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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 362.196831 EAN: 9781878812889 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1878812882 Label: Health Professions Pr Manufacturer: Health Professions Pr Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 199 Publication Date: September 15, 2004 Publisher: Health Professions Pr Studio: Health Professions Pr Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Bring out the best in each person with dementia with these versatile, easy-to-implement Best Friends(tm) activities. A best friend knows your habits, what you like to do, and what makes you feel good. The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities puts all of these qualities to work to help you transform the activity programming at your adult day center, residential care facility, or home care setting. Staff, participants, and family members will all benefit. With the ideas and suggestions found in this book, any member of a program's care staff can turn the simplest interaction with a person with dementia into an activity that helps satisfy essential physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. In these inspiring pages, you will find * activities for unprogrammed time, including evenings and weekends * ideas especially for men * opportunities for intergenerational exchanges * interactive group activities * art projects for exercising creativity Suggestions for integrating humor, music, and reminiscence into these 147 activities are included, as well as adaptations for individuals in the early and late stages of Alzheimer's disease, preventive measures to avoid unwanted surprises, and conversation tips. Planning activities for individuals with dementia may seem challenging, but The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities shows how easy and natural it can be. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's ActivitiesAs the Executive Director of an assisted living community, I am ultimately responsible for resident care and activities in our dementia unit. The Best Friend approach is the best philosophy around for providing resident care in our setting. The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities is user friendly; it shows how simple, day to day activities can work to make residents feel a sense of connection and accomplishment. Rating:  - Activities for the elderlyThis book is a great resource for families, friends, and professionals working with elderly individuals in general and especially those with dementia and other memory disorders. It provides excellent activity ideas along with great ideas on modifying activities to increase the impact and benefit for both patients and caregivers. it is an excellent resource for activity departments, therapists working with elderly, organizers for groups of elderly individuals and family members trying to maintain ... Read More Rating: - Great Alzheimer's ResourceAs an owner of 2 assisted living homes in Arizona, we are always looking for new and innovative ways to incorporate different activities into the residents' day. We ordered the first book in this series to try out the activities. Needless to say, we're ordering the remaining books because it has become such a hit! Rating: - Effective,Easy to do, Mind Stimulating Activities for those with Memory ImpairmentsThis book suggests many ideas for activities for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias that can help stimulate the mind which is so important to maintain brain function. There is a wide variety to meet most people's interests. Also ways to engage people are discussed. by Susan Berg author of Adorable Photographs of Our Baby: Meaningful, Mind Stimulating Activities and More for the Memory Challenged, Their Loved Ones, and Involved Professionals. 
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