Care recipient (cr) has trouble understanding what he sees

Try: Create color contrast between floors and walls to help cr see depth floor coverings are less visually confusing if they are a solid color

Materials: Solid colored rugs

Categories: Sage, Topic, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, 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

Information: As a precaution should he or she become lost keep extra photos on hand

References: home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s disease by u s department of health and human services 2010 available at

Keywords: Depth perception visual images sight vision poor eyesight

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

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