To lie or not to lie: Telling dementia patients the truth can be upsetting

Pat Dromey’s mother suffers from dementia and sometimes it’s kinder to go along with her version of reality. Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan examines the use of therapeutic lying in dementia care in the context of a new report, Therapeutic Lying and Approaches to Dementia Care in Ireland

To lie or not to lie: Telling dementia patients the truth can be upsetting

Wilma Wessell is in the dark about the death of her husband for the same reason that she sometimes believes she is in Hanover, Germany, and not Drimoleague, West Cork.

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