Top 4 Most Common Challenging Dementia Behaviors (and How to Handle Them)

1- Activities Ideas
2- What to say/do for specific Challenging Behaviors

Thanks for watching! In this video I'll share the top 4 most common challenging dementia behaviors I've seen in activity therapy at a psychiatric hospital for primarily dementia patients and the best ways I've found success in tackling them.

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0:00 Introduction
0:16 Top 4 Common Challenging Dementia Behaviors
1:03 Challenging Behavior Sundowning
1:47 1st Thing to Try: Prevention
3:04 Challenging Behavior "I Want to Go Home"
5:08 Challenging Behavior Accusations
7:25 Challenging Behavior Refusals

[salehmalaeb]

My father has dimentia....when he gets angry i just simply tell him "i love you" and immediately he's very happy....we need to remember that they're still human and it is also very frusttrating for them too not just us and we ourselves could be one of them when we get old (hopefuly not)

[BasedPatriot]

Wow - thank you. My father's dementia has progressed from mild to severe in the space of 2 months. We've been struggling with all of this, and trying to figure out how to handle it. This is exactly what I needed.

[rubyshoes]

Thank you so much for this, it is helpful! I wish I could find a care center that trains this way. It's tough watching people make fun of your loved one or lose patience with them. Still, I know it's an awfully tough job and I can't judge. It's just tough to see. Wonder if it would be worthwhile to have 2 or 4 hr rotations on and off of the dementia unit. Dementia behaviors are challenging and sad. My mother was terrified of her fate as I'm sure many people are.

[Dewii-qoed]

I remember my mom was dealing with sun downing. It wasn't easy but my sister and I managed to help my mother with different activities to clam her down

[BloodNote]

@5:30 This was a CONSTANT occurrence Every. Single. Day. My grandmother would actually find and take money and hide it and it would be uncontrollable anger issues. NOTHING we said to calm her down ever worked. I really wonder how people deal with this. She would be in this state for HOURS and I wondered how normal this was.

[suzanzimmermann]

We took my client for a ride around the neighborhood and let her calm down. She was satisfied.

[Dewii-qoed]

Great videos very helpful and educational 😂😅

[oldgloryhillfarmturtlewoma]

My Aunt loved fishing. We joked she would fish in a puddle after the rain. Didn’t care if she ever caught anything, it was just the act that soothed her soul after a long day of farm chores. My Grandma who was “senile”, would take my Aunts fishing license when she was angry with her, and it would turn up in the weirdest places. The pocket of the bathrobe hanging next to the shower, etc.

[josmelser]

I am 75 taking care of my husband is 85. I try to get him to go outside with me when it’s nice. He will refuse. I do get him to go to the store & push the cart as it helps him stay balanced, and ask him to pick out chips or fruit he would like. That helps, but yesterday he got very angry and wanted to sell the house. He said he would give me half as he wanted to travel or stay with his two children. We both lost our spouses 20 years ago when we got married. I was 55 and him 65, a very strong and vibrant. His dementia hit @ 80. It was hard as he wanted to drive still & couldn’t. He had gotten lost several times. As far as his children, he had just spent Thanksgiving with them giving me a break. He thought I was lying so I called his one son to talk to him & say to his dad he did spend Thanksgiving with them and that he came and picked him up. He told his son he wanted to travel and see different places. His son just asked him, what about your wife? With an answer she won’t go. He was up all night, lights on. And he wants me up. What do I do?

[ishouldbesleeping]

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[Billy_Bob]

my wife is 58. the last 6 months she has been accusing me of cheating on her, stealing from her and seems to lose everything she touches. how do i get her to go to a doctor. she thinks its me not her. i am stressed, confused lonely and hurt. i dont know how to deal with it . she has become down right mean and vicious. isnt 58 young for this?

[brendadickenson]

Mom liked to do jigsaw puzzles. I had a neighbor who wondered out and up the street. Said he had to go home. So I got an guy next door who was outside please go walk with them and ran and got his wife who was cooking supper and went an got the car and asked him if he needed a ride. She told me he had wanted to go home all day, it seemed I thought I got past that, so she drove him around the neighborhood and back. HD was happy said I knew it supper time and didn't want to be late.

[suzanzimmermann]

Most are afraid of falling and we suggest sink bath. Introduce adult wipes for private areas.

[tejamacrae]

Today I looked after client with dementia. She’s doesn’t change her pad. I trick her pretending I fall down, and she is laughing and I do it again2 till we crying. And the end she’s let me to change her pad. Even when she’s looking at me she’s was cracking up. And we go for drive and she’s enjoyed the view. And put her fav song.

[suzanzimmermann]

And do not leave your items or car keys around for them to pocket.

[yvonnegill]

My auntie likes folding the laundry. Especially when it is warm from the dryer. She also has sundowners.

[Scotty-Z]

it gets dark early, but i'd love to get dad to the beach. maybe walking will help him.

[jonathanreich]

The accusations phase, just walk off because odds are they’re not gonna remember that they accused you of it in 10 minutes anyway, and the situation is resolved.

[suzanzimmermann]

I always give them a safe place to hide her purse. And we do this together.