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Sometimes, a simple task like dressing an Alzheimer's patient become challenging. At the initial stage of disease it may be a challenge but as the disease progresses this takes the role of a task. The caregivers have to give some signals to the patient, so that he can start dressing. A caregiver will be responsible for dressing the Alzheimer's patient.

Following are some tips that should be used when dealing with a patient in dressing:
* Keep the things as simple as possible.
* Talk to your loved one bout his priorities and then concentrate on dressing.
* Plan everything in advance.
* Ensure that the patient pay attention at what you are doing.
If as a caregiver you experience problems in dressing your patient, he would have a lot of choices to choose from and he might be unable to choose something appropriate. To avoid such conditions, it is important to limit the selection available. The limited choice will avoid the confusion and the less number of choices will allow them to remember the location of certain items.

As the disease progresses, you will see that your patient is forgetting the order for putting on their clothes. This can help them in minimizing the distraction from sources. You may notice that your patient is struggling to select the appropriate clothing. Planning everything according to them and providing their clothing in advance can be a very simple solution for this.

Some patients become embarrassed while dressing if they have to do it in front of the caregiver. Remember that as the disease progresses they have difficulty in remembering people. Ensuring some degree of privacy dressing can help to come out of the feeling of embarrassment.

Be careful about the clothes selected, they might face difficulty with zippers, buttons and other fasteners. This can be simple as holding out the clothing item, putting a hand into a sleeve and starting to fasten the item. This could then cause the Alzheimer's patient to start the process themselves.

Some caregivers start undressing their loved one in public; it could be possible that they may be uncomfortable in their clothes. The Alzheimer's patient may be having difficulty communicating about.

Never forget the basics of providing the Alzheimer's patient the best care possible. Provide lots of encouragement and lots of praise. This will not only make the atmosphere more pleasant for the person with Alzheimer's but make the caregiver's life just a little easier when it comes time to dress those they care for.