Repeating Behaviors
The 16 sources listed below are each rated on how they can help caregivers better understand and deal with repeating behaviors in people with Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
Sources are ranked from highest to lowest.
Sources are ranked from highest to lowest.
ALZSmart Score™ - Excellent85%
Coping With Behavior Change in Dementia: A Family Caregiver's Guide
Beth Spencer and Laurie White
Pages 70-75
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Discusses 17 possible physical, medical, and emotional causes of repetitive behaviors and 16 strategies you can try for them. Looks at 3 environmental causes and 7 strategies you can try. Has 10 strategies to try for other causes of repetitive behaviors. Plus 10 other considerations for repetitive actions and questions.
ALZSmart Score™ - Excellent80%
A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia
Laura N. Gitlin, PhD and Catherine Verrier Piersol, PhD, OTR/L
Pages 53-55
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Explains what repetitive questions are and why they might occur. Has 9 common triggers. Offers 21 strategies to help with repeating questions.
ALZSmart Score™ - Very Good75%
Alzheimer’s Research Association
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Describes repeating behaviors. Has a list of 8 bullet points on how to respond. [Video 3:55] Embedded video discusses the signs of 2 types of repetition, 6 causes, 5 strategies, and 3 things to consider when responding.
ALZSmart Score™ - Very Good75%
Dementia Care Notes
Geo Location: All (IN)
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Multi-topic article with tips on wandering, incontinence, repetitions, and sundowning. The repetition section begins about 1/2 way down the page. It lists 6 reasons for repetitive behavior. Has 6 bullet points on things you can try. Also discusses common situations.
ALZSmart Score™ - Good65%
Alzheimer's Association
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Discussions the main cause of repeating behavior. Has 9 bullet points on how to respond.
ALZSmart Score™ - Good65%
UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Program
Michelle Panlilio, NP
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
[Video 3:45] Scenario-based video that shows a caregiver and her father dealing with repetitive behaviors. The video has four parts: common response, expert explanation, recommended reponse, plus 4 tips for dealing with repetition.
ALZSmart Score™ - Good65%
UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Program
Linda Ercoli, PhD
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
[Video 5:45] Scenario-based video that shows a caregiver, a daughter at work, and her mother dealing with repetitive phone calls. The video has four parts: common response, expert explanation, recommended reponse, plus 6-8 tips for dealing with repeat phone calls.
ALZSmart Score™ - Good65%
UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Program
Michelle Panlilio, NP
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
[Video 3:56] Scenario-based video that shows a caregiver and her grandmother dealing with repetitive questions. The video has four parts: common response, expert explanation, recommended reponse, plus 6 tips for dealing with repetitive questions.
ALZSmart Score™ - Good65%
When Reasoning No Longer Works (2nd Edition)
Angel Smits
Pages 137-145
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Begins with a discussion on repeating questions and then walks through an example. Has 10 ideas you can try. Lists 6 bullet points on ways to help evaluate and prevent repetitive behaviors.
ALZSmart Score™ - Average55%
VeryWell Health
Esther Heerema, MSW
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Begins with a background on obessive compulsive behavior and dementia. Discusses how to respond to obsessions and compulsions in dementia.
ALZSmart Score™ - Average55%
Daily Caring
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Explains why someone with Alzheimer’s repeats questions. Has 4 ways to respond to repeating questions.
ALZSmart Score™ - Average55%
The 36-Hour Day (6th Edition)
Nancy L. Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
Pages 159-160
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Use 3 examples to show ways to deal with repetitive behaviors.
ALZSmart Score™ - Average55%
The Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver's Handbook
Sally Willard Burbank, MD and Sue Pace Bell
Pages 165-168
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Discusses several examples of repetitive questions.
ALZSmart Score™ - Average55%
Confidence to Care (aka Home Instead)
Molly Carpenter
Pages 85-89
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Examines why repetitive behaviors happen. Has 10 bullet points for care approaches. Offers examples of how to communicate with a person who is repeating. Concludes with 4 tips on prevention.
ALZSmart Score™ - Satisfactory25%
Dementia Care Central (National Institute on Aging)
Geo Location: All (US)
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
Multi-topic article with a couple of short paragraphs on repetition.
ALZSmart Score™ - Fair15%
Learning to Speak Alzheimer's
Joanne Koenig Coste
Page 110
Geo Location: All
ALZSmart Review™ - Summary of Contents
One paragraph on a couple of examples and what they may mean.
