Let’s say a person living with dementiaDementia is not a specific disease. It's an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia. is upset we give them some ice cream and they are
okay, then they are upset again. We can’t keep giving them ice cream, we need to find out the
WHY. Why are they upset? If we don’t look for the WHY in any situation we will continue to
solve everything with band-aids and never get to the source of the issue and actually help the
person. (see band-aid)
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