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Rebecca avatar
Rebecca Activities Assistant In LTC

I have not yet done a sensory session activity. What are some ideas after picking the 2 to 3 sensory categories to engage residents or just to get this type of activity going?

Diane  avatar

Hi there you could try a sensory bag placing various types of materials,ie wool,felt, etc residents can try and guess what the items are , food tasting activity and smells of old perfumes , soaps,aftershave etc that brings back memories.i hope this inspires you and helps. Diane xx

Susan avatar

Hi Rebecca

This depends on your residents

You will have to see what they’d like

Depending on the group of people you have it may not be that obvious especially if they have dementia

Here is a list of all the activities that golden Carers has

https://www.goldencarers.com/sensory/

I’d like an activity that involves food or drink because most respond to that

It also depends on how many people are going to be in a group or if it’s just one to one

Touch is also a good thing but it is hard to do with a group

Doing some thing with the music goes outside he good idea

Could also do groups with a theme depending on the time of year or time day or whenever you want

Let me know if you have any more questions and if you can give me some specifics

Susan avatar

Hi Diane

Great ideas

Thank you for sharing them

michelle avatar

I have an activity I call " The Senses" we do activities to utilize all "The Senses" like scent guessing, homemade bread, hand massage with Aromatherapy etc

Susan avatar

Hi Michelle

Thanks for sharing this

Do you have a theme when you do it or is it just random??

Steven avatar

We did a shaving cream art, they loved it

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