Dementia and Delirium

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Welcome to the place where I share dementia tips, strategies, and information for family members caring for a loved one with any type of dementia (such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy Body dementia, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, etc.)
In today’s video, I talk about delirium. This is a common syndrome that can happen to anyone, but it is more common in people with dementia. It often looks like confusion and behavioral difficulties and is often mistaken for a new dementia stage or worsening of dementia. Delirium can be treated and whenever it’s suspected your loved one should get medical attention to a workup can be done to try and determine the cause. Watch today’s video to learn about delirium, what can cause delirium, and common symptoms of delirium. I hope it helps.
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In case you haven’t met me, my name is Natali Edmonds and I am a board certified geropsychologist. That means that I am a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with older adults. One day, while hiking a trail, I came up with the idea for Careblazers and I decided to see if posting videos online could provide help to the many other Careblazers in the world who don’t get to have help come directly to them in their homes. I hope that this work helps you in some way on your caregiving journey.
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@user-xm3fl8nt8v 23 дня назад

Your videos help wish they could have helped me before my husband passed away.

@sharonrinkiewicz3940 3 года назад

You hit the nail on the head with my stepdad. He is up all night. He forgot recent hospital stays. He was calling out, "help me!" all the time, but whenever I checked on him, he denied calling out. He often thought children were playing around his bed when there are no kids in the house. He lost a few years of his memory. He started becoming increasingly confused and agitated, combative whenever I gave him his meds.

@barrycrook5995 3 года назад

Thanks for the list!. My wife can present any of these and sometimes all of them in just one day. Yesterday until lunchtime was nothing but confusion and resistance to anything I tried to do, and yes..after complying with her insistance to go for a drive, it was as though the woman she was 10 years ago... was back again, and I was embarrassed in her kindness and loving attitude, something we all have to learn to live without. I have achieved the status of a Chameleon to all situations, but... how do you achieve the non emotional reactions to someone you have loved dearly for 50 years. Employing Carers looks to be the only way, as they cannot feel such loving emotion and although I have tried that status/situation, I just cant deny the close personal bond we have always had.

@sgueymard 16 дней назад

😅 My 101 year old dad who does NOT have dementia, has sudden delirium episodes during his current hospital stay. (Broken bone and urinary tract infection.) He left me a strange voice message, saying his floor was fumigated for youth reversal etc. This evening, he was "watching birds" that weren't there... Same kind of delirium happened 2 years ago during another hospital stay. I always tell the nurses and doctors, who believe he was already like that. (They are not easy to convince unfortunately. It's like telling them he suddenly caught dementia in hospital🤷🏼‍♀️ 😒)

@samwyz69 3 года назад

I’d love to sign up, but I can’t afford it right now. Sounds wonderful. Your videos are a great help. Thank you.

@garyhome7101 3 года назад

This is a facet of dementia I wasn't aware of until now. My LOWD's dementia is slowly progressing to the down side and has been for about 5 years. While he often experiences changes to his dementia symptoms, such as changes to sleep patterns (often is up all night, doesn't understand what part of the day he's in), and is having a harder time with memory and recall ( he tends to lock-in to very specific events such as his military service and can't talk about anything else during a conversation), his conversations tend to range into downright fabrications. He has becomes engaged in hours of conversations with pictures of deceased family members, and rarely remembers their passing. All of these behaviors and more, have slowly escalated to the point where he is more out of touch with reality than not. But there's been no sudden change or swing into more intense episodes (although I will say he is becoming more combative and/or aggressive when he doesn't understand particular circumstances. Trying to leave the house at night is not permitted, and when stopped, he tries to fight back or insist). Most all of the points you've listed, he's displayed, just not in any sudden way.

@rosevancea8524 3 года назад

My George is now in a dementia facility in Toronto. It may close to visitors because of Covid. I went there today. One day since admitted. They’re already seeing changes to make immediately. His rocking back and forth in the bed and chanting shows these nurses that he’s in pain and needs pain meds. George was in hospital for the last 3 months and absolutely no one could say this about him being in pain. Poor poor man being in pain for all this time and nursing staff and gerentologist couldn’t figure this out. It was easier to close the door when he became too loud. Nice eh?

@adeleg561 3 года назад

Appreciate your help always.

@ginaparvin562 3 года назад

Thank you. You are a life saver!

@mercedesblanco7470 3 года назад

Very useful! Thanks for sharing it, really appreciate it🍃🙏

@jozeflak1868 3 года назад

Dr Natalie thank you for your video Very helpful the fourth one is what we are going through right now is very different from 6 months ago very much appreciated all your videos stay safe

@michaelpatterson4456 3 года назад

Thank you.

@nermalkaur2164 3 года назад

Thank you

@theresabriant6499 2 года назад

????? Dr. Natalie, just finished your 10 day class today. Seeing these hypi delirium symptoms in Mom reversing day &. night. Sleeping after breakfast, lunch, & dinner then awake at night. Can you steer me as to where I can access more info about this? Thxs LOVED THE CLASS. Mom fell a week ago, ended up at emergency. CT scan showed blood bleed old blood bleed. She has had a good week after 3 head Staples and a pretty bad gash over her elbow.

@dianawalker8000 3 года назад

If your loved one is experiencing delirium, how do I handle those situations ? Love your videos.

@lsdev4229 Год назад

Thank you so much for this video on Delirium. Never knew it was a "thing" till my Mom got it in hospital after a heart attack...crazy times. She is still in hospital as she cannot wake herself up. She had one day of Hyperdelerium which was very scary. Acted like a five year old taking a tantrum. Was going to tell her Mother who has been dead for 40yrs. My mom is 88 yrs old😳. Very sad to watch😔 thanks again!🥰Sharon.

@amtrue_ 23 дня назад

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@linscott4470 3 года назад

UTI’s are extremely common in people with dementia. My Mum had 4 UTI’s in 7 mnths. With each one she developed hyperactive delirium. It wasnt until her last UTI that she went the opposite and had hypo delirium and was sleeping constantly and then stopped walking & talking, then her Dr put her on a daily low dose antibiotic. For 2 yrs now she has not had one single UTI, but she never recovered and has no mobility, speech or even aware of us at all. She sleeps 23hrs a day. bed bound or chair bound using a hoist to move her. The carers at the private hospital where shes at are fantastic! I honestly dont know how shes survived in this state for so long 😥

@shanesmaineshop 3 года назад

First of all thank you for all you videos, they have been a big help in caring for my mom. The biggest challenge we have is she is constantly hungry, it does not matter if she eat one pickle of a full course meal. Right after eating and sometimes every minute or two she just keeps saying she is hungry and understandably she can get upset about it. We cant just let here eat constantly as there are several other health issues and we know her system is not Hungry she just thinks she is. do you have any advice? We have talked to our doctor and we are looking into a medication for it but would love to find an alternative to that. Thank you in advance for any help you may have.

@thebenonfamily1554 3 года назад

How do l join the course please thanks for the lovely message

@blitzyboi2349 3 года назад

Do a video about the caretaker everywhere at the end of time it is a music video wich shows what dementia is like

@marionkirk2093 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing I think my LO my have this ive been in contact with his doctor they added a medication made him 10 times worse I called several times now I get in the mail another medication they want to transition him off one onto this in 3 days im so upset the med he is on works fine I mentioned a couple times he needs checked for urine infection im going to call again and see what I can do .

@ceciliab2277 Год назад

Thank your videos, they're helping me understand and coupe with caring for my mom. She has many of these symptoms but she is also having a bigger appetite, she is eating a lot to the point of eating paper towel. Have you seen anything like that?

@DementiaCareblazers Год назад

HI Cecilia, This is Trisha. Dr. Natali's social media manager. I'm sorry to hear about your situation; many dementia caregivers experience similar challenges. She is hosting a free behavior class coming up soon where she talks about how to successfully respond to challenging situations like this. Would you like me to send you the link so you can sign up and save your free spot?

@rosevancea8524 3 года назад

My husband is in hospital now for the last 3 months. He came from a behavioural place called Adams Centre in a medical delirium supposedly from drugs called respiradone and Haldol. He is in a pinel restraint for the most of the 3 months. He has frontal temporal dementia. He’s continually have hallucinations. Do you have any suggestions?

@shihafmahamud9314 3 года назад

Hey, my father is a Alzheimer's dimensia patient and suddenly it has been 2 hours he is facing breathing problems ,I dont know what to do pls give some advise

@figsworld12 3 года назад

Whats the difference with dementia and Vascular dementia with delirium?

@wandapiper4519 3 года назад

@micheledouglas6485 3 года назад

I want to join

@dtbailey8910 3 года назад

OK, so here is a problem I'm sure you have dealt with. My FIL apparently has dementia. We are in the process of getting a professional diagnosis. This takes way too much time. Until then we are prepared to hire Home Instead to do the clean up work needed every day. The problem is he has firearms in the house. He is steadfastly sure he is fine so he won't voluntarily give them up. We are considering going there when he is not home and collecting them. If he has a good day and realizes the firearms are gone he can call LEO and report them as stolen. The fact is we would be stealing them. ??? How would you deal with this issue. There are no Red Flag laws where he lives. There are no AK's or AR's here. Just standard farmer type Firearms. Rifle, shotgun, revolver.

@virtualdent 3 года назад

I want to join the course but cannot swing the $297.00 I've been helping care for my mom by myself and forfeiting work for over a year

@DementiaCareblazers 3 года назад

I'm sorry to hear that. Please do take advantage of my weekly free videos right here on YT and if you haven't already, you can download my free survival guide.

@michaelpatterson4456 3 года назад

How do I join the course?

@DementiaCareblazers 3 года назад

www.careblazers.com/care