HW-4

From listening and reading a ted talk “How telling our silenced stories can change the world” by Anne Hallward, Anne depends the definition of shame and how it truly affects people instead of being some small little word people use it for. By telling people you should be ashamed of yourself over something small like being five minutes late to a party, can have a longer lasting affect on people that connects to a deeper issue of why they have the feeling of shame. Throughout the ted talk Anne states many claims that connect to the thought of shame. Anne states “Dementia is like death by a thousand cuts…”(11:00) In other words Anne is saying that dementia is a long process where things just get worst and worst throughout the fight of someone living with dementia. As being a CNA, and working with people who have dementia I have gotten to see this claim very often. Its extremely devastating to see someone sit there getting worse and not being able to do anything to help them to get better. The only thing you can do is try and comfort them. Even then comforting is hard. Being a CNA you feel shameful that there is no way for the dementia to go away. Being a health care provider there will always be a constant feeling of shame whether you feel it on your own or the patients family makes you feel it. Being in this field health care providers need to talk amongst others and learn to overcome the shame in order to take care of others.