Common Challenges Videos
A series of videos produced by the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program to help caregivers understand how to better care for persons with dementia. They cover a range of topics including:
Alcohol Abuse
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When did you notice the alcohol consumption becoming problematic?
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As a result of her alcohol intake, what issues did she and your family encounter? How did the dementia aspect complicate her issues with alcohol
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What interventions did you take to try to help your mother stop drinking? What did and didn’t work?
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What advice would you give other caregivers? What did you learn from this experience
Driving
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How did your loved one respond when she was told by her physician that she could no longer drive?
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What interventions did you take to try to help your mother to stop driving? What did and didn’t work?
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What problems did your family encounter? How did the dementia aspect complicate her refusal to give up driving?
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What advice would you give other families who are struggling to get their loved one to stop driving?
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What did you learn from this experience?
Lack of Eating
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Tell me about your father’s eating problem.
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What did you do to try to help him?
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Did the doctor have any other suggestions?
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Was there anything you did?
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Is there anything you could have done different?
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Do you have any advice for others?
Paranoid Thoughts
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When do you notice your father experiencing paranoid thoughts?
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When did these behaviors start?
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How does your mother handle them now?