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1- Activities Ideas
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Thanks for watching! In this video I'll share the 2 things your loved one is actually talking about when they are saying things that don't make sense to you and exactly what to say in response to one of these 2 things
so that you can more quickly get your LO needs taken care of.

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Why it's Hard to Understand Our Folks with Dementia:
What folks with dementia talk about when that they are saying sounds like "just confused talk" or meaningless can be put into 2 categories:
1) associations
2)long term memories.

Associations:
Associations are our brain's way of putting all of the information we get in a day into categories to remember them easier.

In the example, the person with dementia was struggling to communicate that her feet where hurting herShe asked to go home (as many people with dementia do) because she associates home with comfort and feeling better

She then asked for her slippers because in her mind slippers mean comfort for her feet and her feet were hurting her. Asking a few simple questions about the association helps you to uncover the need underneath the confusion.

Long Term Memories:
The long term memories are the memories that are older like our childhoods or being a young adult that tend to be more resilient than short term memories when it comes to dementia.

In this example, Mr.Smith was the owner of a lumber business for 30 years. He saw a bunch of healthcare workers running around and assumed that they were is employees as this was the long term memory he still had.

Mr Smith may have forgotten how to tell people he was tired or just got confused with the healthcare workers running around and looked to his long term memory for guidance and to help him get his need of some sleep met.


1 Simple Way to De-Code Associations & Long Term Memories
In the examples, the caregiver asked a simple question each time about the association or the memory.This is the way you can find the need beneath what seems like meaningless talk from your LO or client.

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