by Christy Turner | Sep 18, 2016 | "Behaviors", Dementia Care
Ever seen those YouTube videos or memes of people giving their cat a bath? This is the Google search result: Notice a theme? Just to clear up any confusion, cats love bathing more than people living with dementia do. By a lot. Most any care partner who’s ever been the...
by Christy Turner | Jun 26, 2016 | "Behaviors"
Updated July 15, 2018 When Nothing Works In desperation, Joey’s family hired me. They’d been trying to get him diagnosed for three years, but couldn’t convince him to go to the doctor. The arguments had become unbearable. The wife reasoned with Joey. The son used...
by Christy Turner | Jun 13, 2016 | "Behaviors", Dementia Care
What do you do when Mom calls to say she’s at (long-deceased) Grandma’s and is wondering where Dad [also gone] is? What’s the communication strategy in that situation? Knowing to approach from the front is great; breaking a task into short, concise instructions is...
by Christy Turner | May 30, 2014 | "Behaviors"
All behavior is simply communication. Verbal communication is often (but not always) the easiest to understand. In the absence of clear verbal communication, it can become a bit trickier, but certainly not impossible. This is where you as the care partner get to...
