Care recipient (cr) seems irritated

Try: Ask cr if his clothes are uncomfortable finding out if cr needs to use the bathroom ask cr if he is hungry or thirsty rule out side-effects of possible medication mismanagement if no specific problem seems to be causing cr to be irritated consider that cr may just not feel well today

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Categories: Sage, Topic, Cognitive Intellectual, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Hearing, So-So Hearing, Poor Hearing, Verbal Communication, So-So Verbal Comm, Poor Verbal Comm, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, 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: guide to living with dementia by home watch care givers available at www homewatchcaregivers com

Keywords: Irritated mood uncomfortable bad day

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

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