Tips To Reduce Bathing And Showering Challenges - A Therapists Role | CP Authored by: Kim Warchol, OTR/L
Professional and family caregivers often report bathing as one of the most challenging areas of dementia care. People with dementia often refuse, withdraw or fight during a bath or shower. There are many things that can trigger these unhealthy responses and many of these triggers can be controlled.
Professional and family caregivers often report bathing as one of the most challenging areas of dementia care. People with dementia often refuse, withdraw or fight during a bath or shower. There are many things that can trigger these unhealthy responses and many of these triggers can be controlled.
A CNA or family caregiver often does not have the advanced expertise to identify the trigger, a prevention strategy or a helpful response. This then becomes an intervention need for a dementia trained therapist. Reimbursement for therapy services designed to reduce problem behaviors can be obtained by clearly connecting the behavior problem to a decrease in the patient's function or safety. We must clearly document how the causative factor, which is the recurring problem behavior, impacts the person's level of independence and/or safety.
