Try: Take a walk together each day exercise is good for caregivers too Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Medical Physical, Personal 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: Toileting bladder […]
admin
Care recipient (cr) walks for exercise and is concerned about safety
Try: Make sure cr has an id bracelet with the care giver’s cg phone number if he she walks alone Materials: Id bracelet Categories: Sage, Topic, Medical Physical, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Long-Term Memory, Good L T Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, Good S T Memory, So-So S T […]
Care recipient (cr) gets agitated by noise
Try: Don’t play the tv cd player or radio too loudly and don’t play them at the same time loud music or too many different sounds may be too much for cr to handle Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Hearing, So-So Hearing, Poor Hearing Information: n/a References: caring for a person with alzheimer’s […]
Care recipient (cr) gets agitated by noise
Try: Shut the windows if it it’s very noisy outside if cr wears a hearing aid check the batteries and settings often Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Hearing, So-So Hearing, Poor Hearing 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 […]
Care recipient (cr) gets agitated when too many people are talking in the room or at a social gathering
Try: Limit the number of people who visit at any one time if there is a party settle cr in an area with fewer people Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Social, Hearing, So-So Hearing, Poor Hearing Information: n/a References: caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute […]
Care recipient (cr) needs to stop driving
Try: Try talking about friends family’s concerns with cr ask cr’s doctor to tell cr to stop driving the doctor can write do not drive on a prescription pad and care giver cg can show this to cr some state departments of motor vehicles require doctors to tell them if a cr should no longer […]
Care recipient (cr) needs to stop driving
Try: Ask family or friends to drive cr take cr to get a driving test Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, 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 Memory Information: n/a References: […]
Care recipient (cr) has trouble sensing hot and cold temperatures
Try: Put signs near the oven toaster iron and other things that get hot the sign could say stop or don’t touch, very hot be sure the sign is not so close that it could catch on fire Materials: Paer pen Categories: Sage, Topic, Medical Physical, Touch, So-So Touch, Poor Touch Information: n/a References: caring […]
Care recipient (cr) eats inappropriate items like toothpaste and hand lotion
Try: Put away or lock up things like toothpaste lotions shampoos rubbing alcohol soap or perfume they may look and smell like food to cr Materials: n/a Categories: Behavior Challenging, Medical Physical, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, So-So Smelling, Poor Smelling, So-So Taste, Poor Taste, So-So Touch, Poor Touch, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, So-So L T Memory, […]
Care recipient (cr) drank ate a poisonous or dangerous chemical like rubbing alcohol or gasoline
Try: Learn what to do if cr chokes on something check with the local red cross chapter about health or safety classes Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Behavior Challenging, Medical Physical, Independence, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, Smelling, So-So Smelling, Poor Smelling, Taste, So-So Taste, Poor Taste, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L […]