Dementia Care

EIGHT CAREGIVING MAXIMS FOR DEALING WITH PERPLEXING BEHAVIOURS ? weart try and debar people with dementia from doing something just because it isnt being done powerful. Give them time to do things in their own way at their own pace. ?People with dementia understand far more than they be ever given credit for. Take care what is said in their presence and dont exclude them from conversations or decisions. Bossiness is Just non On. Its very easy to confuse caring with controlling and nobody winds up any one of us more than the sense that person else is controlling our lives. And if someone cant find the words to protest, consequently resistance or aggressive actions will ensue. ?Ask the question, Who is it a conundrum for us or them? If its us, we should be old and ugly sufficiency to let things ride.Does it really matter that he wants to go to bed with his trousers on, doesnt want a wash right now, eats mashed potato with his fingers, says thither are little green men in the garden? Dont scold, argue or contradict. Go With the Flow, however bizarre it seems. ? hold on their autonomy for as long as possible by give them choice (e. g. in what clothes to wear) and celebrate what they can still do, quite than bemoan what they cant. ?There is always a reason for unrest often something or somebody in the environment.Try to spot the cause and spay it if possible. ?If they cant enter our world, we must enter theirs and affirm it. swallow up reality orientation what day is it, where are you, whos the Prime attend who cares? Enjoy fantastic adventures with them in their real world instead. Be active to time-travel backwards into their personal history. ?Look behind the illness and reach out to the frightened person still in there who needs to impression secure, respected and cherished.