Try: #plan meals and shop for groceries a week in advance so the kitchen is always stocked with what the cr needs to prepare meals #organize the kitchen so the cr can easily reach the most commonly used tools and foods #work with the cr once or twice a week to prepare some major dishes […]
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Care recipient (cr) with increasing confusion frequently takes pictures and small objects from their usual settings and moves them around the room sometimes fragile items are dropped
Try: #replace the glass in picture frames with plastic sheets or remove glass and leave the frames uncovered look for sheets of clear plastic in office supply stores #cover tables in the cr’s living quarters with tablecloths if doing so will decrease the chance of items breaking when the cr picks them up or sets […]
Care recipient (cr) is agitated and difficult to deal with
Try: Try to accept the fact that you sometimes cannot change a difficult person’s behavior the difficult behavior may be deeply ingrained in the cr’s personality and habits adjust your body language tone of voice and use soft words to help diffuse the cr’s anger being in control of yourself will help you be in […]
Care recipient is agitated and irritated
Try: Do not try to restrain the cr when agitated if a specific incident has caused the agitation distract the cr with a snack or game to take the mind off the cause limit caffeine sugar and junk food keep noise and clutter to a minimum allow only a few people in the same room […]
Caregiver needs activity ideas to help relieve care recipient’s boredom
Try: Bring in the mail each day and let the cr sort and organize it into areas of importance it doesn’t have to be current mail you can save old mail and use it several times send the cr on a coupon-clipping mission round up newspapers magazines supplements advertisements etc and encourage the cr to […]
caregiver (cg) is getting burned out caring for cr care recipient
Try: Don’t do everything yourself enlist the help of out-of-town siblings and other family members make a list of care giving tasks that you think out-of-town siblings and other family members may be able to assume responsibility for on a daily weekly or monthly basis some tasks could be done from long distance while others […]
Care recipient (cr) gets combative when agitated
Try: Try to determine if there is a pattern to the agitation does it occur at the same time every day or just randomly if the agitation occurs every day make a note of what the cr is doing at that time of day and in what environment if the environment is noisy or there […]
Care recipient (cr) who is often confused has trouble sleeping and wanders at night
Try: #fill the aquarium with water and let it sit for 24 hours install the aquarium pump according to the directions and plug into an electrical outlet place the fish still in its bag on top of the aquarium water for 1 hour #open the bag and let the fish swim into the aquarium water […]
Care recipient (cr) cannot tolerate noise and gets very anxious even with an average level of everyday noise
Try: Let the cr know that the concerns about noise are taken seriously and you will help reduce the noise whenever possible explain to the cr that it is not always possible to lessen the noise level in certain environments when the level of noise starts to cause anxiety ask the cr to wear noise-reducing […]
Care recipient (cr) becomes very anxious when dining with a crowd of other people
Try: Avoid crowds by dining out just before or after rush times plan to dine the hour after a restaurant is most crowded for breakfast or lunch or the hour before a restaurant starts filling up for dinner when dining out state your need for a table out of a traffic path away from the […]