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Coping with Caregiving Skill Building Week Three 1 Week 3 Review home practice Defining challenging behaviors Explore techniques to integrate into care 2 Coping with Caregiving, Week 3 1 An out-of-character response. A symptom of a


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Coping with Caregiving

Skill Building Week Three Review home practice Defining challenging behaviors Explore techniques to integrate into care

Week 3

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Coping with Caregiving, Week 3 2 Restlessness Agitation Anxiety Repetition Shadowing Irritability Depression Social withdrawal Aggression Paranoia Wandering Disinhibition Refusing assistance with personal care Sleep disturbance Sundowning An out-of-character response. A symptom of a disease. A form of communication

how to respond or felt you could have responded differently? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ ___________________________________

Identifying a behavior

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  • 1. Personal Preferences
  • 2. Positive Approach to Care
  • 3. Communication skills
  • 4. Get a break-respite

4 ways to cope with challenging behaviors Personal Preferences

  • 1. Temperature:_________________________________
  • 2. Tactile : ______________________________________
  • 3. Sounds: _____________________________________
  • 4. Smells: _______________________________________
  • 5. Tastes: ________________________________________
  • 6. Personal space: _______________________________________

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Coping with Caregiving, Week 3 4 Positive physical approach Announce yourself and greet Offer handshake Supportive stance

Communication Strategies

  • 1. Focus on re-assurance
  • 2. Share few/no details
  • 3. Keep it brief
  • 4. Share information in the moment
  • 5. Repeat your question or instruction multiple times

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Taking Action

What is your line in the sand? What is your action plan? How will you deal with the fog?

Visual mindfulness break

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Home Practice

Read article: The Trauma and Complicated Grief of Ambiguous Loss, by Pauline Boss Week 3: Building Skill through practice

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Coping with Caregiving, Week 3

Week 3: Positive Physical Approach

Content adapted from the Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach method. Educational content used with permission and the techniques, strategies and overall approach to care created and developed by Positive Approach, LLC. www.teepasnow.com. GEMS™ and POSITIVE APPROACH™ are trademarks of Positive Approach™, LLC.

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Coping with Caregiving, Week 3

Home Practice—Week 3: Building Skill through Practice This week we focused on:

  • 1. Personal preferences and their importance
  • 2. Communication Strategies
  • 3. Positive Physical Approach and Hand Under Hand
  • 4. Mindfulness exercises, walking away, taking a breath

Try using one of these tools to address a challenging situation:

  • Describe the challenging situation:

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  • How did it go?

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  • Did it make a difference?

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