Difficult Behaviors
Be organized, provide privacy and give the resident a washcloth to hold.
What is difficulty Bathing?
What is pacing?
Surgical removal of a breast usually to treat cancer.
What is mastectomy?
Don't wax floors or move furniture.
What should I do for a resident who paces?
The ability to think logically and clearly.
What is cognition?
Provide privacy, lay out clothes and break down steps.
What is difficulty dressing?
A situation that leads to agitation.
What is a trigger?
Encouraging residents to remember the past and share details.
What is reminiscence therapy?
Increase exercise and activity during the day. Shut out lights at night.
What is difficulty sleeping?
These skills are more likely to remain intact.
What are skills used over a lifetime?
Encourage fluids, keep a log of patterns and cover containers if needed.
What is difficulty with elimination?
Agitation that occurs in the late afternoon, evening or night.
What is sundowning?
Giving value or or approving.
What is validating?
three ways to reward good behavior
what are smiles, hugs and warm touches?
This cause of confusion can be detected using a urine test.
What is a UTI?
Provide adequate lighting, reduce noise and distractions and use plain plates.
What is difficulty with nutrition?
When a resident wanders away from a protected area and does not return.
What is elopement?
Going through drawers, closets or personal items that belong to oneself or others.
What is rummaging?
To encourage resident to open mouth during feeding.
What is touch a spoon to their lips?
Setting a bedtime routine and keeping it is helpful for residents who experience this symptom of AD.
What is sundowning?
Assist with hand washing, provide careful skincare and maintain a daily exercise routine.
What is difficulty with physical health?
Something a resident believes is true, but is not.
What is a delusion?
Collecting and putting things away in a guarded way.
What is hoarding?
Label belongings and doors. Do not call it stealing.
What is hoarding and rummaging?
In this stage of AD the resident is fairly independent.
What is first stage?