Jim Vanden Bosch, Guest Blogger

Reflective journals while temporarily living in an institutional dementia care setting.

Reflective journals while temporarily living in an institutional dementia care setting.

Reflective journals while temporarily living in an institutional dementia care setting.

In order for me to gain some firsthand experience of what it is like to live in an institutional dementia care setting, I arranged with the administration of a nursing home in the area for me to be admitted as a “resident” without the care staff knowing that I did not have dementia. These are some reflections on my five day stay.