Make sure you don't inadvertently reward
him for the biting.
Also, it is a statistical fact that Down's
syndrome patients are more often affected with early onset Alzheimer's disease
then the general public is. You may be dealing with both retardation and
dementia now.
Do you have a consulting psychologist or
facility psychiatrist? Special education teachers are also a good source
of ideas and interventions.
From: Heidi Ebertowski
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 15,
2004 9:46 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ideas
needed
Is this a behavioral problem r/t the
move??? Has he displayed this behavior in the past or is it
new??
Sounds like anything you �put� on isn�t
going to work. Is there anything else he enjoys. We have a
resident with severe MR that likes to hold a picture of animals. It
helps calm him and he doesn�t grind his teeth like he usually does when he�s
tense.
Heidi
Ebertowski,R.N.
MDS
Care Coordinator
Valley
Memorial Homes
Grand
Forks, ND
(701)787-7937
fax (701)787-7901
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MDS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:36
AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ideas needed
I have
a question for the group. I am at wits end, and I am looking for any
suggestions. I have a male resident who is in his 60's, he has downs
syndrome, I recently inhearited his problem from the other mds coordinator
when a room swap was done. But I digress. The problem we are
having is he is constantly chewing on both of his thumbs. He chews on
them at the knuckle part, and he has them red, sore, and the doctor would like
something done. We have tried different types of flavors, like tobacco,
hot sauce, bitter tastes, putting band aides on them. He is not fased by
the tastes, and he removes the band aides, and throws them in the trash.
We thought about biker gloves, but he would not leave them on. So I am
in need of help. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. You can
email me privately if you want.
