I am a good listener by nature and I like to share. So I use these qualities on the job.
My Stepfather was my first client. He liked to read and share information with me. When he developed Alzheimer, we still continued to share information from the newspaper or books we read and things from his past. Even when he was at the point of repeating everything over and over I would sit and listen to him.
Another client was a minister and liked to sing. When he would get agitated or when he refused to do something I would have him sing one of his favorite songs. This would calm him down and channel his attention in a different direction. I also used his singing to get him to exercise.
