Try: Remember that growing old can be challenging approach the cr with empathy understanding respect and patience if the cr is combative keep your distance and seek outside help if necessary your next challenge will be to provide a healthy diversion to redirect the cr’s attention away from the negative thoughts or situation talk to […]
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Care recipients cr with dementia often display a wide array of feelings and emotions the following tips are ideas for assisting the caregiver in managing the cr’s emotions
Try: Help manage emotions try to remain calm and reassuring by telling the cr that everything will be alright try to redirect the cr by distracting him her with an activity or changing the subject acknowledge the emotions of the cr for example if the older adult shouts i’m going home respond by saying you […]
Care recipient (cr) embarrasses easily when caregiver (cg) is helping him with personal care routine
Try: Try to be soothing and supportive to cr during the process or routine try to maintain dignity throughout the routine Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Mobility, Needs Some Assistance, Needs Much Assistance, Immobile Information: n/a References: washing an elderly person 2008 available at Keywords: Bathing paranoid shy embarrassed *This […]
Care recipient (cr) is bedbound and needs his hair washed
Try: Obtain a bed shampoo basin or inflatable basin from a care aids shop or use a large plastic mixing bowl place plenty of absorbent towels and a waterproof sheet over cr’s pillow place the shampoo basin on top of covered pillow carefully wash and rinse the hair if necessary or requested by cr apply […]
Care recipient (cr) is bedbound and needs his dentures removed and cleaned
Try: Wash hands remove the upper palate first by holding the inner and outer surfaces of the denture on both sides of the plate put forefingers over the upper edge of the plate and press until the seal breaks between the denture and the gums pull the plate forward to remove; remove the lower plate […]
Care recipient (cr) sometimes loses his train of thought and can’t find the right word to say
Try: Give the cr some cues like the first letter of the word he is trying to say give the cr a word that rhymes with the word he is trying to say give the cr a category clue using a word that is a category for the word he is trying to say Materials: […]
caregiver (cg) doesn’t know how to prepare Care recipient (cr) for wheelchair transfer
Try: Talk to the cr about what will happen during the transfer speak slowly and clearly tell cr what will happen at each step before transfer begins tell cr that he and the cg must work together during the transfer learn about the cr cr’s condition and if he is able to move talk and […]
Care recipient (cr) often gets pressure ulcers or sores
Try: Assist cr to the bathroom or provide a bedpan or urinal frequently check on incontinent cr every hour or so if cr can walk ask him to take a walk with caregiver (cg) every 2 hours remind paralyzed cr to change positions in the wheelchair or move to the bed for a while make […]
Care recipient (cr) is bedbound and needs his or her incontinence briefs changed
Try: Turn the cr on his or her side tuck the visible portion of the brief under the cr wash up area exposed tuck a folded half of a new brief next to the old one and lay out the other half under the cr turn cr back onto the other side pull the old […]
Care recipient (cr) can’t feed himself and needs help eating
Try: Provide privacy as necessary especially if the person is just learning how to eat independently again tell the cr what foods are on the tray sit down next to the cr and make pleasant conversation throughout the meal even if the cr cannot answer or respond encourage cr to do as much as possible […]