Emotional Needs: The Cornerstone of Care
for Alzheimer’s Patients

It is sometimes easy for health care staff to forget there is a person with emotional as well as physical need behind tNationally recognized Alzheimer's expert Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH In this 2-DVD series.

2 DVD series
series price: $250

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Recognizing the Emotional Needs of the Person with Alzheimer’s Disease

Order# AD229
Presented by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH

20 minutes
physician/nursing staff discussion
and patient vignettes
title price: $150; $75 rental

Ted communicates by nodding his head. Eleanor speaks many words with no meaning. Mary Anne's facial expressions show her fear. How can you assess the emotions of someone who has difficulty communicating with words effectively?

In a discussion with nursing assistants, Dr. Rabins explores the long ignored reality of the importance of the emotional wellbeing of the Alzheimer's patients. Nursing assistants explain why a patient's emotions are key to quality care. If you understand their emotional needs, the rest of their care just falls into place. Filmed at Copper Ridge.

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Strategies for Nurturing Emotional
Well-Being of the Alzheimer’s Patient

Order# AD230
Presented by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH

21 minutes
physician/nursing staff discussion
and patient vignettes
title price: $150; $75 rental

Dr. Rabins and nursing assistants identify numerous strategies to incorporate emotional well-being into care for a patient. These include; connecting person to person; entering into the world of the person with Alzheimer's disease even if this means accepting impossible realities; knowing treats and activities people enjoy; using physical touch to comfort and reassure; and empathizing with the confusion of their world. Filmed at Copper Ridge.

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