Homecare - Dementia Dictionary

Working together to improve understanding of Dementia.

ee to use resource helping people to learn the language of dementia and communicate more effectively with people living with dementia

The Dementia Dictionary contains thousands of definitions for a wide range of behaviours, actions, and vocalisations, helping people to understand what is being communicated through these actions, as well as some useful pointers and advice for how to respond to these situations based on what is being communicated.

Anyone can use the Dementia Dictionary to search for behaviours, actions, & vocalisations that they see being displayed by people living with dementia but do not understand They will then be able to view behaviours that are similar to what they are seeing and go through all of the possible interpretations to see if there is anything there that matches their situation.

If they do, then fantastic, they will be able to better understand and respond to this situation in the future

If they do not find anything that they believe matches what they are seeing then people are able to ask for their own specific situation to be interpreted. All of the interpretations in the Dementia Dictionary are provided by our worldwide network of Dementia Interpreters, who have completed a training course to enable them to be registered, and they use the knowledge gained during this training, as well their own first-hand experiences of dementia, to come up with potential interpretations for all of the behaviours that people would like help with https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/596775691157

The Dementia Dictionary is enabling people around the world to better connect with people who previously had been unable to do so Our ultimate aim is that this resource will stop all of the labelling that tends to happen with people living with dementia, labels such as ‘challenging’ and ‘aggressive’, as people will now be able to understand that these behaviours are actually forms of communication.