How to Plan Engaging Activities for a Person with Dementia
Playing games is good for the brain.
And you’re never too old to play. Games and activities have been proven through research to help people with dementia maintain cognitive function longer and improve mood while decreasing the risk for depression.
Dementia Activities is a caregiver’s guide with a focus on games and meaningful activities that you can use to engage and delight your loved one with dementia while also maintaining their dignity as an adult. Inside this guide you’ll find information on specific activities along with time-tested, reliable methods that will help you:
- Learn how meaningful activities can impact the wellbeing of you and your loved one, and why you should start today
- Discover the four areas of the human experience that need support, and how you can benefit by focusing on them
- Create lasting, loving memories that will lift you up and hold you close in the future
- Seize control of your time with tips and tricks for scheduling and implementing daily activities
Caring for a person with dementia is an intense, at times overwhelming, and time-consuming lifestyle. There are many days when caregivers, just like you, struggle with what to do with their loved one with dementia.