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Alzheimer’s Disease & Recreational Therapy

Alzheimer’s Disease & Recreational Therapy. Friends with Benefits. Video. http:// www.youtube.com / watch?v =pMMlVh_fP2g. Why Alzheimer’s?. Make an impact 3-20 years after Diagnosis -Gillman Affects brain functioning Pre-dementia, early, moderate, advanced

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Alzheimer’s Disease & Recreational Therapy

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  1. Alzheimer’s Disease & Recreational Therapy Friends with Benefits

  2. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMMlVh_fP2g

  3. Why Alzheimer’s? • Make an impact • 3-20 years after Diagnosis -Gillman • Affects brain functioning • Pre-dementia, early, moderate, advanced • Increased risk though aging/family history

  4. STATISTICS • 5.4 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s • Over 15 million Americans provide unpaid care valued at $210 billion • Payments for care are estimated to be $200 billion in the US in 2012 -Alzheimer’s Association

  5. Treatment Options • Pharmaceutical drugs • Daily care-giving

  6. Recreational Therapy • “Helps patients recover basic motor functioning and reasoning abilities, builds confidence and enables those affected to socialize more effectively” - Mayo School of Health Sciences

  7. Local Organizations • Carriage Green Senior Home • • Treasure Chest Activity • • Encourage choosing diet • • Music during mealsMiddle Brook Farms Senior Home • • “People often link songs to memories. Music can help alter a person’s mood”-Thompson

  8. The Regency House • Located in Wallingford, CT • 4 main housing units • Offers physical, occupational and speech therapy

  9. Our efforts • Balloon Volleyball: • Ideal for those with limited physical movement & cognitive abilities • Improves physical coordination

  10. Our Efforts Pt. 2 • Picture Books: trigger memories & social interaction

  11. Personal experience

  12. Next Time? • Interview first • Return to see residents

  13. Wrap up

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