Description
Difficulty with dressing is typical in moderate dementia, especially when the person you care for has not been given treatment yet. They may need to be reminded to change clothes or dress appropriately. Often they will require assistance, as they may have difficulty with buttons, zippers or shoelaces. They may resist assistance due to the lack of privacy and loss of independence, or because of feelings of vulnerability without their clothes on. Dressing requires the support of complex web of neurological Neurological
Relating to neurology. skills that the progress of Alzheimer's diseases will, over time, disrupt. For example, to dress themselves, people must understand that time has passed. They must be able to look for and find their clothing. The person you care for may not realize that their physical appearance may be inappropriate due to memory Memory
The ability to process information that requires attention, storage, and retrieval. loss or confusion of time and place.
Much similar to the issue of bathing, people with frontotemporal dementia Frontotemporal dementia
A type of dementia that mainly affects the frontal lobe causing a problem in executive function tasks. can require help or cueing for proper dressing. Many caregivers find it useful to limit the selection of clothing in the closet by removing seasonal clothing to another closet. It can also be useful to remove clothes that have been worn frequently and unchanged while the person is sleeping. Then have them laundered and returned to the closet before the person wakes.
The first step in taking a more active role in symptom Symptom
In medicine a symptom is what the patient complains of. For example, a a patient may have symptoms of pain and fatigue. management is understanding how everyday life is affected; the next step is communicating this knowledge to the care planning team and family members. SymptomGuideTM is designed with these goals in mind.
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