Honey, sweetie, dearie: The perils of elderspeak
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By Paula Span, KFF Health…
By Paula Span, KFF Health…
A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.
Scene: A long-term care facility. A nurse is helping an older resident with dementia as she takes a shower.Nurse: “There we go…