Get expert tips from A Cleveland Clinic doctor on how to manage common dementia behaviors like confusion, aggression, and more.
Seeking out the advice of a dysphagia dietitian can help you navigate the challenges of dementia and eating issues.
Challenging behavior is common in people living with dementia and is considered one of the most difficult issues facing staff in residential care and caregivers at home. It is important to try and understand why the person is behaving in a particular way and remember that it is the behavior that is challenging and not the person.
The most common frontotemporal dementia symptoms (FTD) are behavior, personality and communication/language related which worsen over time.
Wandering is a common challenge in dementia care. It can be aimless meandering, repetitive locomotion, or even purposeful movement that can lead to social problems such as getting lost or intruding into inappropriate spaces. Dementia-related wandering can be described as aimless meandering, repetitive locomotion or purposeful locomotion that causes a social problem such as getting lost, leaving a safe environment or intruding in inappropriate places. In this article we cover: Why People Wander Is Intervention Necessary? Wandering Out of Safe Areas Triggers - What Sparks Challenging Behaviours? How to Reduce Wandering
The Dementia Umbrella Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain. It is not one specific disease. Dementia affects thinking, behavior and the ability to perform every day tasks, and brain function is affected enough to interfere with the person's normal social or working life. The most common type of dementia is Alzheimer's disease. #Dementia #Umbrella #Differential #Diagnosis #Types #Subtypes #Classification #Geriatrics
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In Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, clinging and following behavior is often referred to as “shadowing.” Learn how to prevent this exhausting symptom from interfering with your caregiving tasks and precious respite time.
Explore effective strategies used by memory care communities to address wandering behavior in seniors with dementia, ensuring secure and compassionate living spaces.
Longest stage of dementia. Understand middle stage: care, help, preparation, expectations. Guide for you and your loved one.
As a dementia & Alzheimers caregiver, you may be wondering why your loved one does the same thing over an over again. This can be something like asking the same questions over and over, or cycling through repetitive behaviors. Tips and ideas for how to help with repetitive behaviors.
Helpful tips from a caregiver.
Helpful tips from a caregiver.
Is your loved one showing an abrupt change in behavior? Is he or she becoming a social recluse, suffering from weakness and even finding it difficult to hold urine for a long time? It may be signs of a Frontotemporal Dementia onset. Read on to know what is Frontotemporal Dementia, what causes Frontotemporal Dementia and the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the condition. Frontotemporal Dementia DefinitionPage Contents1 Frontotemporal Dementia Definition2 Frontotemporal Dementia Names3 Frontotemporal Dementia Symptoms4 Frontotemporal Dementia Causes5 Is Frontotemporal Dementia Hereditary?6 Is Frontotemporal Dementia Rare?7 Frontotemporal Dementia Stages8 Frontotemporal Dementia Diagnosis9 Frontotemporal Dementia Differential Diagnosis10 Frontotemporal Dementia Treatment11
Learn about aggression and dementia: what it looks like, which stages are worse, why it happens, and how caregivers can cope with aggressive behavior
Helpful tips for dealing with dementia behaviors
Helpful tips from a caregiver.
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If you are working as an Activity Professional in a memory care neighborhood right now, you are facing even more unique challenges in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Keeping a calm and peaceful atmosphere, including activities, can feel overwhelming. Here are a few ideas to keep you and your residents engaged.
Alzheimer’s & dementia can cause aggressive behavior. To deal with these episodes, get tips on preventing aggression & responding in the heat of the moment.
Our Alzheimer's / Dementia Symptoms Tracker Worksheet PDF Template can be downloaded and used with all your clients, giving you and them the ability to fill it out on a digital device or print it out.
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Explore how aromatherapy effectively eases stress in dementia patients. We share tips to effectively practice aromatherapy to help Dementia.
Anna is a 79-year-old lady living with 2nd stage dementia. She seems to understand what staff say but is slow to respond. She is restless most of the day, sitting for only minutes at time...
Strokes and dementia have some similarities and differences. Having one may increase your risk for having the other. Learn more about the connection.
As an Alzheimer or dementia caregiver, there really is nothing more heartbreaking to hear than your loved one wants to "go home".
In the Caregiver's Guide to Dementia: Using Activities and Other Strategies to Prevent, Reduce and Manage Behavioral Symptoms, authors Laura Gitlin, Ph.D. and Catherine Verrier Piersol, Ph.D., OTR/L offer easy-to-use, practical ideas to help caregivers navigate daily challenges and behaviors common with Alzheimer's and dementia through the use of activities and other techniques. Separate sections cover daily activities, effective communication, caregiver's self-care, and more. A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia also has a section on difficult behaviors and gives practical ideas to manage:Agitation, repetitive questions, acting-out, and restlessness Wandering, hoarding, and resistance to care Incontinence and sexually and socially inappropriate acts Aggressiveness and destructiveness Depression, and sleep disturbancesWorksheets are provided to help caregivers customize the strategies that work best for them. Through their research studies, the authors have found these strategies to be most helpful for families dealing with dementia. Laura N. Gitlin, Ph.D. is Professor of Community Public Health and Director of the Center for Innovative Care in Aging at Johns Hopkins University. Catherine Verrier Piersol, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy and Clinical Director of Jefferson Elder Care at Thomas Jefferson University.
As many senior care providers know, dementia can cause challenging behaviors in loved ones. Learn how to deal with dementia-related meanness here.
Dementia caregivers must frequently choose between correcting their loved ones or validating their distorted perceptions of reality. A family caregiver shares the unique approach she used to interact with her elderly father.
Providing care to residents with aggressive behavior can be extremely challenging. Considering the number of residents we work with and the close living quarters they live in, we will at times be faced with someone who is unhappy no matter what lengths we take to care for them. In this article we cover: 6 Tips for Approaching Unhappy Residents 5 Reactions to Avoid Support for Caregivers is Vital You Can't Please Everyone
