Dec 30 2008
A fun New Year’s craft for those with dementia(part 4)
At thr end of the last post, I suggsted that there was another important part to making this easy, fun and useful New Year’s craft, the hat. This, as I am sure you can tell, is a great activity to be done with all who have dementia, whether they are in long term care or not. Also those who are in long term care will enjoy and benefit from this activity even if they do not have dementia.
If you looked at the picture from 2 posts ago, you probably could tell that it is the use of stickers and post it notes with different, and seasonal shapes that have a lot of stickiness to them.
I find these at the dollar store and local drug stores and at office supply stores. I find the post it note paper good because it is easy to handle and can be passed out rapidly if you have to offer the group members a high degree of help.
What I usually do is to do this craft with one or two groups making 30-50 hats.Then I let a high functioning helper or two finish the rest.
I then pass out the hats at our New Year’s celebration. I take a rool of tape and fit the hat to each person. Altenately, measure the hat size against an average head of a potential participant. Then make some hats to that size before the event you need them for. you can always adjust the size later, if necessary. After the celebration, I go from room to room of those who did not come to our party, give them a hat and a glass of pseudo champagne, and wish them well for the new year
Next A final word and New Year’s resolutions to stave off dementia or slow the decline of dementia
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
This is a fun craft for kids on New Years Eve as well.
Susan, regarding the change in themes (as we will all have the same), I read it in the forum. There doing somthing different with the catagories also, but I didn’t quite get it.
Karen
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