How to deal with repetitive questions from a person with dementia

In this video I discuss why people with dementia often ask repetitive questions. I also share 3 important strategies you can start using immediately to reduce repetitive questions.

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Welcome to Dementia Care Hub where I share weekly videos with tips and strategies that you can use right away to make caring for a loved one with dementia easier.

I’m Dr. Kristen Galloway, a licensed occupational therapist and Dementia Care Specialist. I own a private practice Florida where I help individuals with dementia remain independent and safe in their homes for as long as possible. I also provide caregiver training to make caregiving easier and less stressful for family caregivers.

I created Dementia Care Hub when I saw that there were so many family caregivers who were overwhelmed and struggling to find resources to make caregiving simpler.

I hope you find my videos useful. Feel free to comment with suggestions for future video topics. Thanks for all you do as caregivers! It takes a lot of love, compassion, strength, and effort to provide care for someone with dementia. Hats off to you!

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[charlestonscnative]

Thank you for your videos. My husband and I have relocated to the UK in order to help his parents. The father has Parkinsons with dementia and the mother has frontotemporal dementia. 24 hour care is in place in their home but they think they are in a hotel or a cruise ship even though they have lived in the house for 47 years. They have lost reading comprehension at this point. This is such a devastating disease. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[AlpacaRenee]

Thank you. Your help is very much appreciated. Caring for mom with dementia is difficult while grieving the loss of ‘my real mom’. I can’t stop crying.

[youdecide]

Hi,
I was wondering if you could sit a little closer to your microphone ? I can barely hear what you are saying and I really want to learn from you. Thank you.

[activistgranny.]

I was thinking of using blue painters tape to start labeling things my mother keeps asking about. Thanks for reaffirming that idea. I use painters tape for labeling my stuff because it's easy to remove.

[Floina]

I have done everything she said and it's not working.
The last thing I am trying is the whiteboard she reat it then she will call her daughter and ask the same thing again.
I don't know what to do?
She hate me in my 3 years as a PCA/Caregiver is the first time that something like that happen to me.
She has another Caregiver that came 2 days and she adore her???