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Lisa

5 years ago

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.

Susan

Activity Director

5 years ago

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/

Elisa

Senior Activity Coordinator

5 years ago

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.