Video Tips: How to Help a Person Living with Dementia Brush Their Teeth

Dental care, immensely important to a person’s overall health, becomes more and more challenging for care partners as the person’s dementia progresses. They are likely to react negatively to common oral care procedures while simultaneously experiencing changes in motor skills and sensation. Learn the best techniques for “tricking the brain” to help a person with…

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Video Tips: What is Paratonia?

  @belightcare #dementia #paratonia #alzheimers #physicaltherapy #pt #ot#cota #pta #occupationaltherapy click here to see what paratonia is: @belightcare ♬ Lofi – Domknowz When someone with dementia is resisting when you’re trying to help them, it actually might be paratonia. Passive movement occurs when someone is lifting your arm without you engaging at all. Paratonia is…

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Video Tips: Safer Late-State Care Reposition in a Bed

@teepasnow Teepa shows better late state care for shifting bed position. #dementia #OT #positiveapproachtocare #teepasnow #snowapproach #dementiaawareness #carepartner #caregiver #CNA #PT #RN #RT #paccertifiedcommunity #LPN #fyp #alzheimer #carepartnerlife ♬ original sound – Teepa Snow If someone with dementia slides down the bed, your first tendency is to try to pull or slide him or her…

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