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Living With Dementia - Needs of Helmut and Martina - Coggle Diagram
Living With Dementia - Needs of Helmut and Martina
Emotional Needs
Martina
Coping Strategy
Needs to maintain a daily routine and live for the moment
Ups and downs to emotions
Sometimes can accept the situation
Sometimes aggressive emotions towards caregiving
Basic Necessities of daily living
Helmut
Requires assistance
Brushing teeth
Cooking and eating meals
Would starve if wife Martina wasn't caring for him
Incontinent
Goes to senior day care centre 3 days/week
Reduced physical activity
Used to hike often prior to diagnoses
Martina
Physical exhaustion
Emotional overwhelm and burnout
Social Isolation
Kids have moved out and there is no one there to help her cope
Difficult to maintain relationships and friendships
Is an independent individual but is pushed to respond and talk more to communicate with Helmut
Communication
Helmut
Disease progression has rendered him no longer able to speak
Having others treat him like a child when unable to demonstrate understanding can be demeaning
Sometimes he wants to communicate but is unable to convey his thoughts
Martina
Caregiver sometimes has to adjust talking to Helmut as a child or adult to convey actions and thoughts
Feels obligated to entertain Helmut if he appears to be bored, as he is unable to talk
His responses to questions are difficult to decipher
Safety
Helmut
Confused and wandered off
Concerns regarding knowing the way home
Concerns regarding remembering who or where he is
Martina
Concerned regarding keeping Helmut safe
Wanting to know where Helmut is all the time