mardi 4 août 2015

Reasons To Engage Activities For People With Dementia

By Phyllis Schroeder


Any condition that affects brain cells does a greater damage to the victim than some of the health conditions that many people fear. What many people know is that brain cells develop health problems such as memory loss due to age. However, it is crucial to know that other factors and physical experiences such as accidents can cause dementia. Instead of seeing victims of this condition as a burden to you, you should look for any of the activities for people with dementia to engage them.

It is obvious that individuals with health challenges find the healthy one more privileged than them. What the healthy individuals should do is looking for affairs that would make the victims find joy and importance of life. Do not allow the victims to perform personal care engagements such as bathing on their own. Help them to dress well and brush their teeth in the right way since this diverts their attention from what is most oppressing.

You may also participate in improving their life by helping them to prepare meals. Most of the victims of this condition may not know what they should prepare to eat. In fact, some of them even forget to follow the right procedure when cooking some meals. However, you can help them prepare meals in a more professional manner bearing in mind the nutrient balance the meals should contain.

Another way of making the lives of such victims better is organizing social affairs for them. You can take them out for coffee and share life issues with them. On the other hand, you can find time to talk to them or even engage them in various games. Many individuals do not know that such small engagements make the victims happy and give them deep feelings of belonging. The sick individuals get to know that others appreciate them irrespective of their condition.

These sick individuals also need individuals who could engage them in spiritual affairs. They would feel good when singing hymns with others, clapping their hands and going to church together. Once they get to church, they would find sermons that boost their faith in a great way and help them know they can get well. Although you may despise such affairs, they make sense to the sick individuals since they draw most of their confidence from such.

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.

Any activity that is academic would also stimulate their minds to reason better and in a positive way. You may begin reading novels or other interesting books with them or even fill some simple puzzles. You may also go further to help them write play scripts or books that talk much about life experiences.

Any household activity you engage doing should have their input to help them fight boredom. You may not know how happy the victims would be when you clean the shoes together or even arrange electrical appliances with them in the house. Let them join you in rinsing table cloths and window blinds.




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