I've watched quite a few of your shorts but only just discovered you have regular, longer videos and worksheets to go along with these. I'm wanting to volunteer with an aged-care centre, specifically with dementia patients. I've had 30+ years of school music teaching but don't want to jump into a full program using music and requiring much preparation. This is because I had to leave work after my own mental health became too difficult to function. (I've had mental health problems all my life but only, in recent times, found it too hard to cope with work and regular life.) I've been wanting to retrain as a mental health peer worker as I've had plenty of experience and lots of time learning ways to cope and get through the daily battles. One of the techniques I've learnt is along the lines of DBT, where you recognise and name the emotion you are feeling, and then learn to just accept what is happening- not to make a judgement about it- and then, later, trying to reframe the way you see the trigger that brought this emotion on. I've found this really helpful for myself and think it could help those who are experiencing stress brought on by confusion of thoughts. I've also had to learn to focus on the NOW- not look back on past times and not to count on future events (of which, for me, there are no 'activities' to look forward to anymore so it's best I don't go there in my head). I won't be expecting anyone to remember me from week to week and I won't require them to tell me about things from the past or future unless there's something they'd like to share. I'm hoping to start with simple activities like hand moisturising/massages, one to one. Your suggestions here gave me the idea that if there were enough people wanting hand pampering, perhaps I could ask for volunteers to also give hand massages. I've run classrooms at school in a way that students could take responsibility for both the classroom, equipment and for their own learning. I'd hope to make any dementia patients also feel that they could contribute and participate in activities rather than just allowing things to proceed around them. Apart from that, I was going to include some reading and eventually add in a bit of music. I still have a lot to sort out in my own head before I can get to this stage of volunteering. In the meantime, I'll watch some of your videos and write a few notes to prepare myself further. Thank you for your efforts, Krista. Cheers from Louise in Australia.
Sylvia Grimes I think tactile or audio things are the first things that come to mind. A lot of men I’ve worked with really like to help you fix things. There are screw boards and Pipes you can get. Also, there are audio books if he likes to listen to various publications
Here's 2 FREE dementia cheatsheets for acitivies and what to do w/ challenging behaviors, download @ dementiasuccesspath.com/yt-cs
Thank you so much. This is so helpful!! I look forward to using these ideas!
I've watched quite a few of your shorts but only just discovered you have regular, longer videos and worksheets to go along with these.
I'm wanting to volunteer with an aged-care centre, specifically with dementia patients. I've had 30+ years of school music teaching but don't want to jump into a full program using music and requiring much preparation. This is because I had to leave work after my own mental health became too difficult to function. (I've had mental health problems all my life but only, in recent times, found it too hard to cope with work and regular life.)
I've been wanting to retrain as a mental health peer worker as I've had plenty of experience and lots of time learning ways to cope and get through the daily battles. One of the techniques I've learnt is along the lines of DBT, where you recognise and name the emotion you are feeling, and then learn to just accept what is happening- not to make a judgement about it- and then, later, trying to reframe the way you see the trigger that brought this emotion on. I've found this really helpful for myself and think it could help those who are experiencing stress brought on by confusion of thoughts.
I've also had to learn to focus on the NOW- not look back on past times and not to count on future events (of which, for me, there are no 'activities' to look forward to anymore so it's best I don't go there in my head). I won't be expecting anyone to remember me from week to week and I won't require them to tell me about things from the past or future unless there's something they'd like to share.
I'm hoping to start with simple activities like hand moisturising/massages, one to one.
Your suggestions here gave me the idea that if there were enough people wanting hand pampering, perhaps I could ask for volunteers to also give hand massages. I've run classrooms at school in a way that students could take responsibility for both the classroom, equipment and for their own learning. I'd hope to make any dementia patients also feel that they could contribute and participate in activities rather than just allowing things to proceed around them. Apart from that, I was going to include some reading and eventually add in a bit of music.
I still have a lot to sort out in my own head before I can get to this stage of volunteering. In the meantime, I'll watch some of your videos and write a few notes to prepare myself further.
Thank you for your efforts, Krista.
Cheers from Louise in Australia.
Thanks for sharing.....all 5 of these ideas/resources - currently doing all & all are very good 👍😀👏
Thankyou for your ideas
Thank you, this is very helpfull
Your fantastic. I love your content . 💯 agree with everything. Btw love your acting
What activity are you going to use?
What are the best activity for a farmer?
What are some ideas for a man that having moderate stage dementia and is also blind?
Sylvia Grimes I think tactile or audio things are the first things that come to mind. A lot of men I’ve worked with really like to help you fix things. There are screw boards and Pipes you can get. Also, there are audio books if he likes to listen to various publications
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If I become a homemaker then how do I get money and an income to find stuff?
I’m not 100% sure what you mean
Start selling stuff that you own from your home that you don’t longer need or want..with that you will invest and what you want to resell
I'm a homemaker, my spouse works. Others work from home and earn an income that way. I have no idea what any of this has to do with elder care.
Show something.. Stop talking like everyone else.