Q1 – option 1 – Eve would benefit from a dementia nursing team as she could learn how to manage her condition without limiting her autonomy and learn how to enjoy life living with dementia, Physiotherapist and Occupational therapist to expand her mobility and reduce the risk of falls and carers to ensure she is getting all the support with daily tasks she needs.
Q2 – Option 1 – Eve should be making decisions about herself as she does not lack capacity and she would have to be assessed first and assigned a poa for any of her children to be able to make any decisions about her
Q3: option 2 -It is unethical to place those mats as dementia patients will think that there is a hole in the floor and might become frightened. It also infringes on their ability to walk around their home without getting scared of their surroundings. It is a manipulative technique that uses fear to limit dementia patients autonomy and I do not believe it it an ethical method to keep dementia patients safe.
Q4 I would feel very confused by the messages if I was Eve.
1 – The message on the answering machine was really hard to understand. The only words I could work out was information and goodbye and a few digits from the phone number
2 – the second message was clearer but I did not hear who the caller was but that they will be there on Friday between 1 and 2
3 – this time understood who the caller was – mikes daughter but didn’t understand everything. There was something about a taxi and that they will pick her up tomorrow morning
Overall it is really hard to understand what the people are saying through the answering machine. It could be useful to change the answering machine message to include that Eve has auditory processing issues and instruct the caller to be succinct and clear.
