Creative activities for people with Alzheimer's and other dementias in an easy-to-follow format for professionals and family caregivers. A full color guide to projects, art making, and other purposeful activities, as well as the basics of effective communication and approaches. This book is based on ten years of creativity sessions with people with advanced dementia and late stage Alzheimer's.
CREATIVITY is used not simply in the popular terms of the creative arts, but rather in its broadest sense of how we approach everything we do throughout the day. Creativity means letting go of our old notions of doing something, being open to new experiences and allowing ourselves to be open to think out of the box and go with the flow and ebb of our situation and the people we work with. When we discard our standard activity programs and give people the space and time to follow their own schedules, we may witness amazing results, as you'll see in this book.
Table of Content
5 Creativity 6 Acknowledgements 7 Contents 8 Dr. Jytte Fogh Lokvig 9 Preface PART 1 11 Welcome to the World of Alzheimer's 13 Communication 15 Listen 16 Baby Talk 16 Compliments 17 Humor 18 Never Argue, Scold or Criticize 18 Avoid: "Do you remember?" 19 Use with Care: "Do you want?" 20 Avoid Using "NO!" 20 Diversions 21 Loving Lies and Altered Realities 23 A Picnic 24 A Wedding 25 Agitation 27 "I want to go home" 28 Sundowning or Body Clocks 30 Memory, Lies, or Fantasy 31 Imagined c Conversation PART 2 32 Process – not Product 33 Focus on Abilities, not Disabilities 35 Purposeful and Stimulating Programs 36 Our Typical Day 37 Group Projects 38 Alzheimer's Activity Centers 39 Suggestions for Activity Centers 40 Clubs 42 Projects How-to 42 Fiddle Box 44 Fiddle Box Ideas 45 Mini Fiddle Boxes in a Box 46 How to use Fiddle Boxes 48 Fiddle Bag 49 Puzzles 51 Collages 52 Story Telling Collages 54 Group Collages 56 Individual Collages 59 Triptych 60 Watercolor Painting 65 Fabric Painting 65 Sharpie Painting 66 Sharpie Tie-Dye 67 Fabric Paints 69 Inko Dyes 72 Painted Tiles 75 Display with Dignity 76 Other Project Ideas 77 Singing and Music 78 Dancing and Moving 79 Shall We Dance? 80 Celebrations 81 Outdoors 81 Flower Boxes 82 Outings 85 Stories 85 Dumb Criminals 86 Smart Animals 87 Poetry 88 Confetti, a Poem by Stuart Hall PART 3 89 The Alzheimer's Café 91 History of the Alzheimer's Café 91 American vs European Models 93 Start Your Own Café 94 Notes from Guests PART 4 95 Songbook 101 Sittercises 103 Word Game 104 Stupid Laws 105 Quotes Plus 106 Alzheimer's and Related Dementias 109 Make Stuff Up 110 Books and Other Resources
About the author
Jytte Fogh Lokvig, Ph.D. is a nationally recognized Alzheimer’s and dementia expert with over two decades of implementing staff and program development for care facilities as well as counseling people living with a cognitive impairment and their families and caregivers. Dr. Lokvig has authored several successful books on living well with dementia and introduced the Alzheimer’s and Memory Café concept to the US.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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