A New Way To Care For Patients With Dementia (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/05/15/dementia

The big facts on dementia and Alzheimer’s are scary.  Five million Americans with Alzheimer’s already, and the big Baby Boom generation just moving into the Alzheimer’s years.

But the little facts are imposing too.  How hard it can be to care, day in and day out, for a loved one or a patient with Alzheimer’s.  And how tough it can be on the aging, struggling victim of dementia.

There’s a push on for a better way.  Less restraint.  Fewer drugs.  More respect.  And maybe more joy, even in the difficulty.
This hour, On Point:  a new, more graceful grappling with Alzheimer’s.

- Tom Ashbrook