Try: Agitation means that a person is restless and worried he or she doesn’t seem to be able to settle down agitated people may pace a lot not be able to sleep or act aggressively toward others they may verbally lash out or try to hit or hurt someone most of the time these behaviors happen for a reason when they happen try to find the cause for example the person may have pain depression or stress, and not know how to explain it too little rest or sleep constipation soiled underwear or diaper other causes of agitation and aggression sudden change in a well-known place routine or person a feeling of loss, for example the person may miss the freedom to drive or the chance to care for children too much noise or confusion or too many people in the room being pushed by others to do something, for example to bathe or remember events or people, when ad has made the activity very hard or impossible feeling lonely and not having enough contact with other people interaction of medicines information references "caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging" by national institute on aging 2011 available at www nia nih gov

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Categories: Sage, Topic, Behavior Challenging, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

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Keywords: Agitated agitation aggression aggressive mad angry upset memory loss cognitive impairment challenging behavior

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