Last night Dr. Brian Goldman was at the Rady Centre in Winnipeg to talk about his new book The Power of Kindness. The book explores the nature of empathy - the ability to sense, feel and understand the emotions of others and to respond to them. The book devotes one chapter to exploring an approach to individuals with dementia called validation. Dr. Goldman visits Country Meadows in Leader Heights in south-central Pennsylvania. The centre uses the "validation" approach to communicating with those with dementia. It was developed by Naomi Feil and has been shown to be a way to communicate with those with dementia - to help them - and to enable them to be calm instead of agitated. To better understand how it works you will need to read the book. As Dr. Goldman says "Kindness does not cost anything, but it means everything."
Dougald Lamont speaks at Meth Forum last night to present positive ideas to address the epidemic, while exposing the lack of action by the Pallister Conservatives
Last night at the Notre Dame Recreation Centre in St. Boniface, at an Election Forum on the Meth Crisis in Manitoba, Dougald Lamont spoke eloquently about the severity of the meth epidemic and described the Liberal plan to address it. The Liberal Plan will make sure that there is a single province-wide phone number for people, or friends of people, who need help dealing with meth to call (as there is in Alberta) and that there will be rapid access to a seamless series of steps - stabilization, detoxification, treatment, extended supportive housing etc so that people with meth addiction can be helped well and effectively and so that they can rebuild their lives. The Liberal meth plan will be helped by our approach to mental health (putting psychological therapies under medicare), and to poverty (providing better support). It will also be helped by our vigorous efforts to help young people understand the problems with meth in our education system and to provide alternative positive
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