Why do people with dementia fall?

Welcome to the place where I share dementia tips, strategies, and information for family members caring for a loved one with any type of dementia (such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy Body dementia, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, etc.)

In today’s video I share how 5 common caregiving mistakes are hurting your relationship AND making it more difficult for the person with dementia to accept any of your help. Let’s start making changes starting today.

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In case you haven’t met me, my name is Natali Edmonds and I am a board certified geropsychologist. That means that I am a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with older adults. One day, while hiking a trail, I came up with the idea for Careblazers and I decided to see if posting videos online could provide help to the many other Careblazers in the world who don’t get to have help come directly to them in their homes. I hope that this work helps you in some way on your caregiving journey.
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[auburneytuckerson]

On a lighthearted note, the dog is looking at her like, "Are you okay?"

[annerault]

I am loving these videos. My husband was diagnosed three years ago with Alzheimers Disease at 73. These short, informative, easy to understand, easy to remember videos help so much. I especially liked the one about this caring journey either making you or breaking you. I am now looking on the bright side. What have I learnt in the last three years? How to drive a tractor! How to operate a powered block splitter! How to find the right people to do stuff for me to make the journey easier! How to deal with incontinence (his, not mine)! How to do tasks together so I can support him to feel like he is making a good contribution to our lives! The list goes on. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 😊😊😊

[NYthingBUTordinary]

My mom falls often and every time it seems to be triggered by an untreated UTI she’s been hospitalized every time and that’s how we find out.

[barbaradownie]

THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT THE VULNERABLE PEOPLE 💜🙏💜

[cathyblock]

I do appreciate these short videos & as always, love you longer more detailed videos too. Thanks.

[wendy]

My dad had dementia, refused to use a cane and a fall led to broken bones. He got a UTI in rehab that went undetected and turned septic and led to his death.😢

[bhaskards]

My grandpa died because of dimentia, he refused to use a walking stick he fell almost 11 times. He died at age of 74 but the next day he died was his birthday. He born at 22-05-1947, he died at 21-05-2022

[patricianoel]

As watcher of dementia in assisted living, these patient’s sick mind forgets to tell the brain to respond with a reflex reaction so they end up falling flat on their face. 😮

[boeboe]

I can't imagine how they observe the world as to become so disoriented. I'd have to liken it to the world as they knowing it speeding up, becoming harder to comprehend, the lack of all your faculties being deafening.

[southerngrits]

My daddy was blind and deaf. His vision was so he could see alittle. Dec 17 2019 as his caregiver i was slow by 2 minutes of him getting up at 3am. His walker was facing the Christmas tree and he fell about 3ft away. I will always believe he was having an hallucination. I think he felt the tree branches and thought he was lost. He never went anywhere without his walker. He died March 17 2020. First fall with dementia july 18 2017. I moved home that day.

[shecat]

My mom has had more than a few serious falls in the past few years. I rescued her from the hospital where she was abandoned a few months ago and she gets so upset with me and my daughter that we refuse to let her go up or down the stairs in my home alone. So she has lost her ambition to want to get up out of bed at all now. Not even to go to the washroom. She refuses to do her exercises to build up her strength now too. Im pretty worried.

[Bubblegumswitch]

One time my MIL fell TWICE in the same week. I scheduled an eye exam for her (she had already had her yearly checkup, and the eye dr almost didn’t want to schedule another one until I mentioned the falls 🙄). Lo & behold, her vision changed and therefore the lenses in her glasses needed an update (we also found out that a cataract had gotten larger since the eye exam).

[dianaspears]

There can be other factors involved also depending on what kind of dementia you have. My husband's vascular dementia affected his eyes and caused him spatial problems with his vision which affected his gait. He also got Parkinson's Disease, which many dementia patients do.

[Find_Amelia_Island]

Holy crap these apply to me but...I have a map to manage, until I can't. Thank you for specifics.

[gknight]

Falls can be detrimental for a dementia patient. My mother had dementia, fell and broke a hip. Because she was labelled as a fall risk she was unable to return to the ALC, so was placed in a rehab center. Because the dementia made her a difficult patient she was placed on hospice (without the family's knowledge). She was given the end of life medications three days after arriving at rehab. She died alone because of Covid restrictions.😢

[bestillalways]

I was diagnosed 10 months ago with parkinsons...i keep having bad falls and now wear knee pads...then the doctor said to me after my second appt that i dont have parkinsons and he puzzled as to what it is

[garyaanderson]

Also just age and reaction time.The brain may send the correction response but a couple milliseconds slower to get there is all it takes.

[harryevans]

I get excited when I see "The Hat" because I know it's going to be a good video !

[sofakingcute]

I’m three years to late seeing this great information. 😢

[Guthrie]

Im 29 years old homeless i been having dementia alot and been bowl movement in the shower because of my disease