Dealing with difficult behaviors in dementia

    • [DOC File]Fact Sheet - Redwood CRC

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      Along with this hopeless attitude, we tended to use a lot of negative labels – like aggressive, difficult, disruptive, and distressing to describe behaviors. People with dementia who needed help at mealtime were called “feeders” and those who resisted personal cares (like dressing or bathing) were labeled at “hitters” or worse.

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    • [DOCX File]aging.idaho.gov

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      Keep food out of sight during non-meal times. Serve food pre-cut, if using utensils becomes difficult. Respond to the emotion by reassuring the person that you will make sure he/she is well fed. Distract the person with a different activity. Dressing is difficult for most dementia patients.

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    • [DOCX File]TALA | Texas Assisted Living Association

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      (e) Dealing with difficult behaviors, which should include strategies to deal with common behavioral issues such as wandering, sundowning, catastrophic reactions, combativeness, paranoia, ignoring self-care; and (f) Family issues, such as grief, loss, education and support. 23.C.3. Admission and Discharge

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    • Alzheimer's Disease: Dealing with Difficult Behavior

      When dealing with difficult behaviors from someone with dementia, it’s important to remember that they are not deliberately being difficult. Our loved one’s sense of reality may now be different from ours, but it is still very real to him or her. As caregivers, we can’t change the person with dementia, but we can employ strategies to better accommodate any problem behaviors.

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    • [DOC File]Aggressive & Acting Out Behaviors

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      At the core of effective care is honoring the humanity of the person dealing with dementia. This module also provides suggestions for effective communication, appropriate physical interaction, and assessment and understanding of behaviors exhibited by an individual with dementia.

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    • [DOC File]The purpose of these rules is to establish standards for ...

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      One particular girl, who has caused considerable difficulty to you during the year and who has difficult home circumstances, makes it quite clear that she thinks your classes are irrelevant, boring and a waste of her time. When you respond to this, she tells you to f*** off. The rest of the class are hushed, waiting on your response.

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    • [DOCX File]ACT on Alzheimer's

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      Dealing with challenging behaviors: We often use intuition to help us decide what to do. Unfortunately, dealing with Alzheimerʼs disease and other dementias is counterintuitive; i.e., often the right thing to do is exactly opposite of what seems like the right thing to do.

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