Get creative! Drawing, collages, painting, photography, woodworking, jewelry making; only your imagination sets limits for how you can make art. It can be a nice way to stimulate creativity, and facilitate a good time spent together. Depending on what the person you are caring for needs, you might need to
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Easy family games such as lawn games can be a nice distraction from the stress of dementia. You can try horseshoes, croquet, boccia, cubbs etc. If the season or the functional status of the person demands you to stay inside, look for indoor versions at the toy store for bowling,
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Do some research into your local facilities. Many museums offer dementia-friendly exhibitions, workshops and guiding. If the venue has not published anything on the topic, it can be helpful to contact them. They can help you adapt experiences to suit better for persons with dementia. Sharing experiences of culture can
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Gathering in front of the TV can be important for social contact and togetherness during progress of the disease. For people with dementia, watching TV alone seems to be less important as a leisure activity, but the closer others are, the more it affects joy in watching. Familiarity with the
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Many of those suffering from dementia avoid interacting with family members or friends, as they are recognizing their decreasing abilities and functioning and in turn are embarrassed or frustrated. The reversal of roles, where children are taking care of parents can make some isolate from social interactions with them. In
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