Get Your Loved One's Memories Professionally Recorded onto a DVD
Welcome to the February 18, 2009 edition of The Weekly Insider, our newsletter with quick updates on senior care tips, cool gadgets, new tehcnology and must-have services. February 18, 2009 Activities & Projects Get Your Loved One's Memories Professionally Recorded onto a DVD INSIDER TIP: Preserve an aging loved one’s life story or ethical will with a professionally filmed and edited video interview. Often illness or aging of a parent causes adult children to realize the significance of their parents’...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
Bring the Outdoors IN with an Indoor Garden
Welcome to the December 3, 2008 edition of The Weekly Insider, our newsletter with quick updates on senior care tips, cool gadgets, and must-have services. December 3, 2008 Bring the Outdoors in with an Indoor GardenINSIDER TIP: Put some spring in an older adult's step with an indoor garden! Caregivers, Help Your Loved Ones Blossom…As a person ages, it can become increasingly difficult to enjoy outdoor gardening, usually due to mobility issues. And for those living in parts of...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
Games to Engage the Minds of Alzheimer's Elders
Editor's Note: This article, written by Jill Gilbert, originally appeared as "Games to Engage the Mind" in McKnight's Long Term Care News November 2008 edition. A 2007 study in the journal Neuroepidemiology estimates that 3.8 million people in the United States have dementia. The progressive decline in cognitive and physical abilities among this population makes it increasingly difficult for both family members and nursing home caregivers to engage with them. No one understands this better than Karen Miller, whose...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
Activity Directors' Tips for Creating Meaningful Senior Activities
What do your typical daily activities include? Perhaps you go to work, talk to family and friends, exercise, go out to eat, attend worship, read or watch TV. There are probably lots more activities that you can add to that list. Now imagine yourself in a nursing home. Here the activities available to you may include Bingo, an afternoon tea party, trivia, or a bean bag toss. Wow. Is it any wonder that most residents in nursing homes are...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
Memory Card Games for Alzheimer's & Dementia Patients
Mem.o.ry: 1. a: the power or process of reproducing or recalling what has been learned and retained especially through associative mechanisms —Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed. Memory is a process that we take for granted when it comes naturally, just like other essential functions like we never think about, such as seeing, hearing and smelling. We cruise along on autopilot until tragedy or illness impairs one of these precious gifts. Then, in a moment, our lives can be turned...Read the rest of this article »Related Articles
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