Thursday, August 11, 2011
Alzheimer's Crafts to do together?
My Papa had Alzheimer's and I completely understand what you mean. I used to work on having him put photos into albums because it helped remind him of the life he led and and the people he knew and what a wonderful person he was. I would have him take the pictures we decided not to put in the albums (duplicates for example) and have him make Christmas, Birthday and other cards with them. That way, he always had a selection of cards for any occasion and people really appreciated seeing themselves in photos on them. I also found that either cutting out or buying other types of shapes and figures to have him glue in the albums or to the cards kept him from using sharp scissors. We always used UHU glue because it is archival and acid free and could be cleaned up easily with soap and water. Count up all of the Christmas cards, anniversaries, birthdays, etc. your granny may need so you can remind her of the count (sometimes I fudged a little so Papa never seemed to be finished with the number of cards he had yet to make, but he was very forgetful). Another hobby that seemed to keep him busy was gardening. He could pull weeds and plant pretty well without really using tools that could harm him. But, he really needed to be supervised with the water because he had a tendency to drown plants. Hope these are some ideas you can use and best wishes as you care for her, it is a tough disease to cope with.
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