Dementia: agitated behaviours

Dementia changes people’s behaviour and emotions. Sometimes, people living with dementia can become agitated or aggressive.

They might:

• get upset or cry
• pace or fiddle
• repeat themselves and talk constantly
• swear, scream, shout or make threats
• be physically violent or damage things.

Agitated or aggressive behaviour is stressful for everyone. Certain situations or feelings can cause it. But there are also things you can do to reduce these behaviours.