Person-centred communication with people with dementia
Intended for healthcare professionals
Evidence and practice    

Person-centred communication with people with dementia

Amy Pepper Admiral Nurse research assistant, Dementia UK, London, England
Karen Harrison Dening Head of research and publications, Dementia UK, London, England

Why you should read this article:
  • To enhance your understanding of the communication difficulties experienced by people with dementia

  • To reflect on how your behaviour can affect, negatively or positively, the well-being of people with dementia

  • To read about practical approaches to supporting person-centred communication with people with dementia

Communication is a two-way process of exchanging or sharing information and is an essential element of the nursing process. Challenges with communication are a feature of all types of dementia, so understanding how dementia affects communication and how to support people is important for all nurses. This article provides an overview of communication in dementia care. The authors draw on the literature on communication and dementia to present evidence-based, practical approaches for supporting person-centred communication with people with dementia.

Nursing Older People. doi: 10.7748/nop.2023.e1430

Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software

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Correspondence

amy.pepper@dementiauk.org

Conflict of interest

None declared

Pepper A, Harrison Dening K (2023) Person-centred communication with people with dementia. Nursing Older People. doi: 10.7748/nop.2023.e1430

Published online: 25 January 2023

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