Care recipient (cr) gets disoriented and has trouble remembering things

Try: Try keeping cr oriented for example try putting calendars clocks family pictures and or a sign about where he she is and what has happened in his her room a list of health care team members and what each one does may also be useful try using a notebook to plan for and log events ask cr to refer to it for details of daily events try frequently reminding cr of correct details of past and present events try limiting changes and provide structure by starting cr on a daily routine

Materials: Clock family pictures pen paper notebook

Categories: Sage, Topic, Cognitive Intellectual, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Independence, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, 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

Information: On the internet about conducting a driving test and then take cr out for an unofficial test

References: traumatic brain injury a guide for caregivers of service members and veterans – module 2 by the office of the u s surgeon general no date available at www traumaticbraininjuryatoz org

Keywords: Memory loss forgets forgetful fog foggy cognitive cognition

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

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