Listen to the Podcast
- 1:24 – Lower/upper brain and dementia
- 4:39 – Brain environment methodology
- 5:07 – Interaction with other persons and empathy
- 6:50 – Never correct or show anger
- 8:19 – Slow or adjust to their pace and show how to do
- 10:57 – To seduce, no commands
- 12:19 – The physical space to live in
- 13:00 – Recognizable environment
- 14:27 – One dynamic stimulus at least
- 16:12 – Quiet, nature and light
- 18:29 – Activities for people with dementia
- 22:00 – Questions
Dick Kits was until 2017, together with his wife, the owner of Kroese Kits, the oldest healthcare agency in The Netherlands.
Since 1937 Kroese Kits has been providing private care and nursing in the Netherlands, Belgium and Europe.
In addition, he produces movies of people’s course of life and he is active as an author and publisher of:
My Parents Aged (Mij Ouders Ouder, 2006)
Silver is gold (Zilver is goud, 2007)
The New Old with co-author Hedda Schut (Het Nieuwe Oud, 2011)
Dementia 24/7 with co-author dr. Anneke van der Plaats (De dag door met dementie, 2016; China 2019)
CONTACT – in a complex world (CONTACT – in een complexe wereld, 2019)
