How Do You Care For Elders With Senile Dementia?
Senile dementia, an incurable brain disease, affects thinking, memory, communication and behavior. Because of the brain changes associated with senile dementia, caring for these elders presents many challenges. Achieve success with knowledge, patience, planning and flexibility. Learn all you can about senile dementia and the elder with senile dementia as well. Establish a routine because those with senile dementia respond best if you do things in the same time frame everyday. Because each elder with dementia is different, the time for doing everyday tasks is different. Observation determines the most successful way to establish a schedule. Keep potentially dangerous and fragile objects out of a dementia sufferer’s reach. Console the elder with senile dementia by helping him cope with day-to-day challenges of not remembering things. Develop a positive attitude by having a support system so when the task of care giving is overwhelming, you have people who will help out. Join a local supp
