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Activities to do with persons who have Dementia
Cut coupons
Make a family tree poster
Sand a cutting board
Taste different jams on crackers
Read out loud
Sing favorite songs
Make snow candy with snow and maple syrup
Ask about favorites- color, food, movies, music, ect.
Plant seeds in paper cups
Play different types of music- jazz, classical, polka, big band era, religious, etc.
Bring up topic of Hollywood legends (Bing Crosby, Marilyn Monroe, and Clark Gable)
Roll yarn into balls
Bring in snow and make a snowball
Jingle keys on a ring
Color Pictures together
Press leaves between waxed paper
Make homemade lemonade
Ask simple trivia questions- old movies, tv shows, etc
Give an activity box for sorting items you have put in
Visit a neighbor or have neighbor over for tea
Pet a kitten
Paint with sponges
Have a spelling bee
Make homemade wrapping paper
Sort and roll change
Cut out pictures from magazines
Cut out pictures from greeting cards
Make a collage
Polish silverware
Make a Family photo ring
Make a memory book or box
Sing Christmas carols together
Sort beads or buttons by shape or color
Make homemade ice-cream and then plan an ice cream social
Dye eggs
Write a dictated letter to loved one
Play cards
Dance
Decorate place mats
Give a hand massage with scented lotion
Husk corn
Put hands under running warm water
Smell vinegar and spices
Make a fruit and cheese sampler platter
File papers in colored folders
Look through catalogs
Make a bed together
Pound a stake
Twirl dance in a wheelchair
Roll out pie crust
Look at very old family pictures
Dunk donuts in milk
Smash bananas for banana bread
Paint a black chair
Watch old reruns of TV shows (Mayberry, Little House, Honeymooners, etc)
Sift flour
Sit in shade
Walk in the rain
Put out bird feeders and fill with seeds
Drink a cold “near” beer
Polish boots
Crush and smell herbs
Browse through sports magazines
Bring the backyard indoors to touch
Sort plastics to recycle
Listen to rain on the roof
Try Karaoke (Singing machine)
Hold smooth rock
Watch “Music Man”
Fluff pillows
Watch “Sound of Music”
Read newspaper
Sit and relax by the fire
Dry dishes
Tear old clothes for rags
Match socks, mittens and gloves
Feed squirrels
Stir up a compost pile
Squeeze a nerf ball
Browse through a scrapbook
Paint fingernails
String cereal to hang outside for birds
Make pudding
Browse through favorite magazines together
Frost a cake or cupcakes
Shuffle cards
Invite a friend with baby or young child to visit
Watch fish in aquarium
Rake Leaves
Water House Plants
Dust or Wipe tables
Fold clothes
Take a ride in the car
Have them finish clichés
Drink warm milk in the evening- dim lights- add some soft soothing music
Blow bubbles
Decorate a wastebasket
Tie bows, knots or crochet with thick soft yarn
Work on crossword puzzle
Clean out and draw faces on pumpkins
Cuddle up together
March in place to lively band music
Do stretch exercises
Cut fabric to make quilt squares
Give a nice back or foot massage
Have a picnic
Play tic-tac-toe
Play checkers
Make paper chains
Put on raspberry flavored lip balm
Toss a koosh ball
Look at old coins
String beads to make necklace or bracelet
Say “tell me more” when they start talking
Talk about memories
Brush/Braid/Curl hair
Mix and Bake a cake or homemade bread
Make Holiday themed door handle signs
Paint t-shirts or pillow cases
Have a party for no special reason
Recite poetry
Rock a “baby doll”
Mash potatoes
Blow kisses
Have a pizza night
Have a movie and popcorn family night
Open a window and feel the breeze
Look at a book with smiling children’s faces
Sit quietly just looking out a window
Bring in the mail
Read classic short stories
Give a hug…just because.
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