Dec 29 2008
A fun New Year’s craft for those with dementia(part 3)
We were discussing a great New Year’s craft for those with dementia.
Now let us talk about what to do with the half sheet of 11 x 17 paper with the New Year’s message written on it.
I give all in the group a magic marker and tell them to start coloring any part of the hat anyway they want to. Some are afraid to do anything because they think they may be doing it wrong. I assure them that there is no wrong way. I also may make a few suggestions. I spend more time with the lower functioning folks in the group. I ask them where I should color for them or I have one of my high functioning stars help them out. Sometimes I say that I can tell by their smile that this is what they want me or someone else to do.
Another very important part of the project as you can tell by the picture in the last post is the use of………
Tomorrow, my friend
By Susan Berg author of Adorable Photographs of Our Baby-Meaningful Mind Stimulating Activities and More for the Memory Challenged, Their Loved Ones and Involved Professionals a book for those with dementia and an excellent resource for caregivers and healthcare professionals.
http://www.alzheimersideas.com
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/dementiacare/
http://dementiaviews.blogspot.com
http://activitiesdirector.blogspot.com
http://dementiatips.blogspot.com
http://alzact.today.com
Susan,
Your posts cause me to miss all the elderly people I worked with for such a short time. I sometimes wonder if I had my life to create over again, if I wouldn’t have persued work in this area.
In answer to your question about not haveing to put in the code for messages, I believe it has to do with the theme you pick for your page. However, we will all have the same theme within a week - I’ve heard. So, we will get whatever they give us, I guess.
Karen
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http://gentlecare.today.com/