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Tips for Making Bathing Easier with Dementia

ByMargaret Jarrell

from Brush Development's 10-Day Toolkit for Care Partners (Module #2)

As a gift to all the hard-working care partners, we are making From Surviving to Thriving: 10-Day Toolkit for Care Partners available at no cost. We will release one module each month. Each module consists of a 10-minute video and printables. Whether you are a family or a professional care partner, we have taken the most important yet challenging situations of caregiving and made a toolkit full of resources for you to try out. It only takes 10 minutes a day for 10 days. Get started below!

Module #3: Tips for Making Bathing Easier with Dementia

Free Resources:

  • Watch the video
  • How to Wash Away the Stress: Bathing with Dementia (free printable)

Watch the video:

How to Wash Away the Stress: Bathing with Dementia

Bathing with DementiaDownload

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