You have posted answers to questions...from... "Expert Answer", from whomever. What is this based upon? Actual experience, and/or a degree? What is an answer from an "Expert"? What are their qualifications to be qualified as an "Expert"? They studied and have a degree?...and/or they were really on the front line?
To this end, the politicians are all "experts"...after all, they are our leaders. Where are all these leaders? Most all of them have JD degrees. Really?
May I suggest you re-think posting answers from "Experts".
Respectfully, Mark
Where did you get the idea that I only find the answers from "experts' acceptable?
That is totally untrue. I greatly value the experience and expertise of others on this site. Most of them are on the front line everyday and although they are not trained experts they are experts on the care of their own loved one and have many tips and ideas to share.
There is no logic in the caring of demented patients. There are learned texts on the disease of dementia and the expected stages, but there is not a rule book. For example after surgery you may be instructed to get the patient out of bed on day 2 and remove sutures on day 10 and make a follow up appointment at 6 weeks. These are usual procedures but with dementia it is not possible to predict when a patient will refuse to bathe, see mice climbing on the fridge, run naked down the street or tell the neighbor jack the ripper is sitting on her roof, not to mention finger painting with poop on her bedroom wall. Care givers who have dealt with these situations can share their experiences and the solutions that worked for them, that does not make them expert but it does make them experienced. A soldier does not become an expert marksman by shooting balloons at the Fair, he has to be trained and practice
Some of us are very glad that there are some "experts" here. Not that anyone is shy about disagreeing with them, based on their own experience. (I could point you to examples of such disagreements.)
You are welcome to your opinion. You are welcome to simply not read the expert advice. But when you ask "what is this based on" about the expert status, the answer is very readily available. Just look at the profiles. You may then disagree that being a lawyer entitles someone to give "expert" advice on a legal question. But at least you will know what Aging Care based their label on.
What I assumed was you really wanted an answer to the question what is "expert" status based on in this website. If that assumption was wrong then my answer isn't meaningful.
I am glad to see answers and articles by the psychologist, lawyer, and others. I wouldn't continue on this site if those were the ONLY answers given. We learn from each other and we don't have to be experts to have something valuable to share. But the experts add another perspective. I wouldn't want them to go away!
I am confused, Mark, that you ask what qualifies these people as "experts" and yet you refuse to look at their profiles to see what their qualifications are. Do you really want to know, or just to pick a fight?
When a designated expert answers a question there is always a hyperlink to their profile, explaining their qualifications.
You are right...caregiving is not an exact science...and it is often flying by the seat of your pants...until a certain point. After that, it's called "a degree of logic".
Structure can certainly be implemented, and you can implement a game plan. I'll leave the reading of expert bios up to you, and to the experts.
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