Try: Ask cr to sweep the floor polish shoes Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Maintenance, Medical Physical Information: n/a References: caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging by national institute on aging 2011 available at www nia nih gov Keywords: Self esteem daily chores […]
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Care recipient (cr) doesn’t feel useful and needs something productive to do
Try: Ask cr to sort mail and clip coupons sort socks and fold laundry sort recycling materials or other things Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Maintenance, Medical Physical Information: n/a References: caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging by national institute on aging 2011 […]
Care recipient (cr) won’t participate in activities
Try: Decide if cr can do the activity alone or needs help let him or her watch if that is more enjoyable Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Social, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T […]
Care recipient (cr) gets frustrated when he she is doing activities
Try: Watch to see if cr gets frustrated make sure cr feels successful and has fun Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Social, Verbal Communication, So-So Verbal Comm, Poor Verbal Comm, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor […]
Care recipient (cr) refuses to wear his her underwear
Try: Try buying loose cotton underpants Materials: Loose cotton underwear Categories: Sage, Topic, Behavior Challenging, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Personal, Independence, Some Supervision, 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: n/a References: caring for a person […]
Care recipient (cr) has trouble with clothing or shoes that have shoelaces buttons or buckles
Try: Buy velcro tape or large zipper pulls for clothing instead of shoelaces buttons or buckles try slip-on shoes that won’t slide off or shoes with velcro straps Materials: Velcro tape or large zipper pulls for clothing slip-on shoes or shoes with velcro straps Categories: Sage, Topic, Medical Physical, Personal, Mobility, Needs Some Assistance, Needs […]
Care recipient (cr) has trouble starting a task
Try: Help cr plan his her day and the tasks he she wants or needs to do write out a step-by-step process for doing a task Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Personal, Independence, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L […]
Care recipient (cr) doesn’t do the activities he she once enjoyed
Try: Plan activities cr likes to do help cr start the activity help cr join in on the activity suggest that cr just watch for a while Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Social, Mobility, Needs Some Assistance, Needs Much Assistance, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor […]
Care recipient (cr) won’t participate in activities
Try: Match the activity with what cr can do choose activities that can be fun for everyone help cr get started Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Social, 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 […]
Care recipient (cr) wants to wear the same thing every day
Try: Buy three or four sets of the same clothes to make sure cr wears clean clothes more often Materials: 3 or 4 sets of the same clothes Categories: Sage, Topic, Behavior Challenging, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Personal, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, […]