Activities for Dementia and Ways to Spend Time Those Who Are Suffering

Activities for dementia and those with alzheimers depend of course on the abilities of the individual afflicted with the disease.

Some people feel that the activities for dementia and alzheimers needs to be a greater the use of the mind, via learning or memory, wil slow the progression of the disease.

While that ‘may’ be true in some cases, it is thought by researcher that this may protect people from the disease, but once you have it you have it and activities for dementia do not influence the disease.

With that in mind keep the daily activities for dementia sufferers should be as simple as possible. One thing you do not want to do is create frustration in the person with dementia or in you.

A number of studies have reported that mental and social activities for dementia, such as reading, dancing, doing crosswords, painting, playing music, and singing in a choir could delay the onset of dementia. It has been proposed that such activities increase brain activity, stimulate establishment of new connections between nerve cells and may even result in the production of new nerve cells.

Activities for Dementia include:

• Ask him or her to tell you about the character in their favorite book

• Play cards, dominos, or any other game

• Make cookies, brownies or a pie

• Visit with a well-behaved pet

• Give them a manicure

• Reminisce about their favorite sport, both one they watch or follow, and one they played

• Make some crafts; cards for the holidays, etc

• Water the house plants

• Name the American Presidents