Learning Gallery Resources to Support People Who Have Dementia

Learning Gallery Resources to support people who have dementia

Supporting unusual behaviours

Managing Challenging Behaviour in Dementia DVD Torbay Care Trust in association with the Alzheimer’s Society Learning Gallery Resource code: LDGE /35dvd Running Time: 45 mins

This DVD concerns changes in behaviour common to people with dementia, which the person and their carers find distressing. Carers talk frankly about their experiences and their feelings and responses to the family member’s dementia and the challenging behaviours. Professionals, along with carers give their advice on managing such behaviours as sleep problems, aggression, paranoia, changes in eating patterns, confabulation ( filling gaps in memories with old or imagined memories) and ‘wandering’ ( this is the term used by professionals on the film). Professionals explain what could be causing the behaviours and give tips for reducing stress for the person and the carer. Carers explain how their family member communicates distress through their behaviour and how they manage the individual behaviours and look after themselves. Made for family carers, but is just as useful for community and residential staff

What Behaviour? Whose Problem? A guide to responding to the behaviour and aggression of people with dementia for staff working in long stay care settings.

Alan Chapman, Dr Graham Jackson, Colin MacDonald

The Dementia services Development Centre University of Stirling 2007 ISBN: 978-1-85769-230-3 Learning Gallery Code: LDGE 197

A guided learning workbook exploring why the behaviour of people with dementia challenges and suggests that the behaviour may be a response to the social environment.

Using case studies and activities that encourage reflection and drawing on our own experiences to encourage empathy, this easy to read workbook covers:  Our views and perceptions of behaviour that is challenging  Behaviour as communication  The impact of the environment and adapting the environment to minimise challenging behaviour  Dementia and the brain  Physical restraint  Drug treatments  Identifying possible causes and underlying reasons for behaviour that challenges  Physical causes  Ideas to minimise challenging behaviour

Useful for staff teams to work through gradually as a team to ensure a consistent approach that can be sustained in the care setting.

10 Helpful Hints for Carers: Practical solutions for carers living with people with dementia Professor June Andrews Professor Allan House

Dementia Services Development Centre University of Stirling ISBN: 978 1 85769 236 5 Learning Gallery Code: LDGE 191

‘10 Helpful Hints for Carers is an easy-to-read guide. It provides simple, practical solutions to the everyday problems family carers can face when looking after a person with dementia. Covering areas like how to cope with aggression, creating relaxing environments, ‘wandering’, sleeplessness, and how to cope with dementia and depression, it is a mine of information and good advice.’

Useful for carers of people who have dementia, community based staff for their own knowledge or to share with people who have dementia and their families.