Abstract
The article react to the situation of increasing incidence of dementia in population. The care must be based on the presumption that a person has permanent basic need of dignity in the situation of increasing cognitive impairmant.
The Feil's method of validation is an appropriate tool of effective communication. It is also a tool of change in the carers' approach to the person with dementia based on empathy and recognition of the causes of behavioral problems.
The first part of the article brings together the history and the basis of the validation, its principles and desirable attitudes.