The Villa - Dementia Care Facility

Dementia Wellness this Winter The cold has arrived and we are all experiencing the effects thereof. Persons with dementia experience the decreased light, limited outside engagement, increased aches and pains and decreased activity levels. Here are some tips as to how you can assist your family with dementia through these colder months: ·          Find opportunities to increase their physical activity levels indoors. Play more games, find chores within the home, go to bigger spaces in the community (if they don’t find shopping malls too over-stimulating), do seated exercises or have them join a gym (small and private). ·          New indoor activities, explore past interests and encourage new ones, knitting, board games, gardening (inside) and reminiscence activities are lovely for winter. ·          More light, turn on the lights earlier in the day and ...