Person-centred Care for

People Living with Dementia

CAD104
Assessment Task 1 part B – Narrated Presentation
Fahmida Mim 558612
Kitwood’s Model for Person-Centred Care
• Social Model
• Personhood: person matter
• Traits of a human
(Brooker and Latham 2016)
• Independent and individual
(Love and Femia 2015)
• Well-being: positive person work
• Ill-being: malignant social psychology
(Power, 2014 & Kitwood, 1997)
Fig 1: Wheel of love
Positive Person Work: Negotiation
• Consultation about preference.
• Sense of self control.
• e.g. choice over meal or go outside.
(Kitwood, 1997)

Fig. 2: Negotiation
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Positive Person Work: Validation
Malignant Social Psychology: Imposition
• Affect psychological need of Occupation
• Forcing to do something.
• Refusing choices.
• Disallow participant’s desire.
(Kitwood, 1997)
Fig. 3: Imposition

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Malignant Social Psychology: Invalidation
• Undermines attachment of a person
• Ignoring the person’s reality
• Failed to realize person’s feelings
(Kitwood, 1997)

Fig 2. Invalidation undermines attachment

References
• Bradford Dementia Group, 2005, DCM8 User’s Manual, University of Bradford.
• Brooker D, & Latham I, 2016, Person Centred Dementia Care: Making Services Better with the
VIPS Framework, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Kitwood T, 1997, Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First, McGraw Hill Open
University Press.
• Love K & Femia E, 2015, Helping Individuals with Dementia Live More Fully Through Person-
Centred Practices, Journal of Gerontological Nursing, vol. 41, no. 11, p. 9-14.
• Power GA, 2014, Dementia Beyond Disease: Enhancing Well-being, Health Professions Press.
• Imposition, accessed 27 august 2020,
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/vector-line-icon-impose-1500147767
• Negotiation, accessed 27 august 2020,
https://www.counterpointcourses.com/negotiating-with-respect/