As a Activity Director and Dementia Practitioner working in LTC for over 20 years I want to thank you for your valuable work. I am going to use your youtube video to educate my partners in care and engagement at work.

I love her! I am dealing with a spouse with dementia and I am so blessed with her presentations.

You are spot on. Stage appropriate for adults disabled mentally with the mind of children. Our house is filled with activities they love.

"Boredom is a disease of it's own" What a profound statement.

Makes me feel so proud to be Canadian. What wonderful pair!!

my mother in the UK has frontal dementia and I found this video very helpful, thank you

Thanks so much for this. As a nurse working in rural AB, I’m going to show this to my manager and start brining play back into the lives of our LTC patients. It is so sad to see them sitting in chairs all day just waiting around for meds or meals. We can do better. Knowledge is power and I thank you for making this video and sharing this information. I’m going to do my part to share this with as many nurses as I can.

Fantastic! Engagement, resident centered...Focus on what works to decrease/end boredom....True sense of purpose....Building curiosity....Continuum with living "At the moment"....Re-educating "social norms"....Thank you.

This reminds me of what I came up with for my son. I gave up on the rest of the world but I did my best to “play attention” to him. Getting them dressed and fed and hair brushed and all that isn’t enough. They need play.

What a beautiful gift! You are both angels 😇 ❤

Thank you so much. I have a mother who is not able to get out of bed anymore and this is giving me some great ideas of things I can do to pass the time with her when I am able to visit.

I was so pleased excited when I saw this presentation, my husband was diagnosed in March this year, and he doesn't settle at all he was a farmer and used to being so active, I gave him a tool box full of tools and it keeps him busy for ages. Your ideas are brilliant for relieving boredom 😊

Thats the best video I've watched, so inspiring, Thank you

I made a miniature cornhole game for my husband, I filled air packing bubbles with sand, and used a photo box to toss the sandbags into. My husband loved it! We played together until he reached the end of Stage Six, after that he lost interest in the cornhole game. He died four weeks into Stage Seven of LBD.

This woman is amazing.

Great presentation! I have run up against dissaproval from families when their loved one was enjoying playing with doll house furniture and toys.But it worked.I've also been told by supervisors that something is too "juvenile".If you have something that works, you need to go with whatever that is, in my opinion.I will definitely use these ideas in my work.Thank you!

Thank you, very inspiring!

This had a tremendous impact on me... Thank you :`)

Beautiful video...thanks for posting it. It's difficult to get past the "age appropriate" mindset hurdle, but it is so helpful! Thanks again. :)

Great ideas! And so helpful for all of us to consider when with the elderly.

@ed7519

2 жыл бұрын

You mean people with Dementia. There are people who are elderly who don't have Dementia/Alzheimers. 🌞

@theaweavers8576

2 жыл бұрын

We listen to ballet swan lake and also do our made up ballet movements and have a laugh and enjoy the music very much.xxx bingo xxxp

Amazing, great ideas and comments! Thank you !

I wish I had seen this earlier. My husband died 10/08/22. I was his caregiver for the last 8 years. He did real well at home but I think there could have been more.

This was incredible!

Good information. Frontotemporal dementia can be really challenging.

Thank you for this 🙏🏻

Wonderful. Thank you for uploading and for the wonderful work. Will definitely use in my Home. ❤

TY! Extremely helpful. ❤️

VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU!

Thank you Donna and Steve. Going to ask my carpenter to make those boards!

Thank you! I new mom was bored but had no ideas how to amuse her. I’m gonna get coloring books tomorrow. I’m actually hopeful for the first time this year.

@cchsa25

3 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

This is so awesome

Such good ideas!!!

What a wonderful presentation! I’m headed to the thrift store now for some things for my friend with FTD! I’m an RN but not working in that field now fyi❤️

I watched this video all the way through and its helped me immensely. It makes me want to cry. I have my mother with dementia and it's very hard. I'm trying to make it less hard for the both of us and gain a level of understanding. Thank you so much. May God bless you for your good work.

My Dan seems to be at your Don's stage so I need more ideas for later stages. Have had very little success with him so far.

Proud to be African.

Excellent practical hands on video. I have been looking for this type of information for a long time while taking care of my brother. By any chance do you have a program that I can use to teach others on how to engage people with dementia. I don’t want to reinvent the wheel when you have already found the answers. Again thank you and I applaud you guys for treating people like human beings.

In Africa we take care of them in the home.

Some additional activity-based care plans for dementia caregivers can be found here: shop.markethomecare.com/collections/caregiver-client-activity-plans

This is good for early stage. Even with the stimulation, activity, and interaction you cannot stop the degeneration. Abilities to perform tasks diminishes quite quickly. But it is still very important to do these things.

You can get paid with home and community based care

😛😁👍🙏💖💖🕊💖💖😍😍😘💪God Bless !

why aren't there "toys" like this that don't look so childish? I'm looking for something like pegs or simple puzzles - but not childish looking.

@ahhwe-any7434

8 ай бұрын

I think it really does just depend on the individual & the care takers. I know when not to laugh & when to take things more seriously. Like these things def require a level of emotional maturity. Bc they really do act like children. Even simple tasks can be hard for them. & I know they can act out of frustration. I was trying to make em play match once. & while 1 might think it's silly, the next might somehow feel mocked & inadequate. Once a retired vet even got mad at me & threw a tantrum bc he didn't want to share all "his" coloring utensils. But in recent mths I've been saying "good job" to everyone. & the things that I even think might be sound pointless to them, prob actually means the world to them. I do help to try & maintain their dignity & def don't want to "baby sit" or "belittle" them all the time. They do get frustrating. But coddling them does actually work. There's a lady who wants to assault everyone. Regardless of how ppl want to paint themselves as the "magic touch." But even coddling her helps. Like, at least she doesn't assault me as much, lol. Somexs when the EMT walks in... Like yeah! See what we hafta deal w. You'd think she was being murdered. That somexs it is the boy that cried wolf. Anyways, I know I should be studying. But I feel sick & so is my baby. Which she's not the most happy about. I leave her side, & she's bawling. Fake bawling. Some of the things I find at my work tho... :/ I mean, they said they'd rather a real baby use things than fake ones. But I at least know the ladies like comforting... Toys.

Cerebral palsy is NOT a disease. Who is this woman?

@lovinlife2456

5 жыл бұрын

Oh for goodness sake - see the bigger picture you idiot.........

@garylefevers

4 жыл бұрын

You completely missed the point. I just wish that there had been something like KZread and helpful videos like this back in the 90's. My wife and I took care of my father in law at home. He suffered from Alzheimer's. Like this lady, she had devoted her professional life to the elderly and disabled. Thank God she had the experience to know how to care for Herb properly. We tried to keep him as active as possible. I just can not help but think that he may have gotten bored on occasion. May God bless those who care for others. Have a nice day everyone.