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3 3  People with dementia have reported to feel dependent on the people in their surroundings. This is expressed through the repetitive need to ask for information about relatives after memories have faded. Overreliance on relatives can lead to the person with dementia feeling like a burden. This can in turn lead to separation from relatives and loneliness.
4 4  According to the self-determination theory a person needs autonomy and connectedness (and competence) in order to "foster the most volitional and high quality forms of motivation and engagement for activities, including enhanced performance, persistence, and creativity." ([[https:~~/~~/selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory/>>https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory/]]). This means, in order to motivate the pwd to participate in the usual activities of their 'pre-dementia' lives, and to engage with their relatives, we must promote these three factors.
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6 -Important values in this case can be derived from the Basic Human Values (schwartz), and include achievement and security.
6 +The task that a human is trying to accomplish is the task of remembering their relatives well enough to decrease the dependence on those relatives. The values related to this can be found in Schwartz. These values include Self-direction, in the sense that it gives them more freedom, but also security, in the sense that they still recognize and belong to the social order they are used to.
7 +We can support this task by creating a personal encyclopedia in which all the information of family members. The person can then consult this encyclopedia verbally.
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