How to stop wandering in dementia patients?
How to stop wandering in dementia patients?
8 ways to prevent Alzheimer’s wandering
- Install door and window alarms and locks.
- Camouflage doors that lead outside.
- Clearly mark interior doors.
- Find and solve triggers for wandering behavior.
- Enroll them in a safe return program.
- Have them wear a GPS device at all times.
- Hide keys, purses, wallets.
- Be prepared.
How do you ask a thoughtful question?
- Have a purpose. Everyone has got an opinion and just stating your opinion without any purpose doesn’t make it a good question.
- Give everyone else a chance.
- Have the courage to speak up.
- Ask open ended questions.
- Prepare ahead of time.
- Observe and sense your environment.
- Be comfortable with silence.
What would you hard questions?
Hard “Would You Rather” Questions
- Give up social media or eat the same dinner for the rest of your life?
- Lose all of the money you’ve earned this year or lose all of the memories you’ve gained this year?
- Have no taste or be colorblind?
- Know the date of your death or the cause of your death?
What are some impossible questions?
17 questions that are impossible to answer
- If God exists and he (or she) revealed themselves, would people who believe in God actually accept God as God?
- If the Universe was born at the Big Bang, what existed before then?
- Why do cats purr?
- What is the purpose of death?
- Why do women go through menopause but men do not?
What are effective questioning techniques?
Effective Questioning Techniques
- Prepare your students for extensive questioning.
- Use both pre-planned and emerging questions.
- Use a wide variety of questions.
- Avoid the use of rhetorical questions.
- State questions with precision.
- Pose whole-group questions unless seeking clarification.
- Use appropriate wait time.