Listening, is how you keep people at the centre of services. Once people are listened to and then understood then the theories can be written, not the other way around.
Thank you for what you have written, my poor cognition, since the start of my own symptoms makes it difficult to follow but in my view the Professionals are making life more difficult for themselves and those they care for with theories. When I trained as a nurse we worked to a careplan, we learnt to identify a person's difficulties and then put in place solutions to solve/ease the problems. I visit HCP, the ones I can relate to, are those who help me feel less isolated and not part of society, are those who listen, attempt to understand my need and give me real practical help and support. The others, who are forced to work to a tick box computer screen make me feel less of a person, individual, make me angry and frustrated.
Theories can be OK but trying to apply a theory when you have vast swathes of people struggling with dementia is I think like putting the cart before the horse, no doubt though this is what your establishement demands of you so you have limited 'choice'
All the best
I understand Beate's response Larszt as primarily TP is contributed to by carers and sufferers who support and understand each other with the daily struggles of dementia. If you read TP very often we feel totally misunderstood by the professionals. Also the draining nature of living with dementia doesn't leave much time or energy discussing theories. You will find many people on here who feel and have been abandoned by Memory Clinics, services and understandably therefore have little time for professionals, the group that has left them feeling isolated.