The School of Nursing and Health at Aichi Prefectural University has developed a course that trains students how to act like people with dementia.
Getting students to simulate the behavior and attitudes of dementia patients will help future nurses better learn how to deal with them, the faculty says.
Through these interactions, students learn that dementia patients have their own reasons for doing things, even though they may seem irrational. The school hopes this will eventually lead to the provision of better medical care.