Alzheimer's Activities : Hundreds of Activities for Men and Women With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

Why This Book Was Written viii Who Should Read This Book? ix Why Activities? ix Who Is Able to Participate in Activities? x How to Use This Book xi Taking Care of the Caregiver xii Tips for Successful Activities xiii Acknowledgments xv Activities Activity Books 1(1) Advent 2(1) Airplanes/Aviation 3(2) Antiques & Memorabilia 5(1) Aquariums/Fish Tanks 6(1) Arbor Day 7(3) Armed Forces Day 10(1) Art 11(2) Audiotapes/CDs 13(1) Automobiles 14(2) Babies 16(2) Birthdays 18(1) Books 19(3) Camping 22(2) Canes, Walkers & Wheelchairs 24(1) Card Games 24(1) Catalogs 25(1) Children 26(2) Children's Day 28(1) Chinese New Year 29(2) Christmas 31(4) Cinco de Mayo 35(1) The Civil War 36(2) Clothing 38(1) Collections 39(1) Columbus Day 40(2) Computers 42(1) Crafts 42(2) Dance Marathons 44(1) Day Care Programs 44(2) Dolls 46(2) Easter 48(2) Ecology 50(1) Election Day 51(1) Exercise 51(2) Family History 53(1) Farms/Ranches 54(2) Father's Day 56(1) Field Trips 57(2) Fishing 59(3) Flag Day 62(2) Foods & Beverages 64(2) Food Preparation 66(2) Fragrances and Scents 68(1) Games (Fine Motor & Mental) 69(2) Games (Large Muscle) 71(2) Gardening 73(2) Graduations 75(1) The Great Depression 76(1) Greeting Cards 77(2) Grocery Shopping 79(1) Halloween 80(1) Hanukkah 81(1) History 82(2) Host/Hostess 84(1) Housework 85(1) Independence Day 86(1) Japanese New Year 87(2) Jewelry 89(1) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 90(1) Kitchen Tasks 91(1) Korean War/Korean Conflict 92(2) Kwanzaa 94(1) Labor Day 95(2) Laundry 97(1) Abraham Lincoln's Birthday 98(1) Magazines 99(1) Magnifying Glasses 100(1) Mail 101(3) Maps/Globes 104(1) May Day 105(1) Medical 106(3) Memorial Day 109(1) Memory Boxes 110(3) Military Service 113(2) Miscellaneous Fun 115(2) Money 117(1) Mother's Day 118(2) Movie/Television Stars 120(1) Movies/Slides 121(2) Music 123(1) National Alzheimer's Disease Month 124(1) Newspapers/Magazines 125(1) New Year's Day 126(1) Office Work 127(1) Outdoor Adventures 128(1) Passover 129(1) Pearl Harbor Day 130(2) Personal Hygiene/Grooming 132(1) Pets/Companion Animals 133(2) Photographs and Albums 135(1) Politics 136(1) Postcards 137(2) Presidents of the United States 139(2) U.S. Presidents 1789--1901 141(1) U.S. Presidents 1901--2001 142(1) Presidents' Day 143(1) Puzzles 144(1) Radios 145(1) Recitation 146(1) Reminiscing 147(1) The Roaring Twenties 148(2) Rosh Hashanah 150(2) Saint Patrick's Day 152(2) School Days 154(1) School Yearbooks/Annuals 155(1) Science 156(2) Scrapbooks 158(1) Seasonal Activities 159(3) Sensory Experiences 162(2) Service Clubs/Civic Organizations 164(1) Sewing Room 165(1) Shopping 166(1) Sorting/Matching 167(2) Spanish American War 169(1) Spiritual 170(2) Sports 172(2) Star Gazing 174(2) Story Time 176(2) Telephones 178(1) Telephone Timeline Snapshot 179(1) Television 180(2) Television Timeline Snapshot 182(1) Thanksgiving 183(2) Theatre Arts 185(3) Thrift Shops, Factory Outlets, etc. 188(2) Tools 190(1) Tours 191(1) Trains 192(2) Travel 194(2) United Nations Day 196(1) Valentine's Day 197(1) Veterans Day 198(1) Videos/DVDs 199(6) U. S. Movie History Highlights 205(1) Visitors/Visiting 205(1) George Washington's Birthday 206(1) Weather Watch 207(1) Weddings 208(3) Wild, Wild West 211(2) Women 213(1) Women's Equality Day 213(1) Women's History Month 213(2) Woodworking 215(1) World War I 216(2) Key Participants in World War I 218(1) World War II 218(2) Yard Work 220(1) Yard Sales 220(2) Yom Kippur 222(3) Epilogue 225(1) About the Author 225(2) Selected Bibliography 227(2) Resources for Alzheimer's Disease Information 229(2) The Stages of Alzheimer's Disease 231(1) Product Resources 232