my client has really bad anxiety if shes not doing anything..she loves coloring but she needs more things to do..i put music on for her, making jewelry with beads,hand massage, coloring, helping out around the house...if anyone knows more activies to share please let me know...thank you
Hi,
Someone mentioned this on the other forum as well. They have a large box of buttons and the client spends time sorting them into colors, shapes, etc. The other suggestion was to have her go through a box of photos and put them in piles or envelopes. Also, sewing cards that kids use, and making a sticker album. the stickers are fun, and this is time consuming.
oh ok great ideas..thank you so much!!
Here are some links that I've referenced a lot from this website (well technically the old one, I'm sure it's around here somewhere...)
This is a large list that have different areas and sentimental value to the PWD
This one is a smaller list and is an example on what a day of caring could look like
try sports, even for a couple of days 2-4, it reduces the level of stress and you can do a lot of light exercises u can take easy one from here https://betterme.world/articles/4-day-lifting-routine/ , later it can even become a hobby
I doubt it can become a hobby for someone living with dementia, depending how early in the disease the person is in, which doesn't seem to apply to the client angelbaby is referencing to.
Also a lot of sports require good hand-eye coordination and balance which overtime becomes very challenging for PWD. If you do go with sports, keep in mind the limitations the person has and to make adjustments for it (ie, time it takes to do something; seated versus standing; larger and softer balls to help with sight, grip, and reduce chances of injury to self and property; etc).
Eating, especially the kind of eating that requires some "work" - peeling tangerines or bananas, for example, or pomegranates, or other fruit. (Mine is a fruit fiend - others may prefer other foods.) If she is agitated, eating is pleasure for her and doing a task related to eating calms her.
Gardening, bird feeders (feed and watch the birds), hummingbird feeder, scrapbook making about childhood, hobbies, etc.
Card making kits to make cards, for birthday and holiday, addressing and mailing them
I have brought a couple of decks of cards with me when I visit my mom and tell her I need her help sorting them because the grandkids got them all mixed up. We separate the red cards from the blue cards. It works pretty well. She used to love to do crossword puzzles, but cant really anymore, so I read the clues, then give hints to the answers, sometimes acting out the answer...she gets a few on her own, and we laugh at my clues.
CATSWITHHANDSARETROUBLE IS RIGHT about not doing sports...my patient is in middle dementia stage...she cannot see well...is 77 and the only thing i can do w her is throw ball back and fourth which is have not tried yet...still waiting on her son to buy everything i need for my great activies ideas...like making a sticker album.. matching card game...kids sewing cards...the other caregiver took up her whole table e plants... took my idea and ran w it... anyway her son just don't care..he works all day
