What is repetitive behaviour?
A person living with dementia may forget what they have said, heard or did from one moment to the next, leading to repeated questions and actions.
Usually doing things over and over is not harmful to the person living with dementia, if the carer knows how to deal with it. If not, the person living with dementia can become anxious, aggressive or depressed and the carer can become stressed. As a result, carers may respond inappropriately, for example by screaming, which often makes the person with dementia feel guilty.
