Dementia Care
Dementia care: Help with personal hygiene and dementia
Showering someone with dementia can present many challenges. Carers can spend a lot of their time attending to personal hygiene.
You can make showering easier and more relaxing by taking a few things into consideration.
Dementia care: Handy tips to improve meal times
Caring for someone with dementia doesn't always mean doing everything for a person. In the early stages of dementia a person can often continue to do the things they enjoy with a little help.
Cooking and preparing a meal is a pleasurable activity that caregivers can share with a person with dementia.
Dementia care: Coping with repetition
People with dementia can repeat themselves over and over again. They may tell you the same story constantly, repeat a word or phrase, or carry out the same activity many times.
Tips for memory loss
There are many practical things you can do around the home to help a person with memory loss.
How to find an activity for someone with dementia
Dementia affects each person differently. What works one day may not the next. How well a person with dementia will respond to an activity can be influenced by the days of the week and the time of day.
Dementia care: When loss of inhibitions becomes embarrassing
People with dementia can lose their inhibitions and judgement. They may behave in a way that you or other people find embarrassing.
Dementia care: What is Sundowning?
Sundowning is a term used to describe a behaviour often seen in people with dementia. People with dementia who experience sundowning often become more restless, agitated and confused in the late afternoon or evening.
How do I know my loved one is receiving quality dementia care?
If you are caring for a loved one with dementia in a residential care facility you may be wondering how you can recognise good quality care.
Dementia care: Encouraging healthy meals
Meeting the nutritional needs of a person with dementia can be problematic and place extra strain on a carer.
Alzheimer's: How to keep on top of rummaging and hoarding!
As dementia progresses, memory loss, poor judgment and certain behaviours can make general housekeeping a challenge.
A person may develop behaviours such as rummaging constantly through drawers and hoarding objects throughout the house.
As a caregiver you may find this behaviour exasperating! Especially when you're accused of stealing precious items.
Usually the person has forgotten what an object is and where it goes.
Disclaimer: This site is for information purposes only and should not be used to diagnose or treat a health problem, nor as a substitute for professional advice with a qualified health professional or doctor.
