Distressed Behaviour

This workshop explores behaviour in dementia care, inviting us to see it from a different perspective. Instead of seeing behaviour as ‘difficult’ or a ‘challenge’, we have the choice to see it as a gift – the person sharing their innermost feelings, enabling us to move away from a problem focus to a solution-focused approach….

The NICE guidelines recommend non-pharmacological interventions as the first-line approach for addressing distress in individuals living with dementia (NICE, 2019). However, the plethora of assessment and outcome measures available to support understanding the causes of distress in dementia patients in care homes can be overwhelming, and there is no agreed consensus on outcome measure selection…