- Clocks, calendar and written notes can be used to help a person with dementia to stay oriented.
- If you are talking to a dementia patient, repeat yourself, as the person can easily forget what you just said.
- Keep yourself restricted to maintain a calm voice. Use simple and brief statements with eye contact and comfortable touch to gain confidence. Make sure that the person understands you.
- Prefer to direct choice questions like yes or no, rather than asking open ended questions.
- Try to ignore repeated questions. This may initially make the person angry but eventually the question will stop coming if they are not being answered.
- Try to have a good talk with the person and ask about their past experiences, as they will be able to recall their past events better than the recent ones.
- Be positive while talking to the patient. Avoid negative comments like, “don’t do that”, etc.
- If the person is frightened, in pain or hungry, try to make the person comfortable and respond accordingly.
- Simplify the things going around the person, by reducing the extra crowd, noise and activity around the person.
- You have to be patient, as you might also become angry and irritated by the person at times.
- Regular physical exercise, doing things that involve using of brains and participation in basic activities, can help the person with dementia.
- Maintain safe surroundings around the dementia patients, to prevent falls, also keep the things away from the person which can cause harm to them, like dangerous utensils and tools, etc.
MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS’
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