Managing Symptoms

  • Practical Tips for carers of people with dementia: Providing everyday care to the person with dementia
  • Cognitive
  • Emotional – depression
  • Personality
  • Other – hallucinations, day-night confusion
  • Physical (swallowing, walking, eye movement, fall risk, stiffness)

Potential Safety Issues

  • Fall risk—Maine Falls Prevention Coalition
  • Swallowing and choking
  • Sleep disturbance
  • Wandering
  • Getting lost
  • Mood changes
  • Personality changes
  • Loss of insight
  • Giving up driving (see our diagnosis-specific recommendations)

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