ᐱᕈᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᐱᖅᑐᐃᓃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ — ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᖃᙱᑦᑐᑦ

ᐱᕈᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᓯᒪᔪᒧᑦ: ᓄᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓃᑦ, ᓂᕿᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᐅᔪᑦ, ᐃᙱᖅᓯᕈᓯᐊᑦ, ᑲᑎᑎᓯᒪᕐᓂᕆᓃᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᓪᓗ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ, ᓴᐃᒪᓂᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᖅ ᐐᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᖓᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᒧᑦ ᑲᐃᔪᓯᔪᖅ, ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᐱᖅᑐᐃᓃᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᒐᔪᒃᑐᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᓗᑎᒃ, ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᒪᓕᒃᓴᐃᑦ.

ᒪᓕᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᐱᖅᑐᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ

• ᐊᐱᕆᐊᖃᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᐱᖅᑐᐃᓂᕐᓂᒃ. «ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᕐᓗᖓ…» ᐊᒻᒪᓗ «ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ…» ᐅᓂᒃᑳᒧᑦ ᑲᐃᔪᓲᑦ. «ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᕕᐅᒃ…?» ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᕆᖅᐸᒃᑐᖅ.
• ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᖃᙱᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ. ᐊᑐᙱᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ «ᑭᓇᐅᕙ ᑖᓐᓇ?», «ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ?» ᐊᒻᒪᓗ «ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᕕᐅᒃ ᐊᑎᖓ ᑭᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ…?»
• ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖓ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕈᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᐸᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᓗᒍ ᐊᐱᕆᐊᖃᕐᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ.
• ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᖅᑐᐃᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒍ. ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓗᑎᑦ, ᓈᓚᒃᑐᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓗᑎᑦ, ᒪᓕᒃᓗᒍᓗ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᖅᑐᐃᓂᕐᒥᒃ.
• ᐃᓄᖅ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᑦ. ᐊᓯᐊᒍᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕈᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᒪᓕᒃᓗᒍ.**

National Institute on Aging’s guidance on communicating ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᐃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓂᒃ, ᓴᐃᒪᓂᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓂᐱᒥᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᒪᓕᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᕙᓂᓪᓗ.

ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅ ᒥᑭᓪᓗᓂᓪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᖅ

• ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᓯᒪᕕᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓ?
• ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᑖᒻᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᒋᑦ ᒥᑭᓪᓗᑎᑦ?
• ᑭᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᐱᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᕕᑦᓯᓐᓂ?
• ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᓯᓂᒃᑎᕆᕕᑦ? ᑭᓇᓗ ᐃᓚᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ?

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᖅ ᓴᓇᕐᕈᓯᐊᕐᓂᕐᓗ

• ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᒋᑦ?
• ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᓂ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᑦ.
• ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᕐᕈᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᒋᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᐊᖃᖅᐸᒋᑦ ᐊᒡᒐᒃᑯᑦ?
• ᑭᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᕐᓄᑦ?

ᓂᕿᑦ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᕐᕈᓯᐊᕐᓂᕐᓗ

• ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᒍᓯᑦ ᓂᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᒋᑦ ᓈᓚᒐᖃᕐᕕᒻᒥ?
• ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᓂᕿᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᒍᓯᕕᑦᓯᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐅᓪᓗᒍ ᓴᓇᕐᕈᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᑦ.
• ᐱᔪᒪᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᐃᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᓂᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᒋᑦ ᒥᑭᓪᓗᑎᑦ?
• ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑦ ᑎᑉᐱᕆᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓯᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᐱᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕐᓂᒃ?

ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓗᓂ sensory activities ᒪᓕᒃᓴᐃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᑭᔪᒥᒃ ᓂᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐸᑦ.

ᐃᙱᖅᓯᕐᓃᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᕐᓗ

• ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑦ ᐃᙱᖅᓯᕈᓚᐅᖅᐱᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓚᐅᖅᐱᑦ ᒥᑭᓪᓗᑎᑦ?
• ᑭᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᐃᙱᖅᓯᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ?
• ᓇᓂ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᐃᙱᖅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ: ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ, ᒧᒥᕐᕕᓂ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᒻᒥ?

ᐃᙱᖅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᑕᑯᒍᒃ music activities for people with dementia.

ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑏᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᓃᑦᓗ

• ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᒃ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᓯᒪᕕᑦ?
• ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᐃᓅᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᕐᓂᒃ.
• ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᒍᓯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᒋᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ?
• ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᒍᓯᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐱᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ?

ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓂᒃ, ᑕᑯᒍᒃ holiday activities for someone with dementia.

ᐃᓚᒌᒍᓯᑦ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᖏᓪᓗ

• ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐃᒡᓕᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ.
• ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᑲᑎᑎᓯᒪᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᕐᓯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ?
• ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᓱᕈᓯᑎᑦ ᒥᑭᓪᓗᑎᑦ.
• ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᑎᑦ ᐊᑎᖅᐸᒋᑦ?

ᐃᓚᒌᒍᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᐱᖅᑐᐃᓃᑦ ᓴᐃᒪᓂᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᕆᐊᖃᕐᓗᒋᑦ. ᐃᓄᖅ ᐊᓪᓚᖁᔾᔪᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᒪᓕᒃᓗᒍ ᐊᐱᕆᐊᖃᙱᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ.

ᐃᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦᓗ

• ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᐃᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃ.
• ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᓯᓚ ᐃᓄᓚᐅᕕᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᓯᒪᕕᑦ?
• ᐱᕈᕌᖓᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᒪᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
• ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᓂᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᑦ.

ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓪᓗ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ

ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓲᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᖅ ᐃᔨᖓᓄᑦ ᑐᖁᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᑦ, «ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᑖᓐᓇ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ.» Alzheimer’s Association’s guidance on activities ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᐃᙱᖅᓯᕈᓯᐊᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᑦ; ᑕᑯᒍᒃ reminiscence activities ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖓ ᑲᑎᑎᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ.

ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᖅ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᓪᓗᓂ

ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᖁᔾᔪᓯᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᖅᓯᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᑦᑐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᐃᔪᓯᔪᑦ. ᐃᓄᖅ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᕈᓐᓇᖅᐸᑦ, ᐊᐱᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ. ᓴᐃᒪᓂᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᑦ, «ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕈᒪᕖᑦ?» ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᓗᒍ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ, ᑎᐅ ᑐᓂᓗᒍ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᙱᖅᓯᖅ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᓪᓚᖑᐊᕐᓗᒍ.

ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᓱᒃᑎᓂᖅ

ᐱᕈᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ, ᓴᐃᒪᓂᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᓂᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ. ᐆᒃᑐᕋᕐᓗᒍ conversation cards ᐊᖏᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᐱᖅᑐᐃᓂᕐᓂᒃ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ finish the saying ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓂᒃ ᒥᑭᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥ. ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᑕᑯᒍᒃ communication tips for someone with dementia.