Thursday 16 July 2015

Reasons To Engage Activities For People With Dementia

By Phyllis Schroeder


Many people do not understand the conditions that affect their brain cells, as they grow older. However, you should not imagine that brain cells get damaged only by age. You may find individuals who encounter life experiences that cause brain impairment in a great way. Doctors refer to the condition where brain cells are damaged as dementia. This condition affects your thinking, communication and memory parts. To make victims of such conditions feel appreciated, most countries have set several activities for people with dementia.

People suffering from such brain conditions deserve the best from others to make them feel they are important members of the society. Firstly, such individuals expect personal care services on a daily basis. Some of these services include brushing teeth, dressing them and helping them to operate showers in bathrooms.

Individuals whose brain cells have been damaged may not engage cooking affairs more perfectly. Their lost memory would lead to other problems since they forget things easily. This suggests that they would also not be able to know what to prepare and how to prepare it. Nonetheless, they would appreciate if you help them look for the right ingredients to prepare balanced meals.

Be on the lead to involve them in some of the social affairs that you know. If you want to go out for coffee, do not go alone, but involve them in this activity. They actually feel they belong and that others are happy about them. You may also involve them to your dialogues and debates just to keep them participating and active. Take any response they give back positively since this is what they are looking for.

Although you may not find anything unique in going to church, these victims would find everything about it interesting. They would love meeting new friends in your church and share life experiences. They would also feel good when they join others to sing sweet hymn songs and choruses. Anything of this sort that would stimulate happiness in their body systems is what they need to recover quickly.

It is also important to involve these individuals in artistic affairs. These activities enhance their creativity. Look for the best music and listen together with them or even engage them to painting and coloring sessions. You may also involve them in playing musical instruments such as piano and trumpets. By so doing, you divert their attention from the medical condition that is oppressing them.

Any activity that is academic would also stimulate their minds to reason better and in a positive way. You may begin reading novels or other interesting books with them or even fill some simple puzzles. You may also go further to help them write play scripts or books that talk much about life experiences.

Finally, you should also help them to perform various household tasks. They would feel good if you clean window blinds or even arrange utensils in their respective wall units. Again, you could also involve them when sorting out clothes to be washed, polishing shoes or even changing sofa covers.




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