Decrease Of Negative Behaviors Such As Agitation, Aggressiveness, Or Erratic Wandering May 2026
You will have days where you get hit. Days where you find them in the neighbor's yard. Days where you lose your temper.
Take the 15 minutes. Eat the snack. Call the relief aide. Lock the bathroom door and cry if you need to. A regulated caregiver is the single most effective medication for a dysregulated patient. Agitation, aggression, and wandering are the language of a broken neurology. They are not enemies to be conquered. They are symptoms to be soothed. You will have days where you get hit
We are trained to see these as "negative behaviors." But here is the paradigm shift that changes everything: You will have days where you get hit