100 Ways to Spend Time with Someone with Alzheimer’s
September 12, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Here are some of the ways you can spend time with someone who suffers from Alzheimer’s :
- Listen to music
- Toss a ball
- Color pictures
- Make homemade lemonade
- Count trading cards
- Clip coupons
- Sort poker chips
- Read out loud chapters from Harry Potter books or other favorite stories
- Rake leaves
- String beads
- Bake cookies
- Take photos of the person and you and create a collage
- Brush or comb one another’s hair
- Plant seeds indoors or outdoors
- Look at family photographs
- Wipe off the kitchen table
- Weed the flowerbed or tend to the garden
- Fold laundry
- Have a friend visit with a well-behaved pet
- Cut pictures out of greeting cards or magazines
- Play dominoes
- Ask the person about his or her favorite childhood books or cartoon characters (you can share yours too)
- Bake homemade bread
- Sort objects by shape or color
- Sing old songs
- Invite the person to tell you more when he or she talks about a memory
- Put silverware away
- Make a Valentine card
- Play favorite songs and sing
- Ask the person about his or her brothers or sisters
- Make a cherry pie
- Play with tops or jacks
- Make a scrapbook
- Take a walk around the yard
- Write a poem together
- Reminisce about the first day of school
- String Cheerios
