Overcoming Vulnerability With Dignity

By Anthony Kerigan

May 3, 2021

Palliative care physician Dr. Anthony Kerigan highlights the A-B-C and D steps to safeguard the full dignity of the frail elderly and those at the end of their life.

He proposes a framework for health care providers that allows them to become more sensitive to the dignity of the elderly person by paying attention to certain dignity-enhancing attributes of the provider Awareness, especially among health care professionals, of the personal attributes necessary for the enhancing of dignity, will engender an atmosphere of respect She began to get lost in previously familiar surroundings, and it was difficulty in handling the wandering at night that proved to be the trigger of seeking admission to a long-term care facility One’s sense of dignity is often rooted in the meaning and purpose one sees in life An additional way of showing respect for the dignity of the elderly is the care and attention given to their appearance

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