Home Health Care: 5 Activities To Do With A Senior Loved One With Alzheimer’s
Home Health Care: September is World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.
Home Health Care in Berwyn PA: Alzheimer’s
It’s a great time for the families and caregivers of seniors with Alzheimer’s to learn more about how to best care for their senior loved ones and connect with them. Sometimes family members and caregivers get frustrated when their senior loved ones can no longer participate in conversations or do the things that they used to be able to do, like follow the story on a TV program. The key to spending quality time with a senior loved one who has Alzheimer’s is finding activities that you can do together which will give your senior loved one a joyful moment. As their Alzheimer’s progresses your loved one will be living from moment to moment being present only in that moment. Some of the activities that you, or a Home Health Care provider, can do with a senior who has Alzheimer’s are:
Go For A Walk
A simple walk can be a profound experience for someone with Alzheimer’s. They may not know where they are, even if it’s someplace they have been a million times, but they will know the sun is shining, the breeze is cool, and the sky is blue. Those sensory inputs will be enough to make them experience a moment of pure happiness. And being with them will make you appreciate those small moments more as well.
Listen To Music
Listening to music can transport people with Alzheimer’s back to a meaningful moment in their lives or just give them a moment of bliss listening to the perfect combination of notes. Sometimes the best activity you can do with a senior loved one that has Alzheimer’s is listening to a piece of their favorite music with them. Just sitting and listening and being present in the moment is a wonderful thing to share.
Take A Drive
Many seniors with Alzheimer’s love going for rides in the car. If your senior loved one gets upset or irritable with you or with a Home Health Care provider taking them for a drive can change their mood quickly. The motion combined with the scenery whooshing by and the bright sky that they can see from the car window can work together to put them in a great mood. Just don’t expect them to remember particular places. If they do remember something that’s great, but don’t expect it. Just enjoy the experience of driving with them.
Look At Art
Color, texture, composition, and medium make each piece of art unique. But it’s the way that your senior loved one’s brain interprets those things that makes that art meaningful to them. Looking at sculptures or paintings can immerse your senior loved one with Alzheimer’s in a world of color and joy. Take your senior loved one to a gallery or exhibit and let them choose what art they’d like to experience.
Home Health Care: Watch The Sunrise
Sit with your senior loved one outside just before sunrise with a hot coffee or tea, or some juice. Just sit together and watch the sunrise. Both of you can just enjoy the beauty of nature and the joy of being together.
If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring Home Health Care in Berwyn, PA, please contact the friendly staff at Suma Home Care. (484) 206-4544
Source:
https://www.alz.org/help-support/caregiving/daily-care/activities
Ibrahim recently completed a Professional Certificate in Management; He is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administrations (MBA) at a prestigious university in the UK.
With their passion for helping others and a strong background in customer services and clinical care, Ibrahim and his wife started assisting individuals in their homes.
Since started and operating Suma Home Care in 2010 in the basement of their home, Suma Home Care has provided professionals who work endlessly in providing clients with the highest quality of care, while enabling clients to maintain dignity, comfort and safety in their homes.
Suma Home Care, serves four counties in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia. Ibrahim is firmly connected to his local community and is always looking for ways to give back whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Ibrahim enjoys spending time with his wife and children, travelling and enjoys sports.
Mariama Suma-Keita BSN RN
Born in Sierra Leone west Africa, relocated to America in 1999 from a civil war and settled since in the U.S.A as a Naturalized citizen Graduated from National school of nursing with an associate , and completed BSN in Nursing from Immaculata University graduated with Honor roll Alpha Lambda sigma, After escaping the war served as a refugee nurse in Gambia and Guinea to other displaced refugees before coming to America.
In the states started in Homecare then then transition into hospital, worked in Jefferson hospital as a Registered nurse on Tele and general medsurg floor, also worked in Einstein hospital as an oncology transplant nurse , I realized that I enjoy working with patients so much and believe in quality and compassionate care one at a time dealing with an holistic approach in caring for patients and family in a familiar environment called home , I see the impact and progress when they’re home , it makes them feel relax and progress fast with recovering at home. As a nurse and entrepreneur I understand that dedication to meeting people and families needs is a priority, and able to foster relationships with family and patients that is professional and friendly to help them stay and settled home as a desire.
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