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(guest post by Yaksley)

As i have been researching my essay on dementia i have come across a very interesting editorial..

There are at present 20 different posts on the Alzheimer’s Society website with regards to this proposal which i personally find preposterous…

The proposal entails electronically tagging patients with dementia to put their carers at ease, so that they can stop their “wandering” behaviour and negate the need for physical restraint or drug treatment.
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(This is a guest post by Yaksley)

The Grand Old Duke of York was unusual in that he was neither up nor down. Most people often get down and then need a bit of help to cheer up. Doing nice things for people is a way of cheering them up, but be careful: when someone is struggling to hold themselves together, an act of gratuitous niceness can instantly reduce them to tears.

Do not attempt to cheer someone up by telling them you’re suffering more. This will not make them happier; it will just add an icing of irritation on their cake of sadness. Saying that worse things happen at sea is not a good idea, either, especially if you are on an expensive cruise at the time.
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