Try: Provide the new cg with the following Materials: n/a Categories: Caregiver Needs&Support Information: About the Care recipient (cr) to ease the transition a list of the cr’s likes and dislikes in as many areas as you can think of for example does the cr have a favorite chair favorite outfit favorite television or radio […]
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Care recipient (cr) who is no longer able to live alone is moving in with his or her adult child and family
Try: Make your home senior safe make sure bathtub is equipped with safety handles or grab bars get a bathing stool for the shower get a baby monitor for the cr cr’s room or a bell that he or she can ring to call for help if needed if a bathroom is not close to […]
Care recipient (cr) displays difficult behavior
Try: Try to keep up a running conversation with the cr to take his or her mind off of the problem or situation at hand try to talk your way around any problem or situation that makes the cr display difficult behavior joke around and make some outrageous suggestions of things to do with the […]
Care recipient (cr) has a lost the ability to speak coherently Care recipient (cr) can understand what the caregiver (cg) is saying but the cg can’t understand what the cr is saying
Try: Create a book with words phrases pictures and photos and ask cr to point to what he or she is trying to say or tell you ask the cr to sing the request many time a cr who has lost the ability to speak coherently cannot communicate by speaking sentences but can by singing […]
Care recipient (cr) has hallucinations or delusions
Try: As long as the cr’s hallucination or delusion is not harmful to the cr or others role play right along it this will help the cr to get through the hallucination or delusion agree with the cr cr’s hallucination or delusion and if possible try to bring some humor into it do not try […]
Care recipient (cr) has trouble going to sleep at night
Try: Give cr a snack before going to bed include turkey in the snack for example a turkey sandwich or with crackers the turkey usually will make the cr sleepy and there may be little or no trouble going to sleep Materials: n/a Categories: Personal, Fully Aware, Somewhat Aware Information: n/a References: n/a Keywords: n/a […]
New caregiver needs advice and suggestions on caregiving
Try: Keep all activities or tasks simple introduce yourself each time you are with the Care recipient (cr) if you have to for example hi mom it it’s me your son mike always approach the cr from the front always use a soft subtle voice the cr will be able to tell if you are […]
Care recipient (cr) claims a certain chair as his or her spot and gets upset when another cr sits there or falls asleep there
Try: Place the cr’s coat sweater or some other personal item in the chair or on the back of the chair this identifies the chair as already being occupied and the other cr will usually move to another spot this intervention could be used in ohter similar situations where there are territorial or turf issues […]
Care recipient (cr) at an adult day care center put small items in his or her purse or pockets before getting on the bus to go on a trip or to go home these items never make it back to the center the next day
Try: Before leaving the center ask all of the crs to check their pockets or purses to make sure that all of the pencils crayons etc are put back in their proper place at the center explain that this will insure that the supplies will be available for the crs to use the next day […]
When food is placed in front of Care recipient (cr) he or she says that all of the food can’t be eaten this makes the cr upset and frustrated
Try: Offer to split the food on the plate into smaller portions and take part of it away as the cr eats what food is still left on the plate and finishes it offer to get some more food and then add back some of what was previously taken off the plate keep asking cr […]