Anger is a normal human emotion in all of us, but Alzheimer’s disease and dementia can dramatically exacerbate anger issues in seniors. You may have recently been on the other end of a traumatic verbal or physical outburst from someone with dementia. You may have been ...
4. Use Chunking to Remember Chunking is the process of placing things together into groups. For example, when someone recites a phone number, they usually give it to you in clusters of 3 or 4 digits. That’s chunking. As a memory strategy, you can apply this principle in many different...
Others find it difficult to wake you during an episode of sleepwalking. You can't remember what happened while you were sleepwalking. When you do wake up from an episode, you're confused. You aren't suffering from dementia or another physical disorder. It impairs your work or social life....
you might be tempted to blame your nerves for acting up—or stress out about how to calm them down. but your sympathetic nervous system itself, which is the part of your overall autonomic nervous system that’s responsible for reacting to stress or perceived danger, isn’t actually always at...
stop getting your attention later or in other words, he may be relieved. You can imagine a similar situation in which you are angry and there is someone speaking loudly to you then you will pick up on it and your child is the same. So, always keep yourself calm to deal with toddler ...
Our clinical psychologist and Director of Memory Care at TheKey offers insights and advice to family caregivers on how to stay calm and manage feelings of caregiver anger.
6 Things to Never Say to Someone With Anxiety Exercising for at least 150 minutes a week, or 30 minutes for five days a week, can greatly reduce your risk of disease. Image Credit:Maskot/Maskot/GettyImages Listen to Your Heart highlights the simple nutrition, fitness and lifestyle changes ...
it is important if you can learn how to breathe properly when facing with anxiousness. Try to slow your breathing down in order to bring your physical condition back to your control. Besides, you can practice some breathing exercises to keep calm if you are in the center of others’ attenti...
Focusing on your breaths one by one can help relieve anxiety. While you probably don’t typically think about the action of breathing, if you are able to become aware of it, you will be able to teach yourself how to calm down.
How to deal with dementia in senior dogs Dementia in senior dogs, also known as canine cognitive dysfunction (CCD), tends to progressively worsen over time and can become quite debilitating. While it can be distressing to see your best friend’s cognitive abilities decline, there are many way...