TIPS FOR CAREGIVER IN MAINTAINING THE ALZHEIMER PATIENT MIND TO STAY ACTIVE.

This tips is for the caregiver that taking care for an Alzheimer patient, it's hard for this

type of patient for the caregiver, as we knew that Alzheimer patient are sometimes are

unaware on what is happening on his/her environment and sometimes forgot names

of people that he/she knows for a long period of time and usually names of the relatives

or whatsoever.and in fact,this incurable disease was first described by the German
psychiatrist and neuropathologist in 1906, Alois Alzheimer,and the disease was name
after him.

      “Some Signs Of Alzheimer disease are”

           1) Confusion

           2) Restlessness

           3) Memory loss

           4) irritable behavior

           5) language breakdown

 This Alzheimer disease is known to be incurable disease and  is called as the cell from a human brain is dying.

As a caregiver that taking care of Alzheimer patient,always find the way as the 

best ways to help keep the patient mind stay active,and this case of disease as a

caregiver,you must have a lots of patience to have within you as a care provider,

that truly understand the situation of the patient,in day by day routine,do all the

best to first engage in any conversation to both of you and the patient,any topic

that catch the interest of the patient to have the conversation,this will help the

mind to stay active,and be aware that for a few minutes the patient will forget,

there's nothing we can do about that,just always maintain the treatment,it is not

the cure for the said disease, but in engaging to any conversation with the patient

this can help activate the brain to exercise for couple of minutes and will be back

on the point where the disease stock the brain,there are also ways to help keep

the mind of the patient active,by means of reading,any kind of books that gain

interest of the patient or any news papers to keep up to date the patient memory,

do all the best as a caregiver to help the patient and work within your heart as

treating the patient as your best friend,as a caregiver you must to understand

and always put your feet on yours patient shoes and feel what the hardship

that the patient is experiencing in daily cycle of his/her life.

Always find the best ways to engage any conversation for the patient to his/her

interest at all times to help keep the mind active,talk to the patient within your

heart and even the conversation is the same with the other day,put the patient

on track to have the conversation, and let the patient enjoy the conversation,

and when you as a caregiver knows what really interest the patient to have

a conversation,remind the patient of the people that he/she knows, like the

member of he family or the son, daughter or whatsoever that keeps the patient

enjoying the conversation. This simple mind exercise doesn't eliminate the

disease,but it'll help the mind of the patient to remember something and

exercising the brain of the patient to be active and not stock,always at all

times be patience to engage any conversation that keep the patient to be

on track and be creative to do all the best possible options to maintain

the patient mind active, and help also the patient to join some gathering

of the patient friends like talking while drinking coffee together with some

of the patient friends or by playing chess or other mind games that gain the
interest of the patient or watching television together and engaging with some
conversation and or the family of the patient if there is an occasion or either
the family of the patient will engage some conversation,and always remember

that you as a caregiver can maintain this simple brain exercise in day by

day routine for the Alzheimer patient.

Caregiver vital role in Alzheimer patient is to keep the patient safety at

all times when at home,Alzheimer patient is not safe when alone at home,

it is always recommended by the medical professional to have caregiver

at all times with the patient sake and safety at home and at all times to be

with the Alzheimer patient, because some case of Alzheimer patient, the

patient will walk even in the middle of the night if the patient think that she/he

will go to somewhere place that even himself doesn't know where he/she

is going. also, at the patient home, some other things is flammable and it

is to dangerous for the Alzheimer patient to be alone at home,in

bottom line,caregiver will be the guide and the person that will always

remind the patient and keep the safety and all the essential things

for the patient and as a whole for the patient sake,such as diet,medication,

feedings,bathing,clothing,and as a whole in daily routine.      BY: J.LE