastest safest way possible. Otherwise they were admitted out of frustration to get them out of the ER. After a 2yr trial the model was accepted and Geriatric Energency Management nurses were established in most major hospitals in Ontario.

[sunnyquinn]

My mom had dementia, really bad in her last few months. She was like this, suspicious of people, saying "NO!" to everything, talking to people who weren't there or even had been long dead, saying she just wanted to go home.

[linedallaire]

I am close to 70 young and I still do hay, split wood and I am brigther than ever. People think that I am 30.

[purplepaws]

the er i took my mom to abuses elderly dementia patients. this is a top rated new york hospital, , wish we had a er like this.

[aimeelouvier-sutton]

My loved one fights with me at home but not at the hospital

[and]

My husband and I are the sole caregivers of my father who has been battling Alzheimer's for nearly ten years. I cringed in the first segment of this re-enactment - bcz as much as the second part has merit and is a training tool, many clinicians at hospitals/urgent care centers have no clue how to talk to one suffering from dementia. What's funny (bcz I have to keep a sense of humor or else I will go mad) is that in the second segment, the clinicians are speaking to patient as if she can understand complex sentences....not really listening to what she is saying in response. They need Teepa Snow badly!!

[kevinkenny]

Could I please have the resources on keeping one safe at home that the social worker wanted to go over?

[PunmasterSTP]

I used to work in a hospital. This video is way too real.

[christopherglut]

It differ to think how we end up like this u want to read the midnight library I promise u you put it down y did I make mistake in my life y

[aotmn]

I think you meant to title this: "Through the eyes of a person with glaucoma". Blurred/obstructed vision is NOT synonymous with mental decline. I can appreciate what you were going for, but someone should have shot that idea down in a hurry.

[pamelacondila]

My mom was diagnosed with dementia when she was in her mid 60s, Now she's 77 years old and her dementia has become worse, I'm trying my best to take care of my mom but it's not easy, I really don't want to put her in a nursing care home facility cause I hear horror stories, Eventually down the road I may have to, I'm really very nervous in putting my mom in a nursing home care facility