not sure if you may have already answered this, but I work as a nurse's aide in AL. once in a while, we get residents that should be in a dementia facility or memory care. it gets frustrating when we have someone move in that can be overly aggressive/confused 24/7.i always fear for my other residents safety, and we are also locking all their doors, as he wanders in their rooms at night. this is not the first
(extremely aggressive) dementia resident I've dealt with in assisted living.
my question is do you have any tips on how to limit aggression and/or confusion? there's so much repitiveness with these residents and I just feel so helpless. I've tried redirection; try to get them involved with activies with our more able residents, but it just causes more issues. thanks!
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not sure if you may have already answered this, but I work as a nurse's aide in AL. once in a while, we get residents that should be in a dementia facility or memory care. it gets frustrating when we have someone move in that can be overly aggressive/confused 24/7.i always fear for my other residents safety, and we are also locking all their doors, as he wanders in their rooms at night. this is not the first (extremely aggressive) dementia resident I've dealt with in assisted living.
my question is do you have any tips on how to limit aggression and/or confusion? there's so much repitiveness with these residents and I just feel so helpless. I've tried redirection; try to get them involved with activies with our more able residents, but it just causes more issues. thanks!
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