Caregiver Training: Repetitive Behaviors | UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program

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[bill]

These are SO idealized. All of these videos end with the patient COOPERATING. Good luck finding cooperative boomers.

[janetsavona]

I admire anyone who can do this I personally couldn't handle it

[xxTrumpetBoyxx]

dude needs some headphones and a fire mixtape

[cockeyedoptimista]

I feel so bad when she yells at him and holds his hands down, and then he takes them and holds his own hands, as if they've been burned.. So much better the other way. It hurts to see lonely, sad old people.

[hannaheliza]

It makes sense repetitive behaviors can be out of boredom and anxiety, try not to be annoyed over it. I"m not a caregiver or anything but I deal with my own repetitive behaviors like swinging my arms or playing with my hair.

[bethbarclay]

I’m checking out courses about working in the health sector especially for dementia. My grandfather has it and I really would like a career change. This video is a help thanks.

[debraseiling]

I really like that this video demonstrated ways to distract the person with repetitive behaviors. Thanks!

[YodaThe]

I have a German brother in law who has alzheimers and he was and still is an alcoholic who keeps asking if there is something to drink around here. He started drinking from the olive oil bottle thinking it was wine. An alcoholic with alzheimers is worse than a regular person with dementia.

[bumfrog]

Why am I watching this, I don’t even have any family members that have these issues

[grannybooster]

Explanations for some of the puzzling behavior of folks with dementia offer help for caregivers in identifying why the patient is engaged in such behavior.

[janicelangston]

This man could be tapping his hand do to a song in his head, and he needs to get his mind in the right order, so he taps his hands

[timothylakaseru]

Get him a drum kit ! He may be a fan of DJ Fontana

[leahgracefecteau]

She is right not all behaviour are bad never get someone to stop stemming unless it’s dangerous

[dancingponies]

Unrealistic....My 89 y/o father would never listen to that....he would get combative, insist he stay in that chair, and tell me too bad if his hand tapping is annoying.

[chaihidalgo]

Im caregiver i lost my temper i feel so stressed😥

[Lakena]

These suggestions don't always help! I did this with a few residents in the nursing home and they still did the same behaviors

[Waypx]

My brother-in-law will unload a drawer, put things neatly back into the drawer, close the drawer, then start all over again. Or he has a box with random things, business cards, letter opener, key ring, etc. He goes through the cards and puts them in the box, then does it again. While riding in the car, it was on the floor, then the glove box, then held awhile. I wish I could know what goes through his mind. What is deep rooted or prewired.

[umslkju]

You have to understand it as the disease progresses, they’re going to lose more control.

The way I see it, you have to almost think of it as returning almost like a child.

Remember, it’s a disease, and they have no control. You have to be very tolerant of a lot of things that would seem annoying to most people.

Remember, their health and well-being is your job. And there’s going to be a lot of issues around that that you have to adapt to.

I think the most important thing is when you have a break, find someone and play video game, watch a movie, or just listen to them about their day to break up the stress.

Finding a support system, and just holding each other together can make Everything

Are used to take care of my mother, and it was just Vitas, me, my older sister, and my brothers would only come maybe once a month.

Having people there, with you, to share in it, can literally mean everything

[ashlicaldwell]

So what do you do to help a double leg amputee with no prosthetics blind in one eye and is jumping out of bed because shes wants to go home. She cant see the door, shes in her home of the last 55 years with pictures all around her.

[randallvargas]

Wait. The only problem here is that the caretaker is rude... Why would you immediately jump to anger?
Also, I WISH my mother was only tapping her hands - instead I am working with 8 hour yelling sessions that I can't seem to understand what is wrong with her.