Try: Set firm boundaries take the necessary measures to keep cr and others around him her safe leave the area if necessary try not to argue or increase the stress level let cr know in a calm manner that the care giver cg will not tolerate anyone getting hurt including cr

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Categories: Sage, Topic, Behavior Challenging, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Independence, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, Verbal Communication, So-So Verbal Comm, Poor Verbal Comm, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

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References: mental health mental illness healthy aging a nh guide for older adults and caregivers by nami nh 2001 available at www nami org

Keywords: Threats threaten violence anger harm

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