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It is always fun to release new Memory Joggers Activity editions for your Memory Cafe activity planning – now up to Volume 9! Twenty new “one liners” are now in the Memory Joggers Library! Get your new Volume 9 today – and all the other editions, of course.
As always, Memory Joggers is a great way to engage your Memory Cafe participants – or your loved one at home. Simply state the beginning of the phrase, and have them complete it.
Enjoy your FREE MEMORY CAFE ACTIVITY from Memory Cafe Directory! (Yes, it’s free. “Don’t look a gift horse in the… mouth!)
Here’s your latest collection in Memory Joggers Volume 9:
- Don’t look a gift horse in the… mouth
- Your heart is in the right… place
- Just cut to the… chase
- Taking the high… road
- Pull out all the… stops
- Hanging on by my… fingernails
- Blood, sweat and… tears
- Works like a… charm
- Trick or… treat
- I’m not sure; that remains to be… seen
- Hit the ground… running
- Make or… break
- Watch it go up in… smoke
- Get a lump in your… throat
- Leave no stone… unturned
- That car is dead in the… water
- Like pouring money down the… drain
- That makes my skin… crawl
- Look on the bright… side
- As hard as a… rock
Science Based
It is important to remind us all of the benefits science tells us that comes with exercising recall. Whether it’s trivia-like recall, or more general activities that cause “reminiscence” beneficial brain activity takes place.
In this edition, I’d like to share a slightly different approach to the Memory Joggers related products. “Activities to do with Your Parent who has Alzheimer’s Dementia” by Judith A Levy, EdM, OTR is a wonderful collection of valuable activities. (Sounds like a certain Memory Joggers activity, doesn’t it?)
Ms. Levy’s activities are easy to engage your loved one and they help to focus on bolstering self-care skills, improved socialization, and more confident mobility. It is the ongoing encouragement of success that boosts their self worth.
A wonderful combination!
A fascinating component to the book is the Activity Assessment Form. This allows you to dissect each activity to identify the best conditions and overall situation that is the most effective. By writing this feedback, consistency is fostered when there are multiple caregivers providing support.
From over 50 ideas for activities, to the assessment forms, to advice to prevent caregiver burnout (see our take on Stress Reduction), to a home safety assessment, there is plenty of value for your investment.
Enjoy your new Memory Joggers!
More editions are coming soon. Visit the Memory Joggers library often to see the new editions. Better yet, get in touch with us to share your favorite sayings. We have a lot of them we are planning to publish, but we don’t have all of them.
Tell us your favorites and if we don’t already have them on the list, we’ll add them! At least 10 most volumes are planned – and with your help, many, many more!
Thank you for trusting Memory Cafe Directory and for using Memory Joggers!