Dealing with challenging behaviors can be the very frustrating and stressful for both the caregiver (cg) and the Care recipient (cr) it may help to…

Try: Dealing with challenging behaviors can be the very frustrating and stressful for both the caregiver (cg) and the Care recipient (cr) it may help to realize that there is most often an underlying meaning behind most challenging behaviors difficult behaviors are usually attempts by the Care recipient (cr) to communicate with those around him or her questions that may help you identify challenging behaviors what is the specific problem or behavior why does it need to be addressed what happens just before the behavior where does the behavior occur what does the behavior mean when does the behavior occur what is the time frequency and pattern who is around when the behavior occurs what is the outcome of the behavior what is the desired change or outcome there are usually certain "triggers" that can bring on challenging behaviors use the questions below to narrow down the "triggers" so that a solution can be reached triggers that can bring on challenging behaviors was there a sudden change in behavior this could be an internal trigger such as pain infection hallucinations delusions constipation etc was the behavior caused by an approach by a certain individual did someone approach too quickly or with the wrong body language or tone of voice was the behavior caused by certain communication methods never argue or use the word "no " don’t try to reason or use logic when the cr suffers from cognitive limitations was the behavior caused by too much or too little activity or information don’t bombard the cr with confusing activities or too much information too little activity or stimulation will cause boredom depression and or anxiety was the behavior caused by a request that the cr perform a task being asked to do a task that the cr is no longer able to accomplish will only cause frustration fear embarrassment or anger summary using the information above may help eliminate some of the stress and frustration that accompanies problem behaviors keeping a detailed record of the specific problem behaviors frequency triggers and so on may help you come up with appropriate interventions once the challenging behaviors have been identified you can take steps to eliminate the triggers or to deal with the problematic situations more effectively when they do occur information references adapted in part from an alzheimer’s association article

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