Principles of the Nonpharmacological Approach
Principles of the Nonpharmacological Approach
10 Key I’m Still Here Principles
- Engage the full person who is still here, with whatever challenges he/she faces.
- Engage the person’s skills and abilities, providing HOPE for care partners and Persons Living With Dementia through positive experiences.
- Employ approaches, techniques, and methods that reduce the need for and dependence on medication.
- Maintain the individual within – and linked to – their community.
- Take advantage of existing community resources.
- Respect each person’s choices, wishes, and capacities.
- Reinforce the relationship between persons with dementia and their care partners.
- Appeal to persons with dementia living at home as well as in other settings.
- Include and engage all care partners in programs and activities.
- Educate community partners in new ways of serving Persons Living With Dementia.