Careways of dementia care

This paper presents first before the clinical picture of dementia and is further on dedicated to ways of dealing with people who suffer from dementia. They often show - from the perspective of this often loaded and challenged social environment - unexpected and/or unpredictable behavior. There is no panacea for the ends of successful dealing with people with dementia. But experience in terms of both - general and specialized nursing strategies - may facilitate the handling and may ease the situation of affected. After a number of general strategies the specialist care strategies Fördernde Prozesspflege, Validation, Basale Stimulation(©) and Psychobiographisches Pflegemodell are presented.