Sunday, August 2, 2015

Choosing The Right Games For Dementia Patients

By Kathrine Franks


Caring for patients with dementia can be challenging. The condition itself is a challenge to the person suffering from it. This is why, caregivers need to have a good command of he things that they are supposed to do so they can provider a better environment, albeit a very stimulating one, for the patient that they are looking after.

A good approach that might benefit these patients better would be to allow them to play games. There are games for dementia patients that might help keep them occupied and will also ensure that there is always going to be brain stimulation in them. This will ensure that they wont remain idle as we as their brain remains being used regularly. Doing this daily might actually have really good benefits.

It matters that you have a good understanding of the condition that they are suffering from if you want to really care for them. You have you to remember that the key towards extending to them the attention and care that they need is when you know what they are going through and what steps have to be taken to avoid the condition from further deteriorating.

They need to be playing somewhere that is right and ideal for the activities that you want them to engage in too. You need to be sure that they are going to be at ease so they will be more interested in the game. Making sure that this is the place that you will allow them to play at every time would ensure that they will have a routine that they will regularly follow.

There are a lot of activities that you would want these patients to engage in as their pastime. The key here is for you to find something that they may be interested and doing, but will keep them stimulated as well. It is not enough that it is interesting. It has to contribute something towards ensuring that their brain activity is going to be enhanced in the process.

Puzzles are really good exercises too. They are fun. They can be quite stimulating to the brain as well. If you think that you need something that would be easy enough for the patient to understand, but will keep him occupied as well, then these games may be the right choice for you. Crosswords or word finding games might be good for such a purpose as well.

Scarp booking and collecting photos can be fun too. They allow patients to look into old photographs that they may still recognize themselves. Aside from allowing them to discuss about the activity and the pictures that the are seeing, this activity might help make it easier for them to recall events and even people in their lives whom they are having a hard time recalling now.

Reading activities may be a good idea. This would allow the patient to read passages that might help them get the brain activity that they need. This is a very good exercise that will not only allow them to get entertained whole on their free time, this will help ensure proper brain activity as well. You can either let him read the passages for you read the passages yourself.




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