Caregiver Training: Agitation and Anxiety | UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program

Most ppl don’t respond the way the person in the video did. My mom would throw me out of her room screaming and god forbid I remove clothes from her closet. Yr techniques only work if the person cooperates.

I try.... I try so hard to be kind and understanding with my grandmother... But I admit, there are times when she gets angry and irritable that she says some hurtful things and... I don't lose my temper, but I do get teary-eyed.

Trying to help.... It's a 50/50 thing with her. No matter what I do, there are days she loves me and days she seems to hate me.

For anyone else out there, good luck.

You don't have time to that if you are working on the floor alone in a nursing home with 15 people that have dementia one person is never enough that's why health care is falling so short every day when they tell u no even when you are nice to them you never force anyone you check up on them later or a few hours they still won't budge and that's the time when the CNA caregiver needs help but the system is blind to the caregivers and CNA needs

I care for my mom and she so aggressive and curse like a sailor at me .. very very frustrating

Appreciate having these tips for future assignments. I have not yet encountered this type of agitation or anxiety with a client.

I’ve found patience & redirecting works well in most times when taking care of a client with dementia.

My grandmother just woke me up and is like a demon . Cussing me out because she can't sleep , asking me for " pills " a.k.a melatonin . I tell her nicely that she has allready taken one pill and I can give her one more , but sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. She's absolutely miserable . Not violent YET , but I can see it getting there soon. She will need to go into a home . 🥺 I've been nothing but patient and kind and it definately does not work alot of the time .althought getting bitchy back just makes it worse , it's like coddling their bad behavior and dementia people can be EXTREMELY manipulative . I hate this disease .

I don't think you have ever lived with someone with the disease. I've lived with 3. If I ever cleared out someone's closet live would be unbearable.

Love this video very informing

You’ve got to let your own anxieties die and also you’ve got to try not to win. The struggle is just as much with yourself as it is with your loved one’s affliction.

Im 55 and its been barely 6 months since i " started this call" the call to serve and to use my gifts that my lord says i must go outhere and shared to those who need the most. Yes it does have the ups and down to not only do what's right what's in your kind hearth but i experience the worse in special the team members the seem worn out and angry and some patients could be so aggressive not kind at all or understanding of this deceased

Iv been in this field for 30 plus years it takes alot of understandIng

Thank you for this video 😊

My grandma had dementia and it was the most interesting experience of my life. She often had episodes of needing to scavange for food to feed her children, but the reality was that most of her children has already grown up and arent living with her anymore. So often times whenever she sees me, she would panically ask me for help on where she can get food to feed her kids. This happened over tens to hundreds of times while i lived with her. Initially i would try to respond with calmness and patience while reassuring to her that there was no need to find food as all of them were already grown up. Overtime, i got agitated and annoyed. Adding on to the frustration, tgere were days where she stopped believing me.
So i thought to myself, maybe i need to be more tactical with my responses. While remaining calm and kind, using positive body gestures and language, i would make white lies reassuring to her that the children are fed and they're sleeping and well rested. Sometimes i would lie and say my dad is out getting groceries for the kids. This is a taxing and emotionally exhaustive career and i respect all those who does it.

I agree with this totally I am a caretaker for my parents great video

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obviously he never works with dementia patients before

It's like dealing with a child who has anger issues at times I go through that with my own mother

I think this is just poor Acting !

Wow... this is not true...at least from my experience of being on inpatient floor for over 60 population. My diagnosis was for clinical depression. I was in a minority of in-patients with full cognition and awareness. The majority of in-patients had dementia in various stages. The nursing staff and Personal Support Workers treated the patients like infants/toddlers. These patients were treated by some staff with resentment and made every attempt to minimize any verbal interactions. The staff were directive and insensitive at times and struggled with the 24 hour care demands. It was difficult to witness the neglect of these frail, elderly patients. This video is sheer self-promotion!!!



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CAREGIVERS ASK:
"When am I supposed to put them in a headlock?"
"How much do baby-gates help?"
"I hear 3 inch long deck screws can be a game changer! Which door should I apply them to first?"
"It is true that a reliable babysitter is 'Murder, She Wrote' or is 'Golden Girls' better?"

Yes, humor can be a great stress reliever. Don't take things personal. We can't afford to get offended no more than we'd get upset for someone running a fever. Just remember not to joke directly with the afflicted one. Save your comedy for a confidant later. Peace be with all us caregivers.

So my moms try to pack and go back to her apartment...which she moved from years ago. She is usually adorable but scares the heck out of me when she gets like this.

Please, How long can a person Live with Dementia..❤

Allow time to tasks no rush

Gentle voice tone not condescending

I know the same tactics don’t work for everyone but I feel like I need all the help I can get. I do appreciate watching videos like this that 🎉suggest tactics to use.

Am happy to digest this tips and I would surely live to expectations

I am 40 my gf is 54 and has mild aphasia Alzheimer’s.
I literally watch this and want to laugh at how absolutely unrealistic this is.. organization and just keeping it together is so difficult. I just want to curl up and cry.. she’s still able but has moments. She loses and misplaces everything. I’m losing it, and reaching out to these videos is just not gonna work for me..

Excellent one

so in conclusion when we get old we revert back to being babies lol.

Why is she so mad so him??

My mums horrible, always throwing things at me , nipping me , telling me to fo ...i always walk away ..she wont get bathed ..dont ned my help ..horrible disease..

Fake video

It’s like acting

Some patients are more difficult than others, this does not help at all.

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The daughter would agitate me... Shes a snake and the doctors giving advice in this video are fake and creepy

Keenly, you want to minimize the risk of agitation and all the bad that comes out of that in an Alzheimer's/dementia patient. So it is best to keep roughly a 3-foot distance when helping somebody at first. Don't raise your voice ever at a patient - this will worsen the agitation. And if you must touch such patients as part of your caregiving care, even with consent, don't make any roughhouse movements--this will also worsen the agitation. Gentle touches are key here--and slow down your touches every time. Any fast, sudden physical touch at that point will backfire.

Even though I do not yet have Alzheimer's or dementia yet, I am afraid that I could end up with that later in life. From that, my two bits is that from learning from meltdowns from people who have autism spectrum disorder, I think there is a bit of affinity to the same "meltdowns" happening in those with Alzheimer's or dementia.

From watching recent television commercials in this condition called "Agitation and Anxiety in Alzheimer's/Dementia", there are a bit of similarities to the autism-related meltdowns--people hitting their heads with their fists, using fists to strike at inanimate objects, using physical back-offs to push somebody away during a meltdown, verbal escalations of anger-filled tones.

When I used to take care of my mother, it was fairly easy to take care of that. Because that’s the role you’re designed for

Typically, the hardest thing is when you have no control over something happening to you:-/

People are living way too long. We're not meant to go out like this, a burden on everyone. Stop allowing the greedy Healthcare system to prolong the misery for Medicare.

My wife is much worse. I may not survive this. Nobody helps me ...

i think i am getting dementia....can't sleep....and bark at people all the time...

Being a caregiver is the hardest thing I’ve ever done, physically, mentally and emotionally exhausting. No one will ever understand unless they do it. Such a heartbreaking disease 💔

Me and my brother are going through this with my mom and it’s the hardest battle I’ve ever fought. My mom is different though. Even when we talk to her nice and calmly, she gets upset and rolls her eyes. I haven’t gotten any sleep in over a week. I don’t know how much longer I can deal with this.😢

"Alzheimer's and Dementia"? Alzheimer's IS a form of dementia.

I'm a 39 years old woman and my mom is a 78 years old woman that suffer from dementia. I've been her health care provider for 20 years. I'm doing everything to try to help her and I'm always calm and she goes off on me all of the time even though I'm trying to help her. I reach out to my sister and she said that it's not her problem and I must deal with it. I feel so sad and depressed because it's triggering my depression and anxiety. I'm bipolar and dealing with PTSD and I began to shut down and go in my room and let my mom do what she do to keep her for going off on me. Sometimes I just wish she would die already.

I’ve worked as a carer for dementia clients for 17 years I can honestly say it’s no longer rewarding, the fact that we are trying to do a job, keep them safe, keep them clean, keep them well fed and hydrated when they just make our lives ten times harder, I know they can’t help it but it’s too much of a struggle and some of their families don’t give a damn about them, it’s having a real negative effect on my health and mental well being.

The daughter in this video needs to stop hovering, people should never act like heir a child, always give choices, stop telling them what they want to do…