Find the inner artist.
Paint with watercolors, draw with crayons. People with Alzheimer's may not judge themselves as harshly as they once did, so they may finally free their inner artists.
1.12.11
13.8.11
Misc Activities | Simplify old hobbies
Simplify old hobbies.
For those who liked to knit, try a simpler pattern. If they enjoy crossword puzzles, try a jigsaw puzzle with large pieces.
For those who liked to knit, try a simpler pattern. If they enjoy crossword puzzles, try a jigsaw puzzle with large pieces.
8.6.11
Origami Treats Basket
Origami Treats Basket - Part 1/2 | Origami Kids Blog
This Origami Treats Basket is an excellent complement for you Halloween decoration or even as a little gifty. This model require 2 videos to be folded, so look for the post: "Origami Treats Basket
31.5.11
Pogo.com, a great place to play free online games
Play FREE online games! Pogo.com, a great place to play free online games, including puzzle games, word games, card games, and board games. Unlike other free online games sites, they offer a variety of classic Hasbro board games like RISK, Yahtzee, Scrabble, and Monopoly. They also have popular games like Chess, Spider Solitaire, Cribbage, and Bejeweled. Make friends, play free online games and enter to win prizes at Pogo.com!
9.2.11
no need to buy wooden puzzles. You can create high-quality wooden ones
How to Make Wooden Puzzles: Scroll Saw Instructions and Tips - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com
If you have a scroll saw, there’s no need to buy wooden puzzles. You can create high-quality wooden puzzles of all types and sizes. Sand and paint the puzzles, and you’ve created eye-catching sturdy wooden toys that can be passed down from generation to generation.
The possibilities for making wooden puzzles are only limited by your imagination.
MARBLES the Brain store | Games and Puzzles
Marbles: The Brain Store - Memory Games, Puzzles, Software & Books » Marbles - The Brain Store
Wonderful collection of evaluated Games and Puzzles
Did you know that working memory is also the basis for intellect?
Build memory skills (and intellectual clout) with games, software, books
Wonderful collection of evaluated Games and Puzzles
Did you know that working memory is also the basis for intellect?
Build memory skills (and intellectual clout) with games, software, books
I received a nice note from Ryan Jedlicka, eCommerce Manager {2.11.2011}
We have a general list of products that would apply to all stages of Alzheimers here: http://www.marblesthebrainstore.com/all-products?conditions=155
When you look at that list, you can filter using the column on the left to sort by number or players.
For easy, non-frustrating activities, I would recommend these:
We have a general list of products that would apply to all stages of Alzheimers here: http://www.
When you look at that list, you can filter using the column on the left to sort by number or players.
For easy, non-frustrating activities, I would recommend these:
Brain Noodles (solo, just for fun): http://www.
Brain Noodles (solo, just for fun): http://www.
Mind Putty (solo, just for fun): http://www.
Sherlock Memory Game (one or more players): http://www.
Izzi (solo, puzzle:) http://www.
I hope this list helps. Explore the site and feel free to ask any specific product questions that you might have.
Ryan Jedlicka, eCommerce Manager
Marbles: The Brain Store
877.527.2460
7.2.11
mind-start.com | dementia activities | cognitive activities
An interesting source of:
"* Activities that alleviate boredom, provide cognitive stimulation, and offer support for caregivers.
* Activities that work for persons at various levels of memory loss
* No preparation time required and easy to follow user guides
* Dignified, adult appearance
* Themes that spark memories
'Doing' things is human nature, gives meaning to our lives, and is an important factor in well-being. This holds true for persons with dementia."
"* Activities that alleviate boredom, provide cognitive stimulation, and offer support for caregivers.
* Activities that work for persons at various levels of memory loss
* No preparation time required and easy to follow user guides
* Dignified, adult appearance
* Themes that spark memories
'Doing' things is human nature, gives meaning to our lives, and is an important factor in well-being. This holds true for persons with dementia."
Golf Games | Play Fun Free Online Golf Games
Golf Games | Play Fun Free Online Golf Games: "Welcome to Net Golf Games where you will find the largest selection of fun, free golf games on the entire web. We know that you golf crazed fools eat, breathe, & sleep golf…so we decided to give you more golf games than any other site…completely free, all day, everyday. Hit em’ long and straight!
NOTICE!!added a bunch of new free golf games, including the challenging World Golf Tour & Pangya Golf. Don’t worry if you can’t make it out to the course to get a golf game, we’ve got you covered with more online golf games than any other site on the web."
NOTICE!!added a bunch of new free golf games, including the challenging World Golf Tour & Pangya Golf. Don’t worry if you can’t make it out to the course to get a golf game, we’ve got you covered with more online golf games than any other site on the web."
Pogo.com - The Ultimate Online Gaming Experience!
Pogo.com - The Ultimate Online Gaming Experience!: "Play FREE online games! Welcome to Pogo.com, a great place to play free online games, including puzzle games, word games, card games, and board games. Unlike other free online games sites, we offer a variety of classic Hasbro board games like RISK, Yahtzee, Scrabble, and Monopoly. We also have popular games like Chess, Spider Solitaire, Cribbage, and Bejeweled. Make friends, play free online games and enter to win prizes at Pogo.com!"
3.2.11
Make Your Own Puzzles
About Us | Discovery Education
Discovery Education provides engaging digital resources to schools and homes with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms and families to a world of learning.
Discovery Education is a subsidiary of Discovery Communications, LLC. The leader in digital video-based learning,
1.2.11
seasonal activities, stringing beads popcorn fruit loops
keep busy and engaged with repetitive seasonal activities.
Set the person to work stringing garlands.
All you need is a long heavy thread and a darning needle. Try stringing cranberries, popcorn, even O-shaped cereal (Fruit Loops are cheerfully colorful).
All you need is a long heavy thread and a darning needle. Try stringing cranberries, popcorn, even O-shaped cereal (Fruit Loops are cheerfully colorful).
Carer's Activities | Walking | Wendy's Blog
Walking Blog with Wendy Bumgardner
Walking Helps Aging Brains: needed for walking helped keep the brain better organized.
Walking Helps Aging Brains: needed for walking helped keep the brain better organized.
Activities Games | Memory Jogging Puzzles | Carcassonne | Guess Who?
Memory Jogging Puzzles
encourage problem solving, like word search, sudoku and crosswords.
board game named "Carcassonne,
Guess Who?
a two-player guessing game created by Ora and Theo Coster, also known as Theora Design
encourage problem solving, like word search, sudoku and crosswords.
board game named "Carcassonne,
Guess Who?
a two-player guessing game created by Ora and Theo Coster, also known as Theora Design
Caregiver.com; Recipes , BookClub , Stories
Caregiver.com; Resources
Sharing Wisdom: Caregivers Ideas ,Careverse ,Caregiver Interviews,Caregiver Carenotes ,Caregiving Articles ,Caregiver Support Groups ,Caregiver Recipes ,Caregiver BookClub ,Caregiver Stories
Sharing Wisdom: Caregivers Ideas ,Careverse ,Caregiver Interviews,Caregiver Carenotes ,Caregiving Articles ,Caregiver Support Groups ,Caregiver Recipes ,Caregiver BookClub ,Caregiver Stories
concentrating on driving screws into four holes that have been drilled in a smooth piece of wood
places pegs of graduated sizes into their respective holes in a long wooden block.
that have been cut out and laminated
Activities Games | Ghosts, Isola
Ghosts (Finnish: Kummituspeli, Swedish: Spökspelet)
is a board game designed by Alex Randolph for two players, released in 1982 by Milton Bradley.
Isola is a two-player abstract strategy board game.
It is played on a 6x8 board
is a board game designed by Alex Randolph for two players, released in 1982 by Milton Bradley.
Isola is a two-player abstract strategy board game.
It is played on a 6x8 board
connect with old friends from service days
About Us - Military.com: "About Us
They started Military.com in 1999 to revolutionize the way the 30 million Americans with military affinity stay connected and informed. Today, we're the largest military and veteran membership organization — 10 million members strong.
Military.com's free membership connects servicemembers, military families and veterans to all the benefits of service — government benefits, scholarships, discounts, lifelong friends, mentors, great stories of military life or missions, and much more.
We believe that the benefits earned in the service should be easier to access and written in plain English. We're passionate about helping members make the most of military experience throughout life."
They started Military.com in 1999 to revolutionize the way the 30 million Americans with military affinity stay connected and informed. Today, we're the largest military and veteran membership organization — 10 million members strong.
Military.com's free membership connects servicemembers, military families and veterans to all the benefits of service — government benefits, scholarships, discounts, lifelong friends, mentors, great stories of military life or missions, and much more.
We believe that the benefits earned in the service should be easier to access and written in plain English. We're passionate about helping members make the most of military experience throughout life."
Dollhouse miniatures, furniture, accessories, dolls, dollhouse kits.
Dollhouse miniatures, furniture, accessories, dolls, dollhouse kits.
29.1.11
reconnecting with friends by telephone, home dinners
reconnecting with friends they haven’t had much time for in the past.
get together for weekly dinners or card games, monthly heater dates or classes. Old friends are great to reminisce with, but new friends offer an uncharted horizon full of possibilities.
get together for weekly dinners or card games, monthly heater dates or classes. Old friends are great to reminisce with, but new friends offer an uncharted horizon full of possibilities.
Touch base by email with old friends
E-MAIL Emailing friends and relatives you haven’t been in touch with
E-MAIL Emailing friends and relatives you haven’t been in touch with
E-MAIL Emailing friends and relatives you haven’t been in touch with
Writing family story, book of memories
Write down family stories.
Keep a book of the memories your loved one has related, and ask her to read it to the grandchildren.
Keep a book of the memories your loved one has related, and ask her to read it to the grandchildren.
playing musical instruments, talking about pets, reading aloud
Play a musical instrument
Ask the person about his or her favorite pet
Read aloud and use visual aids
such as memory poems, family pictures, or stories about "the days gone by" stimulate reminiscences. Ideas include Chicken Soup for the Soul series and Yesterdays by NaDezan, and other short stories
sorting small, colorful pom-poms and placing them into the painted compartments of an ice-cube tray that match them
Ask the person about his or her favorite pet
Read aloud and use visual aids
such as memory poems, family pictures, or stories about "the days gone by" stimulate reminiscences. Ideas include Chicken Soup for the Soul series and Yesterdays by NaDezan, and other short stories
sorting small, colorful pom-poms and placing them into the painted compartments of an ice-cube tray that match them
24.1.11
Activities Games | ring toss, Checkers
a board with three pegs on it, and three rope circles, and its a homemade toss game
Chinese checkers
(alternative spelling Chinese chequers) is a board game that can be played by two
Chinese checkers
(alternative spelling Chinese chequers) is a board game that can be played by two
Activities Games | Battleship, Pente,
The game Battleship (also known as Battleships) is a guessing game played by two people. It is known throughout the world as a pencil and paper game
two-person game is Pente.
two-person game is Pente.
Activities Games | Bananagrams, Monopoly Junior
Bananagrams Bananagrams, the 2009 Game of the Year,
Monopoly Junior Games for children should be short in duration to fit their attention spans,
Monopoly Junior Games for children should be short in duration to fit their attention spans,
Activities Games | Slap Jack, Slamwich
Slamwich A variation of the classic game Slap Jack, Slamwich is played with a deck of cards shaped like slices of bread. Each card depicts a sandwich ingredient. After the cards are dealt, players take turns putting one of their cards face up on a center stack. If the same ingredient is turned up twice in a row, or with only one other card between them, the first player to slam the deck wins the whole pile. Cards depicting a thief require that you slap the deck while yelling, "Stop, thief!"
Activities Games | Snap, Old Maid
Snap For 2 to 12 players. Snap is a matching game, often played with custom decks specifically designed for the game. These rules are for playing Snap with a standard deck of cards.
Old Maid For 3 to 8 players. Old Maid is part of a family of card games known as "scapegoat" games. In scapegoat games, the goal is to avoid having a particular card or cards.
Old Maid For 3 to 8 players. Old Maid is part of a family of card games known as "scapegoat" games. In scapegoat games, the goal is to avoid having a particular card or cards.
Activities Games' | Spoons, Go Fish
Spoons For 3 to 13 players. Spoons is a clever card game that can be played by children and adults together. This card game also goes by the names Pig and Tongue, and spoons are not necessary to play those versions of the game.
Go Fish For 2 players. Go Fish is a set collection game in which players try to gather sets of four cards of the same rank by asking other players for cards they might have.
Go Fish For 2 players. Go Fish is a set collection game in which players try to gather sets of four cards of the same rank by asking other players for cards they might have.
Craft Activities | Book Making
Book Making
go through different magazines and look for a specific item. Examples: birds,ladies,babies, cats, dogs, food, cars etc. then cut the items out and make "books".
go through different magazines and look for a specific item. Examples: birds,ladies,babies, cats, dogs, food, cars etc. then cut the items out and make "books".
23.1.11
Craft Activities | handmade paper
As handmade paper
is typically more expensive than other craft papers an economical way to use it is just as a feature on a project, adding decoration and texture rather than using it to make an entire project.
is typically more expensive than other craft papers an economical way to use it is just as a feature on a project, adding decoration and texture rather than using it to make an entire project.
22.1.11
Activities Misc. | Tangles
Tangle Therapy
sized to fit in the palm and is designed to provide a one of a kind feel and action. Manipulating the Tangle relieves minor stress, improves range of hand motion, restores motion of joints, improves muscle performance, strengthens finger muscles, rehabilitates hand muscles and joints. Tangle®Therapy is appropriate for people in all stages
sized to fit in the palm and is designed to provide a one of a kind feel and action. Manipulating the Tangle relieves minor stress, improves range of hand motion, restores motion of joints, improves muscle performance, strengthens finger muscles, rehabilitates hand muscles and joints. Tangle®Therapy is appropriate for people in all stages
BedCaddie from agingcare.com
Bedcaddie | Product Review
The Bedcaddie offers a helping hand to aging relatives while in a
sitting position in bed. It is perfect for seniors who need a boost to
get out of bed safely
Facebook and Skype combine forces
Facebook (3) | The Facebook Blog: "Skype version 5.0 for Windows and sign in with Facebook, you can easily call or SMS your friends. You also can check out your News Feed, update your status, and like and comment on posts directly within Skype.
21.1.11
Cooking Activities | Make Cookies
Make cookies.
Make Someone famous for cookies may miss the kitchen activity.
Make Someone famous for cookies may miss the kitchen activity.
Carer's Activities | Make pomanders
Make pomanders. Clove-studded oranges
to hang or display in a bowl
to hang or display in a bowl
20.1.11
Activities Play Things | Toys acceptable to client
Toys for Alzheimer's patients should be considered as a part of a complete care program unless they are objected to by the patient herself.
15.1.11
Craft Activities | Paper Flowers
Paper Flowers paper flowers are fun to make and can be customized with rubber stamps.
In home Craft Activity for Carers | carve" a magnetic pumpkin, for your fridge
carve" a magnetic pumpkin, who happily haunts your fridge.
The removable features make face-lifts easy.
The removable features make face-lifts easy.
14.1.11
2.1.11
Carer's activities | Participate at Local Senior Centers
Participate in Activities at Local Senior Centers
senior centers and adult day care is becoming increasingly more common. This is a good opportunity for both of you. For your patient, he can take part in planned activities and interact with others his age. For you, it can give you a break and some free time. There is so much that an Alzheimer's patient can do.
senior centers and adult day care is becoming increasingly more common. This is a good opportunity for both of you. For your patient, he can take part in planned activities and interact with others his age. For you, it can give you a break and some free time. There is so much that an Alzheimer's patient can do.
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