CaregivingStrategiesForDementia,CognitiveDecline: SeniorHealth&LivingPodcast
Baskinsharestipsshehas learnedthroughherown experiencesasanAlzheimer's Associationsupportgroup facilitatorandadaughterwhose motherwasdiagnosedwith Alzheimer’s.
Whenvisitingalovedone withdementia,sheurgesyou torememberthatpeoplewith compromisedcognitive functioncanbesensitiveto bodylanguage.
Usingshortsentencesandrefrainingfrom offeringtoomanychoicescanreduce confusion,whichinturncanspurproductive communicationandhelpyourlovedonefeel calm.
Baskinalsostressesthatit’simportant nottogetfrustratedifyourlovedone doesn’tunderstandyouorremember somethingthatyou’vesaid.
Forvisitstogosmoothly,s saysthatitcansometimes helpfulforyoutointroduce yourselfatthestart.Small likethesecanvastlyimpro communication.
SeniorCareAuthorityisanetworkof professionallocaladvisorswhoaidfamilies strugglingwithassistedliving,memorycare, andnursingcare.
