Contents:
- Medical Video: Day in the Life of an Alzheimer's Caregiver: Heartbreaking
- What should be done if you treat a dementia person who likes to wander?
- Regular exercise
- Install a new key
- Install the direction board
- Install CCTV
- Hide certain items
- Wear an identity bracelet
- Share telephone number
Medical Video: Day in the Life of an Alzheimer's Caregiver: Heartbreaking
One of the challenges in treating dementia is to prevent patients from walking around until they are gone. This often happens, especially if your loved one is feeling anxious, bored, or confused. Then how do you ensure that your loved ones stay safe? Check out the following tips.
What should be done if you treat a dementia person who likes to wander?
Dementia is a syndrome that is associated with decreased brain function. For example reduced memory, decreased ability to think, difficulty understanding something, unable to make decisions, and experiencing language limitations, and declining mental intelligence. This syndrome generally affects the elderly (over 65 years).
People with dementia may go aimlessly for various reasons. For example, being bored or looking for something.
They can also walk to meet physical needs such as thirst, hunger, going to the toilet, or wanting to exercise but instead get lost. Finding the reason for someone who has dementia walking is not clear is certainly not an easy thing, what you can do when treating dementia people who have this wandering behavior is supervise and overcome these behaviors. How to?
Regular exercise
Your loved one may be feeling anxious or anxious about something. If you see it pacing back and forth at home or looking nervous, it's best to ask to exercise together. For example, walking around the house or doing tai chi gymnastics.
Exercise can make people with dementia feel more calm. In addition, by exercising regularly, the desire to wander around can be suppressed.
Install a new key
If you treat a person with dementia, consider installing a new key that is higher or lower because dementia people will not think of seeing things that cannot be reached by the eye in a normal position.
This aims to avoid loved ones leaving the house when other family members are asleep or not in place. However, make sure at home there is nothing to endanger him. For example, scissors, because it might be used by patients to open the door by force.
Install the direction board
Sometimes, your loved ones don't really want to go out, but just get lost. For example when looking for a bathroom or kitchen. Therefore, install the direction board in your house to indicate where the room, toilet, kitchen, dining room, and so on.
This can help patients determine direction and not directly to the main door and exit the house.
Install CCTV
If possible, install a home security system or monitoring system such as CCTV designed to monitor someone with dementia. There are many digital devices that allow you to track someone like GPS. You can put it on a patient's watch, necklace or belt. This will make it easier for you if one day you cannot monitor the patient directly.
Hide certain items
Keep items such as jackets, wallets, umbrellas, eyeglasses, watches, or items used by dementia people when they leave the house. Some people cannot go out if they do not use certain items.
Wear an identity bracelet
If you are caring for a dementia person, you can wear an identity bracelet or sew on his identity in every outfit he has. Also make sure you always have the latest photos just in case he disappears and you want to report to the authorities.
Share telephone number
Tell your neighbors about the behavior of your family members who like wandering. Make sure they have your telephone number if one day your loved one is lost.
