Understanding Symptoms and Behaviros of Dementia - Teepa Snow Webinar

[@helpershelper]

Thank you Tepa, I'm a home health Aide, we don't get paid much but we love our patients and want to do what is best to for our patients . Thank you for the help our agencies can,"t aford to give us. Only experience and education can help us give best help to these (mostly sweet) patients.

[@frelnc]

I'm experiencing the same kind of thing. I was hired in one department - transportation - and it turns out that there isn't enough need for my services as a driver, so I was temporarily transferred to Activities where I was just kind of pushed into that classification and told - Go out and do good. ZERO training. Finally, after a very scary episode with one of the residents who had a rage event, I was tasked with a lot of online training and videos on patient care. My favorite is Teepa's video - It's all in your approach. Thank you for posting this great video. I'm constantly looking for more ways to help the residents. There's so much to learn.

[@helpershelper]

@@frelnc I read your comment Mary Kay. It was a heartfelt outpouring of your experience. I appreciate and understand what you have gone through in your work. Thank You for your suggestion of Teepas "It's all in the approach" "0" training was given when I worked in a Assisted Living facility for four years and was placed on a Memory Care unit. The work was the training. I have continued my career in home heath care since leaving Assisted Living. Teepas You Tube programs are very valuable to me too. I wish you and your patients best wishes and good outcomes from your work.

[@barbaramiller2279]

This explains so much. Especially the vocabulary parts. My mom was always really very kind and taught my sister and I to be tolerant and loving. There are good people and bad people, nothing else matters. However, lately, she seems very prejudiced, especially with people of color. She can't understand what they are saying, why they are doing what they are doing and literally, will treat them like they are some kind of servant... I'll note, in the late 1930s-40s, my mom lived with her parents and grandparents. They had a maid/nanny who was black. She doesn't treat them with disrespect, but her tone is very authoritative and bossy... it's disturbing, but I understand what is going on. Teepa's explanations make it even more understandable. The vision stuff as well.

[@judytaylor3128]

I feel better and have a lot of more information on this. Thanks again for your information

[@karencreekmore889]

Loved(re)watching this. Thank you Teepa, PAC, Arden Courts for who ya'll are & all ya'll do for all aspects of dementia care!🦋💗

[@reneegroff2577]

Lots of good info! Thank you.

[@irmapena9319]

Thank you

[@foxiefair123]

My mom is showing dementia symptoms and my son is mentally ill…and I have very little support in dealing with both of them, and they kinda gang up on me.😱I pray a lot.😂

[@chromosome911]

praying with you, prayer works, Hang in there

[@frelnc]

Sorry to hear that. Perhaps there is a local support group? Hope you are finding help.

[@helpershelper]

I would hope there are some community resources available to assist you. Ask for help. Call organizations like Salvation Army, Goodwill, Catholic Social Services, or these types of organizations to find out what kind of help is offered in your community. Seeking some assistance will be daunting but perservere.

[@lisalo3011]

Same here...need extra help.

[@maryguy40]

GREAT...WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE.

[@mariatrotter6889]

Excellent. Well done Teepa

[@cherylcampbell7495]

My lady I take care of got her ears cleaned from wax. She seems to understand better and more alert. Also her medication was changed.

[@jenniferbecca3050]

I had one nurse, recently, do an assessment and said my dad didn’t need a plenary guardian. Yet, he isn’t taking his medication like he has been doing for years. Two years ago, when he was in the hospital, he was sundowning and the nurse said, he couldn’t live alone (he has a roommate that’s about to move out). My dad has classic signs of dementia (insomnia, eating desserts all the time, not showing, wearing same clothes everyday, dirty house, on his 3rd month off not turning on the tv, doesn’t take trash to the rd, etc. I’m seeking plenary guardianship bc he’s never given me POA. The temporary court appointed guardian said, he needs a guardian and immediate medical attention. This is a frustrating situation.

[@janetpogue4970]

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[@user-vk5of1wk2w]

Diagnosed with MCI. Normal aging. ??? My seiz caregiver said: "I'd like to kiss your cheek." I kicked him out of the house. I have no recollection of it. T Cameron

[@pameladagenhart8504]

Behavior is misspelled if English. 😮🙏🏼 maybe just a “gotcha”. Always great information

[@pameladagenhart8504]

In title

[@epginternationalsdnbhd7580]

How does one get a Mild Cognitive Degeneration patient to do regular exercise, eat healthy, do brain exercises which helps slow down the degeneration? She will say i just did it or like just wiping the table - 'no, it is not dirty' i cleaned it yesterday so there's no need to do it today'. So hard to work with them + stubborness. Feel like they should understand about how they might deteriorate so they might do things to help themselves and not be so hard on the care giver/s. Is it okay to let them see this video? It is scary for them but it might help get them to cooperate?

[@chriscampbell2679]

I don’t know how to answer that except I ask them like I would ask anyone and if they say no I talk to them patiently and compassionately and explain why I ask them to do something. If they think doing something one way is better but I disagree I will ask if I can show them an easier way usually they say yes and then they agree that sounds easier if they say no I let them try it their way and it won’t take long before they realize it’s more difficult. After that I explain why the way I show them would be easier and it works really well for me.

[@judytaylor3128]

It may be more information than they need in their mind set for now.

[@treasure2433]

I am a caregiver for Alzheimer’s patients. I have one patients who is stuck on « HELP ME » and « I NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM ». I care for her 3.5 hours a shift and when you hear constant HELP…HELP ME… it can be trying. I can take her to the washroom ( where she doesn’t go but had asked to go) bring her out and right away, she yells HELP ME I need to go….I am wearing my self out both physically and mentally because she’s a one on one transfer. If I know her needs were met and I don’t respond to her pleas, she yells it out until I give in. It’s a lose-lose situation. Any suggestion is welcomed. PS I have redirected, tried to divert and only for a few minutes will she stop then without missing a beat…she starts again, then it’s please help me, why don’t you help me…I need help…..

[@solarhydrowind]

My mom is perhaps in early stage of dementia. I was in a nursing home once where a patient moaned a similar phrase over and over. I don't know if it would work, but what about giving her an oversized stuffed animal to cuddle? It might reduce the anxiety of needing attention and, with any luck, comfort her. Maybe have several stuffed animals to keep her company ☺️? I hope you are able to figure out a way to calm her. It sounds like its hard and you're really trying to help. You're angelic to help 😇💗. We all could be there someday...

[@chromosome911]

@@solarhydrowind Thanks your kind words and understanding of a carers role are supportive

[@cm30902]

Hi! I cared for my Dad with Alzheimer’s ! He always wanted to go home! So I started agreeing with him , walking him to wear him out , saying let’s go home or taking him for a ride around the block to « get him home »