Tips for anxiety

Again, hypnosis has been more helpful than the medications for lessening anxiety. The other things that help are predictability and being prepared. Dwane does much better if we keep a routine. It does not have to be rigid, but some framework of a routine. Also, I make sure he knows well ahead what time and where we are going. In unfamiliar situations he will ask over and over what time the same event is, or where it is. I find it best to just answer repeatedly. If that is too annoying to do, then writing the time and place on a piece of paper for the person with dementia seems to help. Perhaps the worst incident is if we have to get up earlier than usual. He has trouble setting an alarm clock correctly, and even if it is set correctly, he is so anxious that he often gets up hours before we need to. I haven't found an effective solution for this yet. Has anyone else?