Memory Disorder Caregiving Videos
UCLA Health published the following YouTube videos in 2018. They are excellent and well worth your time to watch. They provide practical insight into ways to interact with someone experiencing dementia or other mental health conditions.
In their words: “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.”
Caregiver Training Videos on How to Interact During Difficult Emotional Conflicts
CaregiverA person who provides needed help to someone of any age who is ill or injured and unable to care for themselves. They may provide emotional support, physical assistance, financial assistance, or other types of help. Training: Agitation and AnxietyAn abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physical signs (such as tension, sweating, and increased pulse rate), by doubt concerning the reality and nature of the threat, and by self-doubt about one’s capacity to cope with it.
Aggressive Behavior in People with Dementia
UCLA Health published this video on Mar 2, 2016 UCLA psychologist Linda Ercoli, PhD, educates caregivers about the causes of verbal and physically aggressive behavior in patients with advancing dementia. She introduces behavioral management techniques that can be effective in reducing and managing aggression.
Practical Tips for Traveling with a Loved One with Dementia
UCLA Health Published on Oct 13, 2016 UCLA psychologist Linda Ercoli, PhD, educates caregivers about the things they need to know when traveling with a loved one who has Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia.
Johns Hopkins Medicine published on Oct 18, 2012
Caregiver tips for learning to accept a different reality, for being patient and kind.
YouTube Caregiver Training Videos on Safety and Dealing with Challenging Situations
Caregiver Training: Home Safety
UCLA Health Published on Feb 12, 2018 The UCLA Alzheimer’s and DementiaDementia is the broad term incorporating diseases and conditions associated with a decline in memory, language, problem-solving abilities, and thinking that affects a person’s ability to carry out everyday activities. Abnormal brain activities trigger responses that result in impaired cognitive (thinking) abilities. Dementia may affect behavior, feelings, and relationships. Dementia is usually marked by a significant loss of intellectual abilities, such as memory capacity that is severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Criteria for the diagnosis of dementia include impairment of attention, orientation, memory, judgment, language, motor and spatial skills, and function. A usually progressive condition (such as Alzheimer’s disease) marked by the development of multiple cognitive deficits (such as memory impairment, aphasia, and the inability to plan and initiate complex behavior) 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.
UCLA Health Published on Apr 23, 2018 The Common Challenges video series by the UCLA Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s is a degenerative brain disease recognized as the most common form of dementia. It usually starts in late middle age or in old age and results in progressive memory loss, impaired thinking, disorientation, and changes in personality and mood. The degeneration of brain neurons especially in the cerebral cortex and the presence of neurofibrillary tangles and plaques containing beta-amyloid help to diagnosis it on testing. and Dementia Care Program provides viewers with practical tools you can use addressing common challenges to create a safe, comfortable environment both for the person with dementia and the caregiver.
caregiver Training: Wandering
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Published on Feb 12, 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.
Caregiver Training: Sexually Inappropriate Behavior
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Published on Feb 12, 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.
Caregiver Training: Sleep Disturbances
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Published on Feb 12, 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.
Caregiver Training: Refusal to take Medication
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Published on Apr 16, 2015 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.
Caregiver Training: Repetitive Phone Calls
UCLA Health
Published on Feb 12, 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.
Caregiver Training: Repetitive Questions
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Published on Apr 16, 2015 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.
Caregiver Training: Repetitive Behaviors
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Published on Apr 16, 2015 UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Videos