The CNA Training Deals With Dementia Patients

August 29th, 2009 by admin

There is a lot of tasks that a CNA is expected to perform. This is why, during your cna training, they teach you how to do anything that will be expected of you so that there is no surprises. The hardest part of your training may be how to deal with people who have dementia or Alzheimer’s diseases. It is hard to get true answers out them and you have to learn to read their body language. Pain is an obvious one in that they patient is writhing around and crying out. They also may try to grab at you or get you to do things out of context.

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