168 Hour Caregiving Work Week: Activity and Behavior Interventions for Low Functioning Individuals

As our client or loved one's dementia progresses, it can become increasingly difficult to engage them or find non-drug interventions to use to calm them down when a behavior occurs.
With over 300 ideas and examples, the newest book from the 168 Hour Caregiving Work Week Series - Activity and Behavior Interventions for Low Functioning Individuals offers tips and insights which can help you. This book is designed as a quick reference guide of ideas to engage the one you care for in any setting. Throw away any pre-conceived notions you and others may have on how something should be done. There is no right or wrong way when it comes to engaging someone in an activity, conversation or re-direction. There is only what works for you and your client. With decades of combined experience, we have put together this simple tool to help every caregiver and can be used with for the following:

1. Alzheimer's
2. Lewy Body Dementia
3. Frontal Lobe Dementia
4. Vascular Dementia
5. Parkinson's
6. Traumatic Brain Injury
7. Huntington's Disease
8. Stroke

Here are some of the the activity and intervention topics covered in this book:

1. Music Activities
2. Baby Doll Nurture Program
3. Pet and Animal Therapy
4. Spiritual Activities
5. Computer Game Activities
6. Recreation and Outdoor Activities
7. Yelling and Screaming Behaviors
8. Time and Place Orientation Behaviors
9. Poor Judgement Behaviors
10. Inappropriate Sexual Expression Behaviors

The bullet point ideas in this guide are designed to provide a starting point with a simple, proven ideas to work with. When combined with your knowledge of your client, you can modify the non-drug engagement ideas to engage or intervene in a behavior. The behavior examples listed in this guide are some of the common behaviors an individual with dementia may exhibit. The non-drug activities and interventions listed offer you several options to try to calm or re-direct the one you care for.