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List 5 interventions and rationales for communicating with a person who has dementia.
Five intervention or strategies that are going to communicate with the Dementia person is mentioned below
1. It is based on the natural conversation so it is better to opposed repetition and drill.
2. intervenors can engage participants in a conversation on topics that are of personal interest to the participants
3. Intervenors can talk about objects and events within the immediate environment.
4. It is important that not to correct participants but to respond to any attempt to communicate under the assumption that there is some meaning in it.
5. Have to give the person adequate time to respond to questions and to repeat or rephrase statements or questions if they were misunderstood.
finally, intervenors should intervene not to talk down to the individual, structure conversations as a reminiscence session, support or add some factual data that are relevant to the topic.
Five rational that are going to communicate with the Dementia person is mentioned below
1. The instructor should be calm and patient
2. Always keep eyecontact to patient and respect the person
3. Keep voice and body in relaxed form before talking
4.Gentle touch to reassure all things
5. Always consistent