Try: Clip coupons sort poker chips rake leaves use the carpet sweeper read out loud bake cookies look up names in the phone book read the daily paper out loud ask someone with a child to visit listen to polka music plant seeds indoors or out make a family photo album toss a ball color pictures

Materials: Sunday newspaper and ads poker chips rake carpet sweeper books cookie baking supplies phone book polka music flower vegetable seeds potting soil planters photo albums and photos ball coloring book and crayons

Categories: Sage, Topic, Behavior Challenging, Caregiver Needs&Support, Cognitive Intellectual, Emotional Psychological, Social

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References: eldercare skill builders 1998 available at

Keywords: Activities bored anxious paces pacing isolation depression mood

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed