If tasks are too complex, the care recipient may feel frustrated and defeated. If the care is habilitative, as with dementia, the care recipient may have permanently lost the ability to complete complicated tasks. Presenting the care recipient with such tasks can result in angry, even violent outbursts that can result in injury to the caregiver. Encourage movement and exercises. This is essential in rehabilitative and habilitative care.
Mobility increases independence and decreases complications due to inactivity.
If the care recipient is unable to do ROM exercises independently, then these must be done passively. It is important to remember that even the smallest efforts, if done consistently, will lead to greater independence. Provide training as needed. Regaining lost abilities or learning new ways of doing things is never easy. Caregivers must first learn what to do and how to do it.