Care recipient (cr) is agitated or seems upset about something

Try: Allow cr to keep as much control in her life as possible try to distract cr with a favorite snack object or activity

Materials: Favorite snack object or activity

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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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

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

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

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