marieg 0 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Hi everyone, I work in a Care Home in Glasgow, Scotland and we have just recently opened a 16 bed dementia unit. I am the activities director and I am struggling to come up with good quality activities for this particular client group. Can anyone help, it would be much appreciated. Marie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacyb 0 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Hi everyone, I work in a Care Home in Glasgow, Scotland and we have just recently opened a 16 bed dementia unit. I am the activities director and I am struggling to come up with good quality activities for this particular client group. Can anyone help, it would be much appreciated. Marie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacyb 0 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Hi Marie! I am the AD at a 120-bed home that is all Residents with dementia of some kind. We use the "Best Friend" approach and it has been very successful here. The name of the book if you can get it is "The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities" There is a volume one and volume 2. Good luck! Stacy The Fountainview Center Atlanta, Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marieg 0 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Thanks Stacey. I will go on line and try to order that book. Hi Marie! I am the AD at a 120-bed home that is all Residents with dementia of some kind. We use the "Best Friend" approach and it has been very successful here. The name of the book if you can get it is "The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities" There is a volume one and volume 2. Good luck! Stacy The Fountainview Center Atlanta, Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christyhilo 0 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Hi Stacy, I'm the activities Director for an assisted living and skilled nursing community with 120 beds (when we are full ). We have may residents who have Dementia. Some things we do is playing old music from their erra and ask them to "name that tune". They really enjoy that. You can also take some old pictures or adds and blow them up and ask them if they remember when, or if they ever had what the add is offering etc. We also do trivia (it's called Eldertrivia and they have 9 different books). We also do hangmans and family feud! They enjoy that. We do a game called guggenheim. http://www.knowledgehound.com/khhow2s/play_guggenheim.htm is a website on how to play. I use activityconnection.com too for ideas. Hope this helps. Christine Thanks Stacey. I will go on line and try to order that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill88 0 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 I work in a locked dementia unit at a day center, and this population can definitely pose a special challenge. I've found that music is often a great way to get them involved. We have one participant who wouldn't do any activities today, but when I put on her favorite Frank Sinatra tape, she sat up in her chair and started singing along, and afterwards was more open to ourother activities (a watercolor project). Fill in the blank activities with common old phrases also works to build confidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renmitt 0 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Some activities I find very successful with alzheimers residents is trivia, painting, fitness, music, balloon volleyball, story weaving and cooking. Shocking corn and snapping beans has always been a great activity and reminiscing activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelawattstexas 1 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Music works great, therapy ball with a beach ball, singing, word games, building a house, things in your house, building a car, things in your car, places in your community, things the color of... Etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelawattstexas 1 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 My Members are in three levels of cognitive ability. The lower level loves to play parachute ball, missing letters, rhyming words, quotes, name that tune, what is the color of...., animals from A-Z, Person Place or thing, This group is my favorite group to work with because i love to see what answers they come up!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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