Try: Set the mood so that the experience is relaxing and less scary for the cr use a large towels or sheets to cover up any mirrors in the bathroom mirrors are often scary for cr’s with memory loss use tape or thumbtacks to hold the towels and sheets up if needed place scented oil warmers or candles in the bathroom lavender mint and eucalyptus are soothing scents that you may want to try never leave the cr unattended if there are candles or open flames present play soft music that the cr enjoys during the bath allow the cr to take as much time as needed to bathe let the cr help with the bath if able don’t rush or be rough with the cr during the bath use warm water and washcloths to gently bathe the cr adding a scalp massage with washing the hair or a back massage with bathing may help the cr relax if the cr is still agitated you may want to consider whether the full bath is really worth all of the effort the cr will not die from not having a bath every day it may be best to just spot clean underarms and private areas and save the full bath or shower for later larger anti-bacterial disposable wipes are a good option for spot cleaning between baths

Materials: Radio or music player towel and sheet tape and thumbtacks scented oil warmers and candles warm water washcloths

Categories: Behavior Challenging, Emotional Psychological, Personal, Fully Aware, Somewhat Aware

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Keywords: Acting out at bath time angry upset irritated irritable

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