Last year, when we were planning a new look for the newsletter, Share, we asked members what they wanted from the newsletter and what they found most useful. Many said tips and advice.
We're planning to include a new section in Share aimed at helping carers by unravelling what a person with dementia may be feeling/needing when they display unusual behaviour.
There will also be contributions from CPNs (community psychiatric nurses) and clinical psychologists suggesting ways of responding to different forms of behaviour.
So, what I'm looking for is examples of unusual behaviour. These might include hiding the post, packing and unpacking bags, or more alarming behaviour such as
threatening to murder their carers who they perceive to be strangers.
If you have any examples of unusual behaviour, I'd be grateful if you could share them with me, and hopefully we can try to help people and carers understand what the person with dementia is going through, and offer good tips as to how to help them.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Best wishes,
Rachael D
We're planning to include a new section in Share aimed at helping carers by unravelling what a person with dementia may be feeling/needing when they display unusual behaviour.
There will also be contributions from CPNs (community psychiatric nurses) and clinical psychologists suggesting ways of responding to different forms of behaviour.
So, what I'm looking for is examples of unusual behaviour. These might include hiding the post, packing and unpacking bags, or more alarming behaviour such as
threatening to murder their carers who they perceive to be strangers.
If you have any examples of unusual behaviour, I'd be grateful if you could share them with me, and hopefully we can try to help people and carers understand what the person with dementia is going through, and offer good tips as to how to help them.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Best wishes,
Rachael D