I’m struggling to find activities for my mother to do independently. She likes to knit, but her arthritis has made it difficult for her to do for more than a few minutes. I want to find something to keep her mind working. Please let me know if anything you have had good experiences with! Thanks!!
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You can also search Alzheimers Activities on Amazon for other ideas to keep your mom busy.
Good luck!
PD for Parkinson's is also used for some folks with early or later stage dementia. There are videos to watch, and professional ballet dancer created routines adapted specifically to older folks, or those with Parkinson's. I don't know if the videos are downloaded or if they can be watched online, which I think is actually the case.
If there are balance issues though, it might be better for her to be accompanied, by you or a therapist, to ensure that she isn't injured by falling off a chair or something similar.
That's even a possibility for more patients where she is, if it weren't for the distancing issues.
What I found, is that if the person is able to do still do the activity, they will continue doing it and then when they can't, they stop, because, it holds little interest to them. They can't keep up, can't stay focus or don't have the ability to engage. That's why having someone supervise the activity is so important and without that, it's not likely they will engage in an activity for very long. All you can do is try. Please post about what you discover. I'd love to know how it turns out.