Angry or agitated behavior are common in persons suffering from dementia however the behavior can be caused by a number of factors other than dementia…

Try: Angry or agitated behavior are common in persons suffering from dementia however the behavior can be caused by a number of factors other than dementia physiological or medical causes fatigue at time of request activity or event loss of control over behaviors due to physical changes in the brain adverse side effects of medications such as psychotropics sedatives or tranquilizers impaired vision or hearing causing the older adult to misinterprets sights and sounds hallucinations environmental causes sensory overload such as noise activity or clutter or too many people in environment unfamiliar people place or sounds sudden movements startling noises when familiar person is out of sight the older adult may feel abandoned difficulty adjusting to darkness from well lighted area and vice versa other causes response to caregiver’s impatience stress irritability person scolded confronted contradicted surprised by unexpected physical contact inability to perform what was once a simple task – for example buttoning clothing instructions unclear or too complicated change in schedule or routine attention span too short for task information references

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Categories: Behavior Challenging, Medical Physical, Personal, Social

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Keywords: Alzheimer alzheimer’s disease dementia

*This information is listed as a Fact Sheet and is not explicitly medically licensed

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