Tips: Visiting the Doctor

Hello, Welcome to the Evolve Senior Solutions, LLC blog by #A RN: Disclosed also known as Danielle Harris. Today’s blog post is a Caregiving Tips special. The tips for today is “Visiting the Doctor”. It is important that the person with Dementia (of whatever type) disease receive regular medical care; including the caregiver. As you know caring for a person living with Dementia takes planning and having a routine is best. Planning and having a routine for visiting the doctor is the same. These tips are also effective for those not living Dementia, but may have disabiliites. Visiting the Doctor: Scheduling : make the time of the appointment for the person’s best time of day. If they are a morning person, schedule for the morning. If there is evidence of sun downing then I would recommend not scheduling an appointment past 3pm. In addition, try to make only one appointment a day. Please, do not try to fit multiple appointments into one day, this will cause overstimulation, e