Overall Tips on “Behaviors”
Overall Tips on “Behaviors” The word behavior in dementiaDementia is not a specific disease. It’s an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person’s ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia…. More care or even healthcare has gotten a bad rap. We tend to only think of the negative and not the positive. I use actions and reactionsWe have started to not use the word behavior because it only has a bad connotation. We never speak of all the good “behaviors” a person with dementiaDementia is not a specific disease. It's an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia.... More has. Loving, kind, silly, artistic, fun, willing to try, funny… We only talk about what we
