The jokes, riddles, one liners and short stories are a favourite to in our facility and never fail to engage, bringing much laughter and conversation, not to mention a new round of wholesome and, not so.. joke sharing among the group. Thank you.
Hi Linda, I often print templates of Australian native animal pictures or simply 'Happy Australia day' banners and flags (a lot of pintable's are provided free on the internet) and provide equipment and colours needed for them to paint or colour in with textas. With aprons and gloves and plenty of supervision / guidance, my high care dementia patients seem always enthusiastic once started and have fun. Its basic, easy to supervise and prompt..
To further spice up this motor activity. I tossed three balloons, at varying intervals, and all of the same colour, into the circle. Any balloon within reach was "fair game" the result was hilarious laughter and controlled 'chaos' - with balloons shooting everywhere. At first, I threw in balloons of all different colours, but found our dementia patients could only focus on and track one coloured balloon. Tossing in one then.. two, then... three of the same colour, solved the problem fantastically.
I am overwhelmed with the activities on this site, truly amazing. This website has been tremendously amazing and helpful for all my residents on the dementia unit. I have worked in the field of dementia and Alzheimer’s in a long term care home for 30 years. This website is a blessing from above. You are all amazing for the future of care givers and residents.
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joke sharing among the group. Thank you.