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leanne
recreational therapist
Alice Rietveld
Volunteer for Aged Care
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Thank you for your fantastic resources which I have utilised for some time now for the Golden Age Club which our church has run for almost 40 years. Thanks again, you provide a very valuable service which in the years to come will no doubt be more relevant as our population ages.
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help on setting up sensory based program for sundowners. Thanks Leanne Middleton.
Hi Leanne - Sundown syndrome is common in people suffering from dementia. Directing them to familiar activities may help disorientation. Here are some activities that may help, you may set up one at time or have two or three activities set up daily; depending on how many people you have to help with supervision.
Go to charity shops and buy lots of colourful children/babies clothes
Wash the clothes and place in a basket.
Place basket of clothes on a table and place two empty baskets nearby.
Ask resident to 'help' you sort the clothes by colour: white in one basket and colored into another.
Two basins with some warm water; one with soapy water.
Put dishes (unbreakable) in the soapy water basin.
Ask resident to help you wash and dry the dishes.
Dusting
Sweeping
Waltzing
Painting
Garden walk
Watering plants