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Michele avatar
Michele Activity Director Certified

Looking for news ideas of how to deal with resident who has attention seeking behaviors that are grating on the nerves of the other residents. Giving extra attention hasn't helped. I am looking for other outlets to offer this resident. Anyone have any ideas?

Susan avatar

Hi Michele

Does this person have dementia ??

Can she help you lead a group??

This will get her plenty of attention

Here are some articles on Golden Carers on decreasing and managing problem behaviors

https://www.goldencarers.com/behavior-management-for-dementia-care/4810/

https://www.goldencarers.com/how-to-decrease-problem-behaviors/5056/

Solange avatar

Hi, Michele, I would try to distract the person with a snack, or an activity that involved him/her in ‘helping out’ for instance, helping to cut some pictures from magazines and calendars for a poster or watching a TV show of his/her liking. Consider if the person had enough sleep or if there is a trigger to make them talkative/ agitated. Overall, you cannot run a leisure session with interruptions. If possible hey should be escorted away or gathered into another group for a volunteer or another staff to lead.

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June Spry Leverton
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June Spry Leverton

Golden Carers is a wonderful resource. I really like the idea that more of it is going to be in video format as this grabs my participant's attention! Even after 20 years in the activity director role, the ideas in Golden Carers are often refreshingly innovative and really useful, even on the fly. Your help is invaluable! Many thanks!