Naomi Feil, Who Promoted Empathy as a Response to Dementia, Dies at 91
She trained caregivers to “validate” the delusions of older people with dementia, rather than try to wrest them into the real world.
Source: nytimes.com
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She trained caregivers to “validate” the delusions of older people with dementia, rather than try to wrest them into the real world.
On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, Naomi Feil, best known as the developer of the Validation method for communicating with old disoriented persons, died at 91 at her home in Jasper,
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