How to Inspire a Dementia Patient to Shower

Getting an Alzheimer's patient to shower can be difficult. In order to accomplish this mission you will need to learn how to be a guide, how to use bright light, and how to use positive reinforcement.Listen Now  or Continue ReadingBy Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomThousands of caregivers and dementia professionals have used these techniques and they work.My mother usually resisted when I asked her to take a shower - for years. When she occasionally said something other than NO, I looked to the heavens as if it was a reward.Learn More -5 Tips, How to get an Alzheimer's Patient to ShowerSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:It took me quite a long time to figure out what to do andhow to properly motivate my mom so she would take the shower without resistance.1. Constant positive reinforcement about the positive effects of being clean.My mother would usually take her shower around 3 in the afternoon. I gave up trying to get her to take her show in the morning because she wouldn't do it.Topic -Dementia care meet meanness with kindnessDuring the course of the day I would start setting the stage for the shower early in the morning and throughout the day.An hour before her shower, I would take my shower and then come out with my head still wet and my face clean shaven and start extolling how great it felt to be clean.I would get my mother to touch my face and show her how smooth it was. As she was touching my face I would say - smooth a few times.Eventually sh...
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