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Carmel avatar

Hello I’m my mother's caregiver and I stumbled on this site and thought why not join to find some activities for her as my mom has dementia. She’s a retired RN young 89 year old and is still in denial, lucid but has memory lapses. She was recently hospitalized for a UTI infection which totally overwhelmed me as she had delirium for about a week. I was looking to find a way to put her on a schedule of activities for the day. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Carmel

Susan avatar

Hi Carmel

How about having her help you with breakfast

Then helping you clean up

She could wash the dishes and start the silverware after it’s cleaned

Perhaps you can do some singing

Have her pick out the clothes she likes to wear

Have her get dressed

Ask her questions about where she worked

Say she is working

Ask her about the people she worked with

Perhaps you could call some of her friends or have them call her

Perhaps she can write a letter to a friend

Tell her she’s on vacation this week so let’s enjoy some free time together

Singing is always good as I said

Trivia questions are fine

Word searches are good

It’s good to do similar things every day

You can make a schedule and tell her this is what we are doing on your vacation

See what happens

Let me know if you need more help

Vicky avatar

I work in care with dementia , I try things more challenging early afternoon

Like fun quiz, crosswords and reminiscing using pictures . Art therapy is great and can be a great tool to keep hands and eye co ordination .

Always use large print to help x

Susan avatar

Hi Vicky

Thank you for your input

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Thank you so much for all these wonderful activities and ideas. I used to spend hours compiling quizzes and looking for activities. You have made my job so much easier, keep up the good work!! :)