Try: Place rubber bands around the bottle or container equal to the number of dosages required each day for the medication remove one band each time the medication is taken replace the bands at the end of each day to begin the system again Materials: Rubber bands Categories: Sage, Topic, Cognitive Intellectual, Maintenance, Medical Physical, […]
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caregiver (cg) is stressed and depressed
Try: Try to deal with the stress before it turns into depression anxiety or anger identify the specific time or incidents that bring on the most stress is it just the isolation of care giving the day-to-day sameness of the routines or the demands of either the job or the Care recipient (cr) find a […]
Care recipient (cr) has difficulty maintaining attention
Try: Keep the communication as simple as possible if the cr has difficulty maintaining attention long or complex instructions or sentences don’t work talk slowly with clear language and simple words another possibility is to try to hold the cr cr’s attention during conversation try to show interest and maintain eye contact make sure to […]
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Try: Test Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Behavior Challenging, Caregiver Needs&Support, Cognitive Intellectual, Communication, Emotional Psychological, Financial, Legal, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Personal, Sexuality Intimacy, Social, Spiritual, Gender, Male, Female, Mobility, Mobile, Needs Some Assistance, Needs Much Assistance, Immobile, Independence, No Supervision, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, Vision, Good Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Hearing, Good Hearing, […]
The care recipient’s cr hands shake and he she is having trouble holding silverware to eat
Try: Use heavier silverware and plates Materials: Heavy silverware and plates Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical Information: n/a References: Adapted from tonia boterf 2011 35 adaptations and accommodations for aging parents ezinearticles com Keywords: n/a *This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed
Care recipient (cr) has arthritis in his or her hands and is having trouble holding silverware to eat
Try: Use utensils with very large round handles Materials: Utensils with very large round handles Categories: Maintenance, Medical Physical Information: n/a References: Adapted from tonia boterf 2011 35 adaptations and accommodations for aging parents ezinearticles com Keywords: n/a *This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed
Care recipient (cr) needs to clean his her eye glasses more often
Try: Store bottles of eye cleaner and cloth in several places so the cr is more likely to clean glasses Materials: Bottles of eye glass cleaner cloths Categories: Maintenance, Medical Physical, So-So Vision, Poor Vision Information: n/a References: Adapted from tonia boterf 2011 35 adaptations and accommodations for aging parents ezinearticles com Keywords: n/a *This […]
The Care recipient (cr) has low vision and is having trouble identifying clothing colors and other clothing details
Try: Use iron-on patches in various sizes and shapes create a master list of the coding system in large print braille for quick and easy reference Materials: Iron-on patches in various sizes and shapes iron pen and paper or braille labels Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision Information: n/a References: […]
Care recipient (cr) has low vision and is having trouble identifying clothing colors and other clothing details
Try: Use special labeling products to mark clothing items aluminum braille clothing tags can-do bumps talking color identifier hi-marks 2000 tactile pen match makers clothing identifiers touch-to-see letters Materials: Aluminum braille clothing tags can-do bumps talking color identifier hi-marks 2000 tactile pen match makers clothing identifiers touch-to-see letters Categories: Maintenance, Medical Physical, So-So Vision, Poor […]
Care recipient (cr) got burned from water being too hot
Try: Set hot water temperature at 140 degrees fahrenheit or lower to prevent scalding Materials: n/a Categories: Sage, Topic, Medical Physical, Touch, So-So Touch, Poor Touch Information: n/a References: Christian care health system no date home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s available at Keywords: Hot water burn scald home safety *This information is listed […]