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101 THINGS TO DO
With a Person Who Has Alzheimer's Disease
I. Clip coupons
2. Sort poker chips
3. Count tickets
4. Rake Leaves
5. Vacuum
6. Look up names in a phone book
7. Bake cookies
8. Read daily paper out loud
9. Ask a friend who has a baby or young child to visit
10. Read a relative's letter out loud
11. Listen to relaxing or favorite music
12. Plant seeds
13. Look at family photos
14. Toss a ball
15. Color pictures
16. Make fresh lemonade
17. Wipe off the table
18. Weed the flower bed
19. Make Cream Cheese Mints.
2 lbs. Powdered Sugar
8. oz Cream Cheese
2 drops Peppermint Extract
Knead together, press into shapes,
20. Have a spelling bee
21. Read from the Readers Digest
22. Fold Clothes
23. Have someone visit with a calm pet
24. Cut pictures from old greeting cards
25. Wash silverware
26. Bake homemade bread
27. Sort objects such as beads by color
28. Sing Christmas carols
29. Say, ''Tell me more," when they start talking about a memory
30. Put silverware away
31. Make a Valentine collage
32. Sing favorite songs together
33. Take a ride
34. Make a cherry pie
35. Read a favorite story or poem aloud
36, Dye Easter eggs
37. Sort a basket of socks
38. Take a walk
39. Reminisce about the first day of school
40. String Cheerios to hang outside for the birds
41 . Make a fresh fruit salad
42. Sweep the patio
43. Color paper shamrocks green
44. Roll up coins
45. Have afternoon tea
46. Remember great inventions
47. Play Pictionary or a favorite game
48. Paint a sheet
49. Cut out paper dolls
50. Identify states and capitols
51 Make a family tree poster
52. Color a picture of the American flag
53. Cook hot dogs outside
54. Grow magic rocks
55. Water house plants
56. Reminisce about a first kiss
57. Play horse shoes
58. Dance
59. Sing favorite hymns
60. Make homemade lee cream
61. Force bulbs for winter blooming
62. Make Christmas, cards
63. Sort playing cards by suit or color
64. Write a letter to a family member
65. Dress in team coiors for football Sunday or Monday
66. Pop popcorn
67. Name the Presidents
68. Give a manicure or pedicure
69. Make paper butterflies
70. Plant a tree
71. Make a May basket
72. Make homemade applesauce
73. Finish famous sayings
74. Feed the ducks
75. Mold with play dough
76. Look at pictures in National Geographic
77. Put a simple puzzle together
78. Sand wood
79. Rub in hand lotion with a pleasant scent
80. Decorate paper pl2cemats
81. Arrange fresh flowers
82. Remember famous people
83. Straighten underwear drawers
84. Finish nursery rhymes
85. Wipe off Patio furniture
86. Make peanut butter sandwiches
87. Cut up paper for scratch pads
88. Take care of a fish tank
89. Trace and cut out leaves
90. Ask simple trivia questions
91. Finish Bible quotations
92. Paint with string
93. Cut Out magazine pictures
94. Read classic shott stories
95. Put coins in a jar
96. Sew "sewingn cards
97. Put bird feed out for the birds
98. Clean out a pumpkin
99. Roll yam into a ball
100. Reminisce about a favorite summer or vacation
101. Make a birthday cake
Courtesy of Susan Lonn
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101 THINGS TO DO with a person who has Alzheimer's disease
I. Clip coupons
2. Sort poker chips
3. Count tickets
4. Rake Leaves
5. Vacuum
6. Look up names in a phone book
7. Bake cookies
8. Read daily paper out loud
9. Ask a friend who has a baby or young child to visit
10. Read a relative's letter out loud
11. Listen to relaxing or favorite music
12. Plant seeds
13. Look at family photos
14. Toss a ball
15. Color pictures
16. Make fresh lemonade
17. Wipe off the table
18. Weed the flower bed
19. Make Cream Cheese Mints.-
2 lbs. Powdered Sugar
8. oz Cream Cheese
2 drops Peppermint Extract
Knead together, press into
shapes,
20. Have a spelling bee
21. Read from the Readers Digest
22. Fold Clothes
23. Have someone visit with a calm pet
24. Cut pictures from old greeting cards
25. Wash silverware
26. Bake homemade bread
27. Sort objects such as beads by color
28. Sing Christmas carols
29. Say, ''Tell me more," when they start talking about a memory
30. Put silverware away
31. Make a Valentine collage
32. Sing favorite songs together
33. Take a ride
34. Make a cherry pie
35. Read a favorite story or poem aloud
36, Dye Easter eggs
37. Sort a basket of socks
38. Take a walk
39. Reminisce about the first day of school
40. String Cheerios to hang outside for the birds
41 . Make a fresh fruit salad
42. Sweep the patio
43. Color paper shamrocks green
44. Roll up coins
45. Have afternoon tea
46. Remember great inventions
47. Play Pictionary or a favorite game
48. Paint a sheet
49. Cut out paper dolls
50. Identify states and capitols
51 Make a family tree poster
52. Color a picture of the American flag
53. Cook hot dogs outside
54. Grow magic rocks
55. Water house plants
56. Reminisce about a first kiss
57. Play horse shoes
58. Dance
59. Sing favorite hymns
60. Make homemade lee cream
61. Force bulbs for winter blooming
62. Make Christmas, cards
63. Sort playing cards by suit or color
64. Write a letter to a family member
65. Dress in team coiors for football Sunday or Monday
66. Pop popcorn
67. Name the Presidents
68. Give a manicure or pedicure
69. Make paper butterflies
70. Plant a tree
71. Make a May basket
72. Make homemade applesauce
73. Finish famous sayings
74. Feed the ducks
75. Mold with play dough
76. Look at pictures in National Geographic
77. Put a simple puzzle together
78. Sand wood
79. Rub in hand lotion with a pleasant scent
80. Decorate paper pl2cemats
81. Arrange fresh flowers
82. Remember famous people
83. Straighten underwear drawers
84. Finish nursery rhymes
85. Wipe off Patio furniture
86. Make peanut butter sandwiches
87. Cut up paper for scratch pads
88. Take care of a fish tank
89. Trace and cut out leaves
90. Ask simple trivia questions
91. Finish Bible quotations
92. Paint with string
93. Cut Out magazine pictures
94. Read classic shott stories
95. Put coins in a jar
96. Sew "sewingn cards
97. Put bird feed out for the birds
98. Clean out a pumpkin
99. Roll yam into a ball
100. Reminisce about a favorite summer or vacation
101. Make a birthday cake
Courtesy of Susan Lonn
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