Saturday, July 25, 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.

If people suffering from this condition were to be allowed to live without assistance, they would take meals when it is too late or even forget to prepare them. Brain requires enough nutrients for it to work effectively and be free from common infections. This suggests that you should choose the right fruits, vegetables, cereals and drinks for them. Help them prepare or cook balanced food that would be helpful to their body.

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.

When you are not going to church with them, you can engage them in artistic affairs. This means that you would involve them when you are painting your house rooms or cleaning your home area. Accompany them in some of the dancing sessions and let them enjoy the whole thing. You can also buy them trumpets to play at home and keep them engaged.

You should seek to know if there are academic activities you could engage them in to improve their condition. Firstly, it is good to look for interesting story books or novels to read and where possible read together. You may also decide to give them puzzles to fill or play scripts to write.

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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