Personal Care - Dressing

Dementia - how carers can help with dressing
Dressing can become more and more difficult for the sufferer. My mum would find it difficult to do up buttons and zips on skirts.

Mum would also start "layering" her clothing, which is quite a common practice for Dementia patients - Mum would put on maybe three different shirts and two skirts at once - getting completely confused as well.

What seems like a really simply task to us becomes incressingly difficult for them because they actually completely loose the ability to recognize and process what item of clothing goes on in what order and also how to put it on.

Patience and laying clothing out in the order it should be put on can assist in the early stages.