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Lisa
Shannon Smith
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hi All,
I have 32 residents with varying degrees of dementia. I struggle to engage with our residents with limited vision and hearing, any ideas welcome? Also looking for some inexpensive sensory ideas.
https://www.goldencarers.com/20-practical-activities-for-people-living-with-alzheimers-disease/3778/#leaveComment
https://www.goldencarers.com/two-minutes-activities-for-dementia-care/4889/
Here are some activities you might want to do
Here are some inexpensive sensory ideas
https://www.goldencarers.com/sensory-lavender-rice-chamomile-dough-for-dementia/6051/
https://www.goldencarers.com/sensory/
I love using yarn with people who have visual impairment because there are many different textures. If they want to we might learn to make pom-poms or wind it up.
Lately I have been thinking about using fingermazes but have not gotten one yet.
And for those with hearing loss but preserved vision I just find books with photos, reminiscence cards or print and laminate photos of things they would like.
At the moment I have a lady who gets a new photo of herself and a photo of a baby every Wednesday and keeps them in a box she looks through every day. And another lady who just goes through her bag of yarn breaking it into small pieces.
Great ideas Elisa
I also like tangling up and untangling yarn