Dignity And Dementia Handout 2 - 1462 Words

Enhancing dignity in the care of people with dementia Professor Lesley Baillie Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair of Clinical Nursing Practice, London South Bank University and University College :London Hospitals Plan Types of dignity †¢ Human dignity: the dignity that all humans have and cannot be taken away †¢ Social dignity: experienced through interaction - dignity-of-self and dignity-inrelation (Jacobson 2007) †¢ So for people with dementia: †¢ We must acknowledge and respect their human dignity †¢ We must recognise how their dignity is affected by how they feel and by our interactions with them What is the meaning of dignity? How does it feel to have dignity? How does it feel to lose our dignity? The meaning of dignity †¢Ã¢â‚¬ ¦show more content†¦Student experience Dilemmas in promoting dignity Scenario †¢ Marie goes in to visit her aunt Margaret who has dementia and lives in a care home. Marie finds that she has not been washed and has on yesterday’s soiled clothes. The staff say she did not want a wash or clean clothes today. Questions †¢ Are the care home staff’s actions promoting Margaret’s dignity through allowing her autonomy? †¢ Or have they diminished her dignity as Margaret previously took a pride in her appearance? †¢ What alternatives were there? Dilemmas in promoting dignity Scenario †¢ Tom (a former naval captain) is on an acute hospital ward and is constantly packing his bag trying to leave the ward as he says he has to go to sea. All morning there is commotion as staff try to get him back to his bed. Tom is clearly agitated and the staff are stressed. Questions †¢ Are the staff justified in persisting with keeping Tom on the ward apparently against his wishes? †¢ Or are the staff diminishing Tom’s dignity by preventing him from being in control? †¢ What alternatives were there? 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