Caregiver Training: Depression/Apathy | UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program

The UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Video series provides viewers with practical tools you can use in a variety of settings to create a safe, comfortable environment both for the person with dementia and the caregiver.

[cazimama]

I find that if the Client likes to sing, then that's it....We sing!!! If the Client is grumpy then I say "are we grumpy today", then that's it....we laugh and talk (change the mood)!!! It all depends on how each client feels on the day - I go with the flow of the Client!!! Yes, I am a Carer. For me, every Client is an inspiration, they have a life story to tell and its Amazing the journey they have Peace Everyone

[AnnmeinZebackground...]

I like the hope that videos allow a caregiver to have, opportunities to try another way of doing things.

[chrislim]

What if the caregiver (me) is clinically depressed. 😔🙏

[bkchandanshresthamuskanuni]

#happiness with gratitude for caring important health tips

[Nesiscorrea]

Wow i too I was Worker caregiver to old women do nothing me understand that I was sayd or explain o how am question and old women’s me angry was fighting with me. I understand dementia with people.

[zenabraithwaite]

Anti depressants dont work on vascular depression. Also its obvious this is a training video and just saying a friend is visiting aint gonna get them in the shower. My Mum frequently tells me and everyone else including her best friend that she wants to be dead. Emotionally visiting my Mum is like having the emotional resilience sucked out of you by a vampire. After an afternoon i am completely exhausted and there is nothing you can do, no cure, no nothing. 😥

[sharonmathers]

Mom cant. Go. With. Donna. Anymore. Mom. Won't. Go. Out. With. Us
Mom. Had. dementia since. Mom. Had. Car accident.
Last. Year.but. now. Is. In. The. Nursing homes.

[SuperElwira]

I think, when we use this tips to everybody we have met in our entire life the world should be a better place :) we can do same things with our kids, treat theme with respekt but like little persons which do not understand everything, because kids also don't understand sometimes what is happening because their brains is still growing and they just learn to do things and don't catch everything just like that. Kids cannot control they fellings and sometimes do know why they feel in some way, they don't understand reasons of behaviour and just can't control needs but a lot od people yeall ad them nad asking what they doing this to me- so everything is about egoism and about how "I feelling " not the others, " World is so wrong", "everybody wanned to hurt me"- that is a root of this violentable behaviours- yes, this is violence. We need to use our imagination to stand in others skin, but not too much-better is asking, conversating and make longterm bond. The same case what with kid is, goes with other adult people when they are facing stressfull situation like trying something new or try to understand somebodies point of view or when they wanna keept someones sympathy- The brain just stops for a moment, especially in work but in XXI century adults are always under stress, so sometimes we made mistakes- it is normal nad need solution not blaming nad yelling. agression directly to the others mistakes and blaming, that is hard violence for me. I don't know why people having so much lacs of patience and tolerance to each other. We're all a little different, we react nad solve problemy different, in different time nad steps- we cannot judge differency as innormal or wrong behaviours because we did smtn in different way. Some people think we have to catch theme point just in time, meanwhile we're dumbs or refusing and we are against them. They are many communication problems in human societies. When we have a dog some people yell at dog because dog don't wanna understand just simple thing, we forget dog doesn't understand nothing- dog also have some needs different than ours and dog doesn't understand human language. My dog is really calm when I firstable respond to my dog's needs and spend a plenty time to make dog understood a causes of my commends in clearly way and when dog feels and I do this for keep dog save not scary, so when I learn my dog some tips I'll do the same, we have together rules not only for me but risponsibility is mine, because dog cannot control good his needs, it is harder for dogs, so I must keep an eye on dog and prevent to not eat my sandwich for ex, so I will not leave a sandwich on the table close to dog and then blame a dog, maybe dog understood a sandwich is for him. A lot of people treat others by not giving to them just one chance to explain something, they don't wanna understand, they know better what is good for them, what is going one, what they think, what they want or what they wanna to say. I know why all this is happening. That is happend because we allow to our selfs to carry and keep pain and fears. We don't tell anybody, we pretend strong and happy. Communication is really important to understand. When I to with my dog nad some people say to me: I am terryfied becouse 20 years ago one dog bite me, I know what I have to do, but sometimes they cannot communicate because affraid is make turn off theire brains and they to aggresive. They do not understand ad the moment that it is not the same dog nad situation- similary to others situations going people act agresive and blame each other for things which theire fellings it imagination did to them. Agression is cause of agression for many ears after when we allow for this and keep bad things in mind without recognising them. So think twice before you yell or blame someone for pain for sure you keep inside. Even when someone made some mistakes blaming is not a solution it just making problem deeper nad transfering to anothe in this way: my boss tell at me do I will yelling for my husband, he goes to reload on his co-workers and they take this agression to their homes, everything goes affcours for kids and they learn agresive behaviours. It is Time to take a risponsibility for one fellings. We have to control them and reloud in a healthy way like sport not eating it shopping, reloud emotions not go after them, give them a leadership. This what we feelling is not what is happend, is not a truth. When we realizm this is easier to controlling.

[JerryMSeth]

This was great, I have been researching "depression ways to beat" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Hanincoln Nanlivia Framework - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my neighbour got cool results with it.

[kellyjames]

Why is she acting like this? Is this her way of getting out of her responsibilities?

[darrenmclaughlin]

Corol brooks flat 1 40 Leopold rd Felixstowe ip11 7np Suffolk England used to work in dementia in the uk the word is she stole her from her patients but where the cash and property’s she stole ? Keep my name quiet