Culture Change Can Alter Dementia Care

Rethinking treatments for dementia can have a positive impact on nursing facility residents

Joanne Kaldy - Caring for the Ages

11/01/2008

Senior contributing writer Joanne Kaldy is a freelance writer in Hagerstown, Md., and a communications consultant for AMDA and other organizations.

WASHINGTON — Rethinking treatments for dementia can have a positive impact on nursing facility residents in the world of culture change, according to G. Allen Power, MD, a physician and Eden Alternative mentor at St. John's Home in Rochester, N.Y. Speaking at a Pioneer Network conference, Dr. Power talked about how practitioners and caregivers can move beyond medications to treat dementia.

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