B is for breathe in BANGS
“No! I’m not doing that. Are you crazy?” Every care partner has heard a version of that coming from a person living with dementia. I learned a lot about the anger and aggression that seem to be par…
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BANGS is mnemonic for five ways anyone can use to avert and defuse conflict with people who have Alzheimer’s dementia.
Here are all links to all the letters in the mnemonic:
“B” is for breathe.
“A” is for assess, accept, and agree.
“N” is for never, never argue
“G” is for go with their flow, let go of your ego, get over it, get on with it, get down to it
“S” is for say you’re sorry (again, and again, and again!)
