Helping at Home: 13 Tips for Caring for Someone with Dementia

Use lying therapeutically to reduce stress on your loved one. For instance, if you need to go to the doctors for an appointment, tell your loved one that you are going to the doctor's office to pick up papers. Then once you are there, tell them the doctor just wants to say hello, which will hopefully get them into the room for their visit. If they start to ask questions, be as straight forward as possible. Maybe tell them they are there for their annual checkup and need to cooperate and then you will go out for a treat or take a walk when you get home.