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Kitwood’s Malignant Social Psychology. Kitwood’s terminology is useful for highlighting the seriousness of malpractice in dementia care. Kitwood purposefully used the term ‘malignant’, normally associ- ated with a disease process, which if not treated, can spread to healthy areas of the body.
- Pat Hobson
- 2019
Sep 20, 2011 · This systematic review aimed to (i) identify behaviour change theories across four scientific disciplines: psychology, sociology, anthropology and economics (ii) examine how they have been used...
Aug 1, 2011 · This article addresses a longstanding problem in the field of psychology, that of lacking an adequate explication of what is arguably our central concept as a “science of behavior,” the concept...
- Treachery
- Disempowerment
- Infantilisation
- Labelling
- Banishment
- Objectification
- Withholding
- Accusation
- Invalidation
- Outpacing
Lying to the person, telling the person false stories, justifying that this will make the person feel better. For example, a person with dementia may ask for their mother or children; staff may respond by telling the person that their mother or children will be coming later, knowing full well that this is not true. Other examples include staff tell...
This may include doing everything for the person, taking over tasks when the person is attempting to do these themselves, not allowing the person to make choices, and taking their rights to always be an individual. This results in the person losing confidence in their abilities, and therefore, becoming more dependent on staff when they are still ab...
This involves referring to the person with dementia as a ‘boy’ or ‘girl’, talking to them in a condescending manner, using words such as feeding, feeds (for people that need assistance to eat), cot sides (to refer to bedrails), bibs (to refer to protective clothing at meal times) or using oversize bib-like protective clothing. This may also include...
Use of words such as ‘double’ to refer to a person that needs assistance of two staff, or a ‘single’ to refer to a person that requires the assistance of one staff member. Other examples include words, such as demanding, difficult, challenging, nightmare, feeding, feeds, feeders, toileting, wandering or wanderers.
Putting the person with dementia in an isolated place when they are displaying certain behaviours that staff may find challenging, rather than finding out what the problem is. Leaving the person for long periods of time without any interaction at all.
Staff assisting a person with care needs, whilst talking to each other. There is no interaction at all with the person. Instead, the person becomes a ‘task’, or ‘chore’ that staff need to ‘complete’ rather than a person that requires support with care needs. Referring to a person as a number rather than using their name. This depersonalises the per...
Telling the person with dementia that they can only have refreshments, or food, at specified times; leaving the person waiting for a long time to have personal care; taking their call bell away, because they keep ringing this. This can also involve cutting services for people with dementia to save money, resulting in them going without essential eq...
Accusing the person of things they are unable to change. For example, calling the person ‘lazy’, when they are unable to do things, or stating that they are ‘attention seeking’.
The person is looking for their mother or loved one, and again staff do not acknowledge the emotional needs and feelings of the person, but merely ignore this. Not responding when the person is visibly upset and needs comfort.
Rushing the person during activities of daily living tasks, or talking at a rate that the person cannot keep up with.
- Pat Hobson
- 2019
Jan 1, 2016 · Although human behavior is generically defined as the capacity of mental, physical, emotional, and social activities, as an academic subject is has been considered mostly as a function of...
The metatheoretical concept of two different levels of meaning conveyed in language is introduced, highlighting that language inherently relies on behaviours and that the content of what-is-being-said, in and of itself, can constitute (interpersonal) behaviour under particular conditions.
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Nov 27, 2019 · Myers and DeWall define behavior as “anything an organism does—any action we can observe and record,” and mental processes as “the internal, subjective experiences we infer from behavior—sensations, perceptions, dreams, thoughts, beliefs and feelings.” As the “observe and record” makes clear, behavior is being defined in part as ...
