Check Your Health- Activities Individuals with Dementia and Their Caregivers Can Enjoy

by Utah Department of Health and Human ServicesWe all seek to make meaningful memories and experience joy with our loved ones. This effort shouldn’t change following a dementia diagnosis. People living with dementia have many strengths and can enjoy a multitude of activities at any stage of the disease.

The arts are examples of activities that can stimulate many parts of the brain and provide a lot of benefit to people living with dementia. They can be an outlet of self-expression for all of us, and especially become a way for individuals with dementia to communicate as the disease progresses.

Utah’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Coordinating Council is working to make Utah more dementia-friendly by creating safe spaces for individuals living with dementia and their care partners to participate in some of these activities.

The ADRD Program has launched a new website which offers resources for those living with dementia, caregivers, professionals and more. You can find it at

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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