Friday, October 30, 2009

101 ways to spend time with a person with Alzheimer’s disease

Listen to music . . . Toss a ball . . . Color pictures . . . Make homemade lemonade . . . String beads . . . Take photos of the person and you and create a collage . . . Plant seeds indoors or outdoors . . . Look at family photographs . . . Fold laundry . . . Cut pictures out of greeting cards or magazines . . . Play dominoes . . . Invite the person to tell you more when he or she talks about a memory . . . Make a Valentine card . . . Ask the person about his or her brothers or sisters . . . Find more ideas on the Alzheimer's Association web site.

Additional resources from AA:

Best ways to interact with the person with dementia
How to respond when dementia causes unpredictable behaviors

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