Try: Cr could be suffering from fear of being left alone give cr constant reassurance both verbally and physically that you will not leave them alone if you have to be in a different room than the cr for various reasons be sure to either carry on a conversation with the cr from the other room or make subtle noises so the cr will be assured that you are close by have soft and soothing music playing in the background set a kitchen timer and leave it with the cr when you leave to go to the other room to do laundry or other household chores and let them know that you will check in with them when the timer goes off

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Categories: Behavior Challenging, Emotional Psychological, Fully Aware, Somewhat Aware

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Try: Try placing several parallel lines of reflective tape on the floor in the doorway either going outside or into an unsafe area this will resemble a grate to the cr and they will be reluctant to cross over try hanging rows of beads or fringe across the doorway place a dark throw rug in the doorway – this will possibly be perceived as a curb or a hole to the cr

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Categories: Behavior Challenging, Medical Physical

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Try: Sometimes the best approach is to re-approach the situation before anger sets in catch your breath or just walk away and return in a few minutes with a new approach or new wording to the request remember as in most areas presentation is the key to success if the cr balks at a certain request or activity try focusing on a pleasurable activity first and then an essential activity such as a game before a bath or reading a book to the cr before getting dressed in the morning try singing the request while this may seem silly to you it may diffuse the anger and resistance of the cr if possible give the cr choices either in the order things are done or the time when you give choices you are giving back a measure of control

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Categories: Behavior Challenging, Emotional Psychological, Good Verbal Comm, So-So Verbal Comm, Fully Aware, Somewhat Aware, Good S T Memory, So-So S T Memory

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Try: First of all one of the best ways to cope with hoarding or hiding is to adopt an accept and encourage attitude deliberately leave things out that you think the cr will want to hoard or hide – things that will catch their eye make it into an activity that can actually be enjoyed by the cr on a daily basis provide the cr with a shopping or hoarding bag for them to carry as they wander around this way you won’t have to hunt so hard for things that seem to disappear try to discover the place where the cr is most likely to hide what they have accumulated if possible provide a colorful chest or hamper that will entice the cr to hide the objects once you have discovered the hiding place it will be easy to remove the items from there and place them around the room so they can be picked up again the next day

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Categories: Behavior Challenging

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Try: Try to assess and evaluate the behavior objectively is is a problem that is causing harm to either the caregiver (cg) or the Care recipient (cr) or just an inconvenience is the behavior easier to live with rather than trying to change the behavior for example the Care recipient (cr) wants to wear the same shirt over and over again a solution could be just to buy several shirts alike rather than try to convince the cr to change does the behavior happen at certain times of the day if so what about those times could be causing confusion or irritation to the cr is the cr tired does the behavior occur in certain areas of the home rather than others if so it could mean that the room is too noisy or too cluttered to provide a calming environment does being around certain people cause the behavioral issues is the cr frustrated because they have too much to do or too little to do does the frustration stem from the fact that they are unable to perform the chores or activities that they used to do

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Try: Don’t immediately assume that the cr is being difficult on purpose this behavior could also be the reaction to some type of stimulus that is upsetting the cr or could also be caused by a change in medication the upsetting behavior represents a need of the cr that is not being met whether it is a physical or emotional need are they in pain or do they just need to know that you are nearby and they are safe realize that the cr usually has no control over the challenging behavior if you can’t immediately recognize and solve the problem try to be calm and reassuring and also try to redirect the attention of the cr don’t take the challenging behavior of the cr personally even though sometimes you will feel that it is directed entirely at you

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Try: Changes in vision or thinking may affect a cr’s depth perception a patch of dark tile or a small dark rug at the entry of a room may appear very much like a dark hole to someone with a change in vision or perception change the color of the tile or throw rug from a darker color to a much lighter color to help reduce the cr’s fear of falling

Materials: Light-colored tile or rugs

Categories: Behavior Challenging, Emotional Psychological, Vision, So-So Vision

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Try: #try serving smaller more frequent meals instead of three large meals # avoid serving alcoholic beverages and fatty foods limit foods the cr is particularly sensitive to that may be causing gas #add yogurt containing active bacteria to meals #recommend the cr chew food more times before swallowing if you notice food being gulped or taken in large bites #add or increase daily moderate exercise by a taking a walk an hour or so after eating to aid digestion #try drinking a glass of warm water mixed with half a teaspoon of ginger powder for gas relief look for ginger powder where spices are sold #the cr may also get relief from over-the-counter gas-relieving aids taken according to directions

Materials: Ginger powder yogurt with active enzymes over-the-counter gas reliever

Categories: Behavior Challenging, Medical Physical, Personal

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Try: #using the marker write the word closed in large thick letters on the poster board you could also write the words dead end instead #tape the signs to any exterior doors and doors leading to stairs that you don’t want the cr using or exiting #the cr may not open these doors due to past experiences associated with these words closed and dead end may indicate to the cr that there is nothing of interest on the other side of the door

Materials: Marker poster board tape

Categories: Behavior Challenging, Medical Physical, Independence, Some Supervision, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory

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Materials: #plucking or pulling or picking at clothing sometimes occurs with conditions such as epilepsy delirium and dementia it can also be related to a psychiatric condition or significant stress since it can sometimes be associated with self-injuring behavior picking at skin repetitive scratching pinching etc keep an eye out for signs of harm bruising scratching or bleeding on arms hands thighs or face for example #a cr may start picking at his or her clothes as a progressive neurological disorder gets worse the behavior may disappear as other symptoms take its place pulling at clothing may be more bothersome to caregivers than to crs #if plucking is linked to obsessive compulsive behavior however and the cr has struggled with obsessive compulsive disorder ocd or anxiety in the past the cr’s anxiety level may rise with the symptom in that case help the cr lower the sources of stress and lessen the anxiety in his or her life

Categories: Behavior Challenging, Cognitive Intellectual, Emotional Psychological, Mobility, Needs Some Assistance, Independence, Some Supervision

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