Individuals living with dementia may experience behavioral expressions. These expressions are your person’s reaction, based on how they perceive what’s going on around them. Behavioral expressions are a response to something.
I've created 2 worksheets for you - one to help you identify possible triggers or root causes of your person's behavioral expression; and the other to help you map out and track the interventions that you try.
Identifying Triggers for Behavioral Expressions
Think about one behavioral expression at a time, and answer these questions to try to identify what might be a trigger or root cause:
Behavioral Expressions Mapping Exercise
Identifying triggers and interventions takes practice and involves trial-and-error. Each attempted intervention can give you insight to what works and what doesn’t.
Excerpted images of the worksheets, and free pdf download below:
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