Try: Caregiving for an individual with dementia can be a difficult task stress and frustration are common for the caregiver be informed the more informed you are about the nature of alzheimers disease and other dementing disease the better off you are try to share your concerns with the Care recipient (cr) patients can often manage their problems when they are mildly to moderately impaired together you may be able to devise memory aids that will help the older adult maintain independence note it is important to attempt this early in the condition try to solve most of your frustrating problems one at a time everyday problems can often be overwhelming preparing meals getting the cr to eat and then having to clean it all up can be challenging the frustration can lead you to the end of your rope often working on one task at a time may make each task less frustrating get enough rest caregiving can be very demanding and you may not get enough rest or respite getting a reprive from caregiving can help you to be more patient and tolerant of irritating behaviors you may need to seek outside resources to assist you in getting a break from your caregiving responsibilities use you common sense and imagination being able to adapt to various situations with common sense and imagination is the key to success for example if the cr insists on eating with his her fingers then serve more finger foods if the older adult insists on sleeping with a hat on then so be it what’s the harm information references

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Keywords: Dementia caregiving

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