Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, a common cause of hypothyroidism, can cause a person with dementia to feel anxiety ridden. This in turn can cause mean, unruly, or challenging behaviors.
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I receive emails every week from Alzheimer’s caregivers telling me about challenging behavior problems of their loved one living with Alzheimer’s.
I always make two very specific recommendations. Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com |
Tags: alzheimer, alzheimers, behavior, challenging, dementia
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The ONLY Way to Deal with Challenging Behavior in Persons with Dementia IS “To PREVENT IT in the First Place”…..
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This issue: challenging and violent behavior of Alzheimer’s patients is important to all Alzheimer’s caregivers. This thread was initiated by the this article — Nobody Wants Our Dad |
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I have been working with this very vulnerable population, those with dementia and challenging/aggressive behavior, for the last 12 years.
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After developing a model of specialized dementia care that has been successful in preventing the aggessive behavior in those that have had repeated discharges from other facilities and hospitalizations for behavior I have learned a few critical things I would like to share.
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I’ll start by saying I believe “NO One”, the resident with the behavior, other residents, or staff should have to be subjected to violent behavior. We have learned that 90% of behavior can be contolled and/or eliminated by “pro-actively” Recognizing and Meeting the underlying need of the person displaying the behavior whether it be physical OR emotional.
Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com |
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| In the early days of Alzheimer’s caring the caregiver deals with a disease that is difficult, sometimes impossible, to understand. |
| Alzheimer’s disease turns the world of the Alzheimer’s caregiver upside down. |
| This person, your loved one, begins to act out behaviors that you have never seen or experienced. |
| You are forced to try and deal with these behaviors. It is not easy. |
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| There have been some very subtle changes in Dotty’s behavior over the last several weeks. At first, I didn’t think much about it.
However, during the past week I started getting that sick feeling in my stomach that I had for years. It is coming back after a long period of dormancy. |
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