The most important things to keep in mind when dealing with behaviour changes
- Behaviour changes can be stressful for the person you care for and yourself. This is quite common.
- Try to make the person you care for feel more comfortable.
- Look for ways to prevent or reduce behaviour changes that are stressful, for example by using memory aids.
- Try to distract the person you care for, don’t argue.
- When one approach does not work, try another one.
- Realize that there may be good and bad days.
- Consult a medical doctor to identify any causes related to medication or illness.
- Identify whether the environment or your approach could be causing the particular symptom.
- Remind yourself that behaviour changes are part of the disease but other possible causes should be identified before accepting the disease as a cause.
