While researching my second JAMDA article, I came across a relatively recent paper by Dr. Jiska Cohen-Mansfield on the causes of discomfort in people who live with dementia (PLWD) in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Cohen-Mansfield and her team developed a Sources of Discomfort Scale (SODS), as part of a larger study for the “Treatment Routes … Continue reading 101 potential causes of behaviour by people living with dementia that institutional care staff may find challenging