How can a Home Health Care Assistant manage a Dementia Patient

Caring is the most important and beautiful relation. But caring for someone with dementia should be very challenging. One who is going to take the responsibility of a personal care assistant must be prepared physically and mentally before entrusting the role of a personal care assistant.

Dementia can influence a persons behaviour, some time they are very cool and there is possibility of sudden changes in their character and sometimes it may goes to an agitated stage. This character variation is quite upsetting one. YET there are certain ideas to manage these characters.

It is not possible for a dementia patient to communicate normally. They find difficulties to speak fluently and expressing their emotions. Someone with dementia their eating drinking habits are different. Normally they may forget to drink, eat and sometime we can noticed that they may forget to swallow and chew. So a Home Care Assistant’s help is necessary for a Dementia Patient.

Frequent changes can be occurred in the character of a dementia patient. Before taking the responsibility of a dementia patient, a home health care assistant should talk to a doctor or a health professional about the characteristic variation of these type of sickness suffered people.

Home Health Care Assistant’s tips to communicate with a Dementia Patient

Personal Care Assistant always stay calm and give enough time for them to understand and

respond

A Personal Care Assistant

should use simple and short sentence for communication

with a dementia patient

Use positive body language and touch them, as it is an important part of communication.

A personal Care Assistant always try to avoid noisy environment while speaking with a dementia patient.

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