These group activities have been designed as an easy-to-use resource for you and your team in providing both fun and meaningful activities to the service users you care for. Simply read or sing the black print and let the players answer or sing along.
Many of the activities are age appropriate to the older generation and based on and around everyday life, hobbies and interests and are a great resource for evoking memories. Some activities are ideal for problem solving while others promote opportunities for conversation and reminiscence.
This book is sure to bring about some wonderful memories and there will be lots of opportunities for creating meaningful conversations where memories are sure to come flooding back and magical moments can be made.
Activities include sing-along activities and a varied range of different word and spelling games.
Topics include film and music, nature and animals, work, history plus many more. The unique design of these activities enables them to be played more independently by the person living with dementia, hence giving a greater sense of teamwork and accomplishment.
Activities times vary from between 5 and 30 minutes.
Many of the activities can also be used in one-to-one activity sessions.
Contains 100 pages.
LIST OF GROUP ACTIVITIES
- MIMIC ME
- WORD LINK
- FILM QUOTES
- REMINISCE WITH RHYME
- OPPOSITES
- BRAND NAMES
- SILENT LETTER
- CAPITALS AND THEIR COUNTRIES
- A – Z
- BINGO LINGO
- MELODIES
- NAME GAME
- COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
- SPECIAL DAYS
- MISSING WORDS
- PAIRS AND DUOS
- TV QUOTES
- INITIALS AND THEIR MEANINGS
- WHAT’S THE CONNECTION
- HOMONYMS
- ANIMALS AND THEIR YOUNG