Thursday 30 July 2015

Choosing Games For Dementia Patients

By Kathrine Franks


Caring for patients with dementia can be challenging. The condition itself is a challenge to the person suffering from it. This is why, caregivers need to have a good command of he things that they are supposed to do so they can provider a better environment, albeit a very stimulating one, for the patient that they are looking after.

There are activities that patients suffering from these conditions should be allowed to take part of. The key is for them to continue using their brain to help prevent the spread of the condition. There are games for dementia patients that their carers can let them engage in so they will be able to battle out the forgetfulness brought about to by the condition.

It matters that you have a good understanding of the condition that they are suffering from if you want to really care for them. You have you to remember that the key towards extending to them the attention and care that they need is when you know what they are going through and what steps have to be taken to avoid the condition from further deteriorating.

Create a good place where your patient can really enjoy the time that they are going to spend here. You want them to feel comfortable and at ease in the place. They can enjoy these games better when they are enjoying the setting there they are doing these activities. Setting a place where they can regularly come to every time you want to hold these activities will create a sense of ease and comfort.

There are a lot of activities that you would want these patients to engage in as their pastime. The key here is for you to find something that they may be interested and doing, but will keep them stimulated as well. It is not enough that it is interesting. It has to contribute something towards ensuring that their brain activity is going to be enhanced in the process.

Games like puzzles and crosswords are very good choices when it comes to doing activities to help engage the patient. They will allow the patient to have more use of the brain since he is going to be competing these puzzles. It is simple enough, but it is going to make good use of his brain in the process. Crosswords, ones that are of larger letters would be good too. Finding words would also be a good choice.

Consider the idea of collecting photos and pasting them. One of the benefits of scrapbooking is that you get to allow the patient to walk down memory lane. These photos may even help them remember some of the things that they have forgotten before. This is quite helpful towards ensuring that he can get back some of the memories that he has lost along the way.

Reading activities may be a good idea. This would allow the patient to read passages that might help them get the brain activity that they need. This is a very good exercise that will not only allow them to get entertained whole on their free time, this will help ensure proper brain activity as well. You can either let him read the passages for you read the passages yourself.




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