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**Engaging with Dominos in Dementia Care**
Looking for a simple, meaningful way to engage a loved one with dementia? Dominos aren’t just for traditional gameplay—they can be used in so many creative ways to encourage cognitive stimulation, motor skills, and social interaction!
✨ In this reel, I’m using dominos for a matching activity—tracing the pieces on paper and having my loved one match them by counting and placing the right dominos in the outlines. This is a great way to promote focus and visual recognition!
Other ways to use dominos in dementia care:
🧩 **Sorting** by color, number of dots, or size
🎨 **Tracing & Coloring** the dots or outlines for a calming art activity
🤲 **Stacking** to build towers, encouraging hand-eye coordination
📖 **Storytelling** by picking a domino and sharing a memory related to the numbers
👐 **Sensory Play** by feeling the texture and weight, great for fidgeting hands
Engagement doesn’t have to be complicated—sometimes, the simplest activities bring the most joy! Have you ever used dominos this way? Let me know in the comments! ⬇️
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An error-free activity for someone with dementia means providing tasks and experiences where they can successfully engage without encountering mistakes or obstacles. It is essential because individuals with dementia often experience cognitive impairments, and facing errors can lead to frustration, anxiety, and reduced self-confidence. Error-free activities promote a positive and empowering experience, enhancing their well-being and maintaining a sense of accomplishment, even as cognitive abilities decline.
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I truly go into entertainer mode when I’m setting up a group activity/ waiting for all of my clients to join (literally the other day I was singing “no music” and dancing while setting up a recreational therapy intervention and my client said - “do you ever get embarrassed?” 🤣☠️) As a reminder, recreational therapists, and the therapeutic activities we provide, are NOT entertainers. We provide THERAPY that is functional and fun. Entertainment and activities are great, but they aren’t recreational therapy. Recreational therapists are a vital part of a healthcare team.
Now…what’s your favorite way to “entertain” clients?
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so cool to learn and be a part of!!! #adaptivesurfing #volunteer #adaptivesports #rectherapy #ctrs
Try dementia friendly activities only for it to be rejected?
Especially when we are tired or busy it may be tempting to just put something in front of them that is easy
Here is an idea to make this activity less likely to be rejected, thus giving you more time for yourself as a caregiver.
Often times, if our person doesn't have a reason why they are working on a project, they won't want to do it
Connect the activity to someone or something they care about
This can be making a card for grandkids, cheering up other nursing home residents
Or simply that you need help with a project and you think they would be good at it.
Remember purpose+an easy activity=success
Share a heart in the comments if you agree.
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We might not be going through the same grief or the same pain, but if the algorithm got you here, maybe we have something in common— being over the ableism of planet earth.
wish I had a one size fits all solution to this, but I don’t. But I do have my own story of how I got here as well as this pretty cool gift of helping others find their own path, including all the stops to grief, overwhelm, anger, guilt, shame or any version of you that you’d like to explore together. I’m still learning my own way but lemme know if you wanna chat 🫂
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#BlackHistory 1ST Female African American Bilateral Clinician Amputee that have become a Certified Prosthetist Orthodist in the United States #USHistory #DrShimaNixon #CTRS #MSPO
My sister My sister
Oh how I loved how my sister turned her pain into passion
We all looked at it as tragedy but it was a minor distraction
She started her journey going to nursing school
Where she later found out Miller-Motte was a bunch of bull
Then she got into an accident that knocked her off her horse
That’s how she figured out she was taking up the wrong course
I watched her cry but also laugh through her pain
Every though she lost her limbs her mind and heart never changed
She flipped her own light switch when her world got dark
She brung her own bat to the field and knocked the ball out the park
I was her temporary carrier when she wanted to step
But her accomplishments was solely on her and no one else
My girl had to learn how to walk again
I watched her while she made God her bestfriend
She skates, drives, motorcycle, golf, swim, bowl even plays basketball
There’s nothing my girl can’t do..she done accomplished it all
In the mist she stood tall just like she once stood before
With a mission to show amputees that there’s no limit as long as they’re willing to soar
My girl bounced from state to state grasping at what she was destined to be
She graduated with her Masters while making Black and US history
She shares her story to show other amputees that they are the light to their own candle
It might be tough but it’s nothing that none of them can’t handle
I’m so glad God put me as her big sister to break the ice when her mind was frozen
And every year Imma find a way to show my sister that her hardwork didn’t go unnoticed
Shout out to my sister for becoming the 1st Black Bilingual double jointed Amputee to do it in her profession
God helped her turn her past trials and tribulations into a bigger blessing #TeamAmputee #Hanger #HangerClinic @shima0329
in order to believe affirmations, you have to explore why your body is rejecting the belief/words in the first place. cue decoding your thoughts and feelings. cue therapy.
if you’ve experienced adversity in your life, saying things like “luck is yours” won’t feel authentic bc your body is still stuck in the moments when things weren’t so lucky 💔 this is why it’s important to check internally to see, feel, and hear what our bodies are holding onto when they experienced that grief, loss, sadness, or anger that was loud even 10-20 years ago.
reminder: any emotion that was loud and told to be suppressed will feel trapped inside your body. it’s our job to find where and what these parts of us are holding so we can free them from their cage when they’re ready.
so before you go sticking affirmations around your house, be sure to check in with what parts are conflicting with these affirmations, and what do they want to share with us? What memories do they hold? And how can we help them with that heavy load.
as always; if you need an emotion detective and parts work scribe, I’m here. DM us for info on how we can work together, virtually or in person 🤍
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Sensory play can improve relaxation, self regulation, and socialization. We’re embracing spring with this themed sensory bin for recreational therapy🪻
Did you know you can buy everything you need at the dollar store? This sensory bin only cost about $6 to make and we had so much fun playing with it and learning about potting plants 🌱
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"Even I, Ctrl+S has become a constant companion for me before I got a system that holds charge for 18 hours 😂"
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P1 in qualifying, 6-tenths back to second. Feeling good for the two races later today!
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