acupuncture and dementia

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acupuncture , " Oolooloo " <oolooloo> wrote:

>hello

I see no reason why you should'nt treat patient with damentia.Do you

feed people with dementia? Do we dress them? send them to hospital

if needed? They don't always understand why curtein things are being

done' nevertheless they would like to be teken care for.

helping ease the mental stress acompanying dementia is so important

in these cases and can only do them good.

I have just started my professional way, and I could be wrong' but

these are my thoughts

> Hello,

>

> My question (questions, rather) to everyone involves Dementia.

>

> For those who pratice, do you think it is ethical to practice

> acupuncture on someone with dementia? What I mean is, if you

aren't

> able to consent to dementia, should it be done?

>

> My second question is CAN acupuncture be done on someone with

> dementia? Assuming they are at a stage where they may not be able

to

> understand what is being done to them, and they may not be able to

> sit still (my grandmother fought to rip out her IV and leave the

> hospital for most of the time she was there), is it wise?

>

> Lastly, has anyone attempted to treat dementia? Has it been

> successful? What points would you recommend?

>

> I apologize if I sound like a novice to the subject; I am. =)

>

> Cheers,

> Chris

>