Guest guest Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Has anyone heard of validating? Maybe it would be of help for those of you who have LBD people who are hallucinating or delusional. I heard about it at an Alzheimer's group. It's a way to not always have to be correcting or challenging what the person is saying. As much as I could make out, it involved not dealing with the specifics of the topic: such as Hez' mom who was moving near to a police stable and going to speak at a charity ball. Instead you focus on the feel of the message: Mom, I guess you'd like to be someplace safe. And speakiing at a ball sounds like she wants to have some competance and control. I think you try to guess what the emotional message is and then try to redirect that same message to something more reality based: Maybe to talkiing about what makes her feel unsafe or would make her feel safer. Or remembering talks given in the past or what she would like to say. Hez, I might have this all wrong and I'm just using your story as an example. Maybe others have a better handle on it. Imelda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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