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.
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.

