An Activity Book for Memory-Challenged Adults and Caregivers
Mental stimulation has been found to offer demonstrable benefits for people with Alzheimer disease, dementia, or other memory impairment. Through the Seasons helps family members and caregivers engage memory-challenged adults in simple, enjoyable activities that provide stimulation and enhance communication.
Fun and easy to use, this large-format color picture book is divided into themes representing the four seasons. Each section describes several multi-sensory experiences -- such as picking apples or raking leaves -- along with related topics for discussion and activities to elicit memories and encourage new positive associations. The topics and activities incorporate all five senses to facilitate connections and conversations across a wide range of cognitive function.
Designed by nationally recognized experts in gerontology, geriatrics, and memory enhancement, this workbook provides a scientifically sound, well-developed program that will help family caregivers and professionals maintain and enhance relationships with the persons in their care. It also helps memory-impaired individuals to retain dignity and remain active companions, even as their communication skills become increasingly limited.
What topics catch attention and what can you do with a well-selected topic?
Here’s one example from page 18:
(Image: A mouth-watering, crystal-clear, full-page picture of chocolate chip cookies. The picture alone will make you drool.)LET’S TALK ABOUT:
LET’S TRY:
Other topics include kites for Spring, apples for Fall, snow for Winter, and many more great ideas with excellent, "do-able" suggestions.
What we like best about this book:
Discovering successful activities and reaching long term memories is far more than luck or a warm heart. It takes expertise, experience and knowing what makes for success. Through the Seasons is clearly the sum of all three, resulting in a simple book of wonderful suggestions, taking advantage of all of the senses, that can pierce the veil of dementia. the ideas contained in these pages cannot help but result in smiles, stories, memories and activities.
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