Try: Don’t sweat the small stuff if cr wants to sleep in his clothes it won’t cause him harm Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Cognitive Intellectual, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Personal, Independence, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, Verbal Communication, So-So Verbal Comm, Poor Verbal Comm, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, […]
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Care recipient (cr) needs help cleaning his house and putting clutter away
Try: Make sure that the house is organized and arranged to the cr’s liking make sure everything is easy to get to when putting things away ask cr what do you think about putting this here instead of there so you can reach it better ‘ be honest and let cr know that it’s all […]
Care recipient (cr) enjoys being working in his yard but care giver is worried about safety issues
Try: Make sure gardening tools are available and easy to reach label and date any yard chemicals make sure tools are easy to reach from a flat-footed stance make sure garage has enough ventilation Materials: Black marker white adhesive labels Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance Information: n/a References: Guide to in-home senior safety by home watch […]
Care recipient (cr) can’t do yard work anymore
Try: Arrange for a snow shoveling service in the winter months and yard maintenance in the summer Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Mobility, Needs Some Assistance, Needs Much Assistance, Immobile, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision Information: n/a References: guide to in-home senior safety by home watch care givers available at www homewatchcaregivers […]
Care recipient (cr) has trouble talking or saying what they need want
Try: Pay attention to cr cr’s posture and facial expressions cr will begin to carefully watch cg’s body language tone of voice and facial expression to help him interpret cg’s intentions if cg seems impatient or upset when telling cr that it’s time for breakfast or it’s time to shower cr may believe that cg […]
Care recipient (cr) has trouble talking or saying what they need want
Try: Make good eye contact while looking friendly and relaxed speak slowly clearly and simply but never use baby talk use concrete terms without sounding bossy Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Cognitive Intellectual, Communication, Emotional Psychological, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Independence, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, Verbal Communication, So-So Verbal Comm, Poor Verbal Comm, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat […]
Care recipient (cr) doesn’t understand very well and care giver cg needs to give cr clear instructions
Try: Give one instruction at a time breakfast is ready-let’s go eat your shower is ready-let me help you Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Cognitive Intellectual, Communication, Emotional Psychological, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Personal, Independence, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, Verbal Communication, So-So Verbal Comm, Poor Verbal Comm, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L […]
Care recipient (cr) needs to stop driving
Try: Consider selling the car and putting aside for taxi fares the money saved from insurance repairs and gasoline do not leave cr alone in a parked car Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term […]
Care recipient (cr) has to go up and down the stairs to do the laundry
Try: If possible make it easier on cr by changing the location of the laundry facility in the house to somewhere more accessible install handrails on both sides of the stairs make sure that the handrails are tightly fixed to the wall check tightness of handrails regularly make sure stairs are free of clutter and […]
Care recipient’s cr washer and or dryer are old and or not working properly
Try: Get new machines give cr a tutorial on how to use the new machine s if necessary write instructions down and tape to wall in laundry area Materials: Paper pen tape Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance Information: n/a References: Guide to in-home senior safety by home watch care givers available at www homewatchcaregivers com Keywords: […]