Best Alzheimer's Activities

Alzheimer's activities should be carefully designed to be able to give the patient an adequate amount of activity and mental concentration as well as being able to avoid any feelings of frustrations, anger, or embarrassment. The more the disease has progressed the more effort it will take to design an Alzheimer activity to accommodate the progression. These are important, however, and entirely worth the effort, as it greatly enhances the lives of people suffering from Alzheimer.

All the symptoms of Alzheimer's show that it will affect the cognitive symptoms first. It may first show symptoms of memory changes in waking life, like the individual feels as if they are in another place or time. There will be difficulty in completing tasks as the condition progresses and you can expect to see a number of changes in the way the individual talks and communicates. There will be more speaking problems than before. There will be many changes that occur in the person as a result of Alzheimer.

As a caregiver you will have to find activities that work around these issues and provide the Alzheimer's patient to feel moments of occupation. The most important issue to keep in mind is the senior's self confidence. Self confidence is easily rattled when you can't remember the rules of a game, for example. You have to keep in mind that the activity is the goal not the outcome of the activity.

Repetition is always good for cognition. A lot of tasks that might seem boring and tedious to a person not inflicted with disease will help Alzheimer patients work to keep skills that they had before the onset of the disease.

Mild activity is also a good idea for Alzheimer's patent activities because it allows the patient to get more oxygen into the brain. This can help slow down the process of the disease. Also it will help the patient feel better with elevated mood. If the senior remains too inactive for too long they can being to feel depressed because of the feeling of unproductively. If this has been the case or awhile than the senior might begin to think that they cannot do anything at all. Simple encouragement can help a senior gain back confidence.

Some examples of appropriate Alzheimer's activities are:

• Puzzles
• Watering Plants
• Dusting
• Mixing Ingredients
• Cooking
• Weeding and Gardening
• Reading Aloud
• Playing with putty or dough
• Reminiscing
• Taking a walk

,http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/default.htm , WebMD