{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Navigating Dementia","title":"Why Stopping a Dementia Behavior Doesn't Solve the Real Problem","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":644,"description":"Before you focus on getting a behavior to stop, ask the question that actually changes things: what is it trying to tell you?\nIn this episode, Carlyn picks up a thread from the woman and the playlist story from last week, then widens it into something bigger. Someone keeps standing up during a meal. You sit them back down, remind them it's time to eat, move the chair in, and a minute later they're up again. If we only look at what we can see, the goal quietly becomes keeping them in the chair. But the standing up might be a full bladder, a sore hip, a too loud room, food they don't recognize, or someone across the room they're trying to follow. The person may not have the words to explain any of that, so their response becomes the explanation instead.\nThe problem was never just about making a behavior stop. Carlyn makes the case that behavior, and its absence, is information, and that safety always comes first when there's real danger, but once that danger has passed, the real work is asking what changed, not just how to make it stop. She also introduces something new: The Signal Guide™ navigation system, six words that sit around the Wheel of Function™ for the moments when a tip doesn't work and you need a way to think it through instead.\nIn This Episode\nWhy \"how do I stop this\" is the wrong first question\nThe lunch table story: a behavior that kept coming back\nChange is communication, in both directions\nIntroducing The Signal Guide™ navigation system\nWhat's coming next: knowing the waters you're navigating\nConnect with Carlyn FREE Weekly Newsletter, Finding Our Way In Dementia Care -> https://abetterwaydementiacaresolutions.com/page/weekly-sign-up-1?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep9_shownotes\nWebsite -> https://www.abetterwaydementiacaresolutions.com\nFacebook -> https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562478140551\nInstagram -> https://www.instagram.com/abetterwaydementiacaresolution/\nLinkedIn ->...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kxG2MQlw-KyK0vkzoPtoiNR1h7W5sOJsTBmA53TnLEM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82YmE4/NzVkNzgyNjliMDI5/ZmEwNmZmZGRmZjBj/Y2ExMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}