How to Save Time in Dementia Care

3 Tips for Reducing the Risk of Resistance and Refusals

By Valerie Feurich, Positive Approach to Care (PAC) Team Member

Are you caring for a person living with dementia? If yes, have you been met with resistance at some point?

Whether you’re a family care partner or professional, chances are you have experienced refusals before. If you think through that situation now, is there something you could have done differently? Could one of the Snow Approach techniques have improved your interaction?

The Snow Approach, developed by dementia expert Teepa Snow, is a collection of proven care techniques that focus on providing human-centered care. At their core, they prioritize protecting the relationship between you and the person in your care. Why?

Because if the person in your care does not like you or fears what you’ll do next, your care relationship will get significantly harder. (Think about it — would you want someone that you don’t like help you undress and bathe? Chances are you answered no.)

On occasion, the Snow Approach techniques are met by caregivers with resistant comments like That’s…