#051: How to Eliminate Negative Triggers in a Dementia Friendly Home

The Alzheimer’s Podcast:
Adapting Your Home for Dementia – Keep them home longer, safer, and happier

Hello I’m Mike Good of Together in This.

Welcome to Episode 51 of The Alzheimer’s Podcast, your #1 source for practical tips and insights.

My goal is always to empower you to maintain a positive experience, reduce and eliminate the need for medications, and make your time together with those you care for, the best it can be.

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Show Notes:

For the past 3 episodes, Christy Turner and I have been discussing the four elements that I teach strategies for in my signature course, Adapting Your Home for Dementia.

In episodes 48 through 50, we discussed the importance of safety, function, and stimulation in a dementia friendly home.

In this episode, we close out this series with a discussion on the fourth element: eliminating triggers which result in negative outcomes; aka. Unwanted behaviors.

If you’ve been incorporating the elements of safety, function, and stimulation into your home, then you are already well on your way to eliminating negative triggers.

Adapting your home for dementia and making it dementia friendly is a lot of work but by taking incremental steps each day, you can keep your loved one home longer, safer, and happier.

Thank you and I look forward to sharing more with you next week when Christy and I start a 3 episode series on end of life – creating a good death, things no one tells you about end of life, and the end of life specialists.

Bye now.