Try: Strengthen the fingers being able to use fingers is essential for any number of fine motor skills crs who have lost partial use of a hand due can perform exercises at home with a rubber band and a rubber ball to strengthen their hand and fingers and in turn develop more accurate fine motor […]
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Caregivers can have care recipients cr do many simple exercises to strengthen fine motor skills the following are simple activities for the cr
Try: Provide the cr with a flexible malleable material like playdoh or theraputty these materials are available at toy stores and teachers supply stores using the putty material as a hiding place for small objects like coins or toys is a good activity with crs make cutting with blunt scissors a favorite activity by providing […]
As a caregiver for a Care recipient (cr) with epilepsy seizures are an aspect of caregiving sometimes however the seizure may be serious enough to require emergency care you should call an ambulance when a cr’s seizure is life-threatening you will know it is life-threatening if
Try: The seizure lasts more than five minutes if the cr has one seizure after another without gaining consciousness between episodes if the seizure stops but the cr does not regain consciousness within 10-15 minutes Materials: n/a Categories: Communication, Medical Physical Information: n/a References: Epilepsy com Keywords: Seizure epilepsy emergency *This information is listed as […]
Fine motor skills are small precise coordinated movements like using your fingers to pick up a coin fine motor skills require integrating muscular skeletal and neurological functions the cr can also do exercises to improve fine motor skills at home some activities for the cr include
Try: Start with range-of-motion exercises each day raise the hand or arm up and down with your unaffected hand or help the cr to this as a caregiver have the cr focus on one finger at a time this focus can sometimes help with fine motor movements push the affected fingers and hand against the […]
Some exercises may improve the care recipient’s cr fine motor skills fine motor skills are small precise coordinated movements like using your fingers to pick up a coin fine motor skills require integrating muscular skeletal and neurological functions the cr can also do exercises to improve fine motor skills at home some activities for the cr include
Try: Time yourself putting pegs in a pegboard and taking them out or put a few puzzle pieces together and then take apart shoot marbles into a cardboard box several times a day use rubber bands to exercise your fingers have the cr stretch the rubber band between different fingers squeeze a rubber ball to […]
The following are tips for helping the Care recipient (cr) after a seizure occurs
Try: Remain calm during the seizure you don’t want to be overwhelmed when the cr needs help just asking a cr with epilepsy what to do during and after a seizure will provide very useful Materials: n/a Categories: Medical Physical Information: Some crs may simply want someone to sit with them; others may find it […]
Care recipient (cr) gets stressed out a lot and needs to find ways of dealing with stress better
Try: Suggest that cr try using a stress box a stress box is some sort of cr’s own pandora’s box in that cr places all the bad things that happen to him her in there then he she opens the box to release all that stress in the hopes of letting it all go suggest […]
Care recipient (cr) has extreme emotional highs and lows
Try: Try to encourage cr to exercise exercise time will not only keep cr’s body healthy and strong but will also distract him her from thinking too much about stressors which can lead to episodes of emotional highs or lows even just half an hour of jogging or an hour at the gym will usually […]
Care recipient (cr) needs help controlling his her hyperness
Try: Suggest that cr shut off the stimulation when cr gets home suggest that he she avoid turning on the tv or turning up the volume on the radio cr may also want to avoid going online and turn off his her cell phone cr meeds to disconnect him herself from the world and all […]
Care recipient (cr) needs help changing his her bad behavior or bad habit
Try: Identify the behavior that needs to be changed and then encourage cr to admit that his her behavior needs to be modified suggest that cr take a good look at him herself and think about the action or behavior that he she does that he she would like to change once cr knows the […]