Caregiver Training: Home Safety | UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program
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- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2018
- The UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Video series provides viewers with practical tools you can use in a variety of settings to create a safe, comfortable environment both for the person with dementia and the caregiver.
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My mother has Alzheimer's, and if I were to put child locks on the cabinets and doors she would tell me to get out and take the locks with me! LOL
Same! 😆
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Very good improvements. One additional note: the grapes can also be provided in a plastic or acrylic food safe bowl instead of the ceramic bowl that was shown.
Thanks for this beautiful video and I really appreciated this. My grandmother had a Parkinson's disease and it's very challenging for me. I take care of her every day even though I still work and I also help my grandfather. Sometimes when I'm off from work, I'm mostly help my grandmother and babysit my nephew. It's challenging but I would rather to make the sacrifices for my family because I love them. Life is the most important than anything else.
I reduced the hazards at my grandmother's house where I also live by installinig a locker in the kitchen and in the cabinets so that she does not make messes all the time and burn and hurt herself. LIFECHANGING!
If I had removed the knobs on my mother’s stove she would have chased me down the road with a pan in her hand!
While this might work out for some people I think it just creates more confusion and frustration for your loved one so maybe turning off the gas or throwing the breaker off if it’s an electric stove is a better alternative. That’s what worked best for us. If there were no knobs how do you explain it to them? It’s easier to redirect them when the stove isn’t working by saying “I’ll check it later but what can I get you to eat now?” You’re going to be doing a lot of cooking and shadowing your loved one to keep them nourished and safe.
I think child locks is only going to add to their frustration and make them feel out of or like they are losing control. Maybe going through their cabinets is one of the last solid memories they have? Instead try removing all of the dangerous chemicals and objects from the rooms or cabinets to keep them, and you, safe while letting them feel comfortable in their own home.
Being creative is going to serve you well. Great idea about keeping healthy snack foods within eye-shot and easy to access.
Always approach them with a smile and even a hug. Never show that you’re frustrated with them in any way!
I work for a family who flipped the braker to their mother's stove. This works well.
This was an outstanding video. It shows how not to respond and how to respond to a loved one in an unsafe situation. Thanks!
I think Mike, deserves a Salute.
I put signs up and my loved one don't read em cuz they think the note is not for them🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
They need a lot of care. Ty for this informative vids.
That broke my heart
Wow , l like how careful she is with her vocabulary "home modifications are needed to keep the HOME safe " ...
And l thought the poor guy had to be safe but he wasn't even mentioned - not on this instructor's mind 🤨
This is a serious change to your life. I can't do this to my parents. 😔🙏
Thank you 🌠💛🌠
Thanks 🙏 for good video and can help me too as a caregiver and I can address to my patient 🙏♥️
Great job nice house btw
Very helpful
ALL COMMENTS/VIDEOS are regarding caring for ONE parent with dementia. I'm the ONLY CAREGIVER (& I AM 100% DISABLED!) who has cared for TWO PARENTS WHO BOTH HAVE DIFFERENT DEMENTIAS for 6+ YEARS! I have NO children, NO siblings, NOTHING, it has just been ME! My parents are in Stage 7 now, but have DIFFERENT symptoms, DIFFERENT health issues, DIFFERENT Sundowners probs, & on & on & on. The 1st 2-3 yrs (again me 100% disabled! And all they have had! Tho' there were others who did NOTHING!), I worked 90+ hours a wk, eating maybe 2 REAL meals/week, driving n2 my driveway & falling asleep immediately til my husband came out to get me, being so exhausted I'd fall asleep in the morning @ the drop of a pin, spilling my coffee all over my lap! There were nights I BARELY made it home-I was SO exhausted! AGAIN, I'M 100% DISABLED! There was a 6 month period I almost, or did, get n2 car wrecks from sheer exhaustion! No one in my husband's LARGE family undestood, nor TRIED to understand(!), nor helped in ANY way! Tho' I (we) have helped ALL of them in EVERY WAY, 10 adult grandkids, 3 50+ "adult children", & great-grandkids. Gave cars, pd 4 private schools, bought furniture for, sent $ to each month while they bought new cars & we (living without ANY, debt, driving used but nice cars pd w/cash, paying our mortgage off early, & ALWAYS, EVERY MONTH GIVING TO TRULY NEEDY PEOPLE!). We did without wants, buying ONLY needs, while all drove new, fanc.y cars, or had Nike shoe collections, yet they all had zero savings, til we finally woke up & said "NO MORE!"). But NO ONE EVER SPEAKS ABOUT A SOLE CHILD, USUALLY A DAUGHTER, CARING FOR TWO ELDERLY PARENTS WHO BOTH HAVE DIFFERENT DEMENTIAS! I've listened to & read all books, looked online, & found NOTHING! NO HELP FOR US CAREGIVERS OF 2!! I am in the last stage, Stage 7 w/my parents, BOTH parents-who both have VERY different problems, symptoms, issues, Sundowners, & on & on! I am 100% disabled & have lost ALL my health, joy, ability to do ANYTHING that brought me joy, since this hit me (like planting flowers, playing the piano, helping with our personal business, cleaning our home & we haven't had a vacation in 12 yrs - as b4 my parents we cared for another elderly family member who was a piece if cake & peacefully died @ home taking a nap, she had ALL her cognition til the end! But I have been utterly ALONE caring for my parents! Both w/different dementias! Today was HORRIFIC! But there is ZERO HELP FOR THOSE OF US DOING THIS! IT WAS 1 OF 10, NOW PROBABLY MORE! YET NO1 OFFERS HELP TO US?! I'm close to suicide as this is BEYOND the WORST of caring for just one! YET NO BOOKS, NO VIDEOS, NO HELP! Why! WHY!? I have chronic pain, Fybromyalgia, C-PTSD, Severe DEPRESSION, ADD, & MORE! Yet STILL, ALWAYS, ALONE, I've done EVERYTHING FOR MY PARENTS! And let my health go! I feel like I've been living in HELL for 6 years STRAIGHT & no one helps or cares! I know the stress causes my chance of dementia to go up (multiply THAT by 2!!), & I swear that I WILL NOT go down the road I've watched BOTH OF MY PARENTS go down!! Why, why, does no1 help those of use caring for 2 w/dementia? Do you not care, or see the DEVASTATION it does to ENTIRE FAMILIES, but ESP
NEEDED!🥺😥
God bless you for doing such an amazing job looking after your parents. I know it seems like a thankless task but you are an angel and you don't even know it. There has to be some organisation you could get in touch with that could assist in helping to care for them to give you a well needed break ? When you're at the point of exhaustion you're putting your own health in more danger. If your parents were aware of this they wouldn't want you feeling so stressed. Praying you and other carering people like you get the help you need. 💕
I salute you for taking good care of your parent with dementia. My 85 year old grandmother had a dementia too. Last year, she had a stroke and became bedridden (does not able to move on her own, feedings goes thru PEG tube and does not able to talk. I'd prefer her to have a dementia than stroke. Because she was active and atleast can do normal things. It is hard to understand and needs so much patience being with a person with dementia.
what would happen to them if you had an accident or illness requiring prolonged treatment or rehabilitation? Although you are a hero here, it's the worst thing for you because heros are sacrificed. No one cares about heros. It's awesome for them that you are so devoted, but it also could mean that your own lifespan and retirement will be shorter and harder than their own because of all that work and stress. Can you downsize somehow? Get them a less expensive place and hire outside help, or get them into your own home and hire help? Alternatively get them into a home and check on them regularly. If they have their retirement and property you could use that to pay.
I may be cold and uncaring in a way, but it's not fair for parents to put that much burden into their own kids. A long time was different people lived together and there wasn't as much treatment. Today, people with those conditions live longer because medicines prolonging life exist even when there's not that much life quality. But those things give stress and impact their children's health. As someone who has little children, I would not be okay with that tradeoff.
@@laliday I wish my parents thought like this. I am now the one struggling with supporting the family and caring for my grandparents. My grandpa passed away last year and even then, I was the one who cared for him when he was bed ridden til his last breath. My grandma has alzheimer's now. But her own family refuse to help me. Even just a visit, they refuse to do so...They kept insisting that it's now my turn and that I owe my grandparents this since they raised me as a kid... I dropped out of college to care for them. I can only work at home with freelance work coz no one will watch over my grandma. I can't even afford a caregiver for a day... I felt like everyone is unfair really... My parents refuse to help. My relatives too. My siblings are all out there living their life. Dating and making friends while I'm here depressed all the time and struggling to make money to support the whole family...I'm not even the oldest child... I promised myself that if I ever have a family of my own, I won't let my kids experience the same fate...
It's like having another 18 month old
My house is not set up , I don’t have kids. I work 10 hours 4x a week. Caregiver fees can add up to a thousand a week. We have to put her in a memory care home until theADU is put together
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why am i here nobody i know has dementia
Let the man make his grilled cheese sandwich he’s capable of cooking
I disagree obv he has dementia. You can tell he doesn’t know what he’s doing!
With the mold?
This is why we created Dwell at Home.
And make sure to keep a big bowl of grapes in the fridge in case they get hungry! 😁 🍇
To be honest it looked like the poor guy had been pranked hard with all the child locks ahahahahha
He should have prepared him something to eat. Set a time for food.
He seemed like he new how to make a grilled cheese sandwich. The son should take a chill pill 💊 and let the guy make his own food he was hungry and just wanted a grilled cheese 🧀 sandwich 🥪
Maybe this time but what about next time? Yes he handled it wrong but unless you living in the situation everyday you can't judge
the bread had mold all over it.lol
@@jessicarogers4325 yeh i am care giver for 3 years and now looking for videos to reduce stress 🙂
I dont think you realize what dementia does to a person, and how hard it is to take care of someone who suffers from it. Its stressful, and its something you have to deal with EVERY DAY
Maybe also put a baby monitor in the kitchen so you can hear
need them locks so ill stop eating so much
It’s like taking care of a toddler 😂
Unfortunately, it is. Especially when they're in diapers and it's hard for them to walk.
Bed making
It's all about helping our loved ones with Dementia or Alzheimer's and Challenging Behaviours.
so, my father is 6'3", He would accidentally break those plastic strips with his strength
These #childsafetylocks are a pretty inexpensive way for #dementiacaregivers to relieve the #constantstress that their charges could hurt themselves.
He dont off the gas omg🤔🤔🤔
hahahahahaha I have dementia too
Who used my account and wrote this