The Journal of Adult Protection
Therapeutic lying in dementia care: social workers’ decision-making and attitudinal dimensions
Purpose This study aims to examine the differential roles of the person-focused and lie-focused dimensions of the Attitudes toward Lying to People with Dementia scale (ALPD) in relation to therapeutic lying among social workers. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with 253 Spanish social workers working with older adults. Correlations, t-tests, logistic regression and linear regression models were performed. Findings Both ALPD dimensions were strongly correlated but showed diff …