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People With Alzheimer's Disease - Helpful Tips For Encouraging Them to Remain Active By Steven Watson, Ph.D. |
| Friday, March 6, 2009 |
Alzheimer's disease is a devastating disease that affects approximately 1-2% of the population in general. It is one of several conditions which are called dementia, representing about 50% of cases of dementia.
While the symptoms and outcome of Alzheimer's disease are severe, the assumption that people with the disease and can not work is wrong and unfair. People in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease are very limited, but many others may still be active with a little help from family or friends.
Their ability to help a loved one or friend with Alzheimer's to be as active as possible lies in the approach you take with it. Following these steps, you can improve your chances of success.
1. Do not - break tasks like cooking or making personal hygiene in the stages that can be followed in order. For example, tell someone with Alzheimer's to cook a tortilla and it is overwhelmingly unlikely to succeed, while instructing the person to perform each specific task is to make the tortilla will be easier to follow and less stressful .
2. It was calm and reassuring - people with Alzheimer's disease can be very sensitive to the feelings of others and react adversely to the irritation and impatience.
3. Familiarity and repetition - do not give up if the person does not succeed with the task or activity for the first time. Repetition of the task often over time improve their ability to complete successfully.
4. Do not argue or attempt to persuade - whether the person is not receptive to a task, do not push her too hard to do. At this point, it is better to redirect to something more familiar and safe and then try again with the task at a later time.
5. The business plan - the spontaneity is a good way for someone with Alzheimer's disease. Plan for care and minimize interruptions and surprises.
6. Use images to stimulate and strengthen the activities - people with Alzheimer's disease respond positively to visual. Signals in the home that provide instructions such as "toothbrush" or "face washing" can be very useful. In addition, a collage or scrap book of images can help to stimulate memories and become a pleasurable activity.
There are a variety of activities that people with Alzheimer's can enjoy. Much of it depends on the person's interests and level of functioning, and on the approach to encourage their participation. Remember, the process is more important than encouraging result when people with Alzheimer's disease to participate in activities. A kind, gentle, and support is generally much more successful than the high expectations in the placement and providing negative feedback.
Steve Watson, has been assisting seniors and their families for over 8 years. He owns a health agency in the home in Tallahassee, Florida, called Comfort Keepers provides home health care and elderly partner who want to remain in their homes and be as independent as possible.
Steve has his doctorate from the University of Georgia on Public Administration and Master in Counseling from the University of Delaware. He earned his certification as an administrator with expertise in geriatrics topics this year.
If you're interested in learning more about helping an elderly parent or other loved one remain active and healthy, visit this blog or http://qualityoflifefortheelderly-steve.blogspot.com/ this site at http://www . keepseniorsactive. is where you can, among other things, subscribe to a newsletter. |
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Alzheimer’s bracelet and other forms of medical alert tags can be very useful for a person who is suffering from Alzheimer’. As Alzheimer’s symptoms increase, these people may forget who they are, how to speak, how to work with numbers, and how to perform even the most basic problem-solving tasks.
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Alzheimer’s bracelet and other forms of medical alert tags can be very useful for a person who is suffering from Alzheimer’. As Alzheimer’s symptoms increase, these people may forget who they are, how to speak, how to work with numbers, and how to perform even the most basic problem-solving tasks.
Alzheimer specialist