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Responding to challenging behaviour

  • Stay calm and be understanding
  • Be patient and flexible
  • Don't argue or try to convince the person that you're right
  • Acknowledge and respond to requests
  • Try not to take behaviour personally
  • Accept the behaviour as a reality of the disease and try to work through it
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