Friday, July 20, 2012

Dealing with Mood, Cooperation, and Behavioral Problems

To start, you need to ask yourself is the problem a result of dementia, or is it a problem of the underlying personality that existed before a diagnosis of Alzheimer's or another type of dementia?

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room


Dealing with Mood, Cooperation, and Behavioral Problems
About half of the direct emails I receive come from members of the Alzheimer's community worldwide who are looking for a solutions to a problem.

The most common of course is repetitive questions, and then to problems like the inability to get a person living with dementia to take a shower, or to take their medication.

The list of common problems we face as caregivers that fall loosely into the categories of mood, cooperation, and behavior are quite long.

What to do?