MERRY CHRISTMAS or HAPPY CHANUKAH

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The Dementia Caregiver's Little Book of Hope [Kindle Edition

To all the readers of this blog who are eager to learn more about dementia, I want to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a very merry Christmas.

Try to relax on Christmas day. Enjoy the holiday. Remember it is not just about giving gifts, but more importantly, it is about being with family and friends and taking pleasure in their company.

It is about remembering the good times and forgetting the bad. It is about letting go of useless grudges.

It is about enjoying the moment because with dementia, that is all you may get. Remember to create your own moments of joy so you and your dementia friends can have the most joyous holiday possible

Thank you all for making “Activities Director” a stop on your blogging journey. In the days to come, I will be discussing more information about dementia that you will find most helpful. See you soon and…..

MERRY CHRISTMAS or HAPPY CHANUKAH

From Susan Berg author of Adorable Photographs of Our Baby-Meaningful Mind Stimulating Activities and More for the Memory Challenged, Their Loved Ones and Involved Professionals a book for those with dementia and an excellent resource for caregivers and healthcare professionals.

Fairy Tale Songs

Activities directors, caregivers, and healthcare professionals,here is some great information

Here is a great dementia resource for caregivers and healthcare professionals,

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Here is a way for nurses administrators, social workers and other health care  professionals to get an easyceu or two


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The Dementia Caregiver's Little Book of Hope [Kindle Edition

The best album I could find is Disney Princess: Fairy Tale Songs

Here are the songs on the CD

1	When Will My Life Begin? [From Tangled] Alan Menken /Glenn Slater	Mandy Moore	2:34
	2	Almost There [From The Princess and the Frog] Randy Newman	Anika Noni Rose	2:26
	3	Part of Your World [From The Little Mermaid] Howard Ashman /Alan Menken	Jodi Benson	3:14
	4	Something There [From Beauty and the Beast] Howard Ashman /Alan Menken	Robby Benson / Angela Lansbury / Paige O'Hara/ Jerry Orbach / David Ogden Stiers	2:19
	5	Reflection [From Mulan] Matthew Wilder /David Zippel	Lea Salonga	2:26
	6	I See the Light [From Tangled] Alan Menken /Glenn Slater	Zachary Levi / Mandy Moore	3:46
	7	Everyday Princess Jamie Houston /Dapo Torimiro	Anika Noni Rose	2:52
	8	A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes [From Cinderella] Mack David / Al Hoffman / Jerry Livingston	Ilene Woods	4:36
	9	Where Do I Go from Here [From Pocahontas 2] Larry Grossman /Marty Panzer	Judy Kuhn	2:43
	10	Down in New Orleans Randy Newman	Anika Noni Rose	2:29
	11	Beauty and the Beast [From Beauty and the Beast] Howard Ashman /Alan Menken	Angela Lansbury	2:46
	12	I'm Wishing/One Song [From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs] Frank Churchill /Larry Morey	Adriana Caselotti	3:08
	13	I Wonder [From Sleeping Beauty] George Bruns /Winston Hibler /Ted Sears	Mary Costa	1:32
	14	The Glow Andy Dodd / Adam Watts	Shannon Saunders	2:53
	15	[CD-Rom Track]

You can also get CDs of individual fairy tale sound tracks such as 

Cinderella or

Snow White

You can also visit Disney Song Lyrics for more fairy tale songs

Links to popular fairy tales

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The Dementia Caregiver's Little Book of Hope [Kindle Edition]

Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm

• The Bremen Town Musicians
• Briar Rose (a version of Sleeping Beauty)
• Cinderella
• Frau (Mother) Holle
• The Frog Prince (a version of Disney's The Princess and the Frog)
• The Goose Girl
• Hansel and Gretel
• Iron John
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Rapunzel
• Rumpelstiltskin
• Snow White
• Tom Thumb
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Emperor's New Clothes
• The Princess and the Pea
• The Snow Queen
• The Swineherd
• Thumbelina
• The Tinder Box
• The Ugly Duckling

Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault

• Puss in Boots

Classic Fairy tales to read to those with dementia

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The Dementia Caregiver's Little Book of Hope [Kindle Edition]

To go along with National Tell a Fairy Tale Day, here is a list of fairy tales and links to them that residents with dementia or other long term care residents will enjoy

Cinderella

Little Red Riding Hood

Snow White

Sleeping Beauty

Rumpelstiltskin

Hansel and Gretel

Rapunzel

Three Little Pigs

The Ugly Duckling

How to Motivate A Nursing Home Resident

Kathleen Milazzo

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Motivating A Nursing Home Resident

Step 1 Introduce yourself as a staff member or volunteer and ask if they mind you visiting with them awhile.

Step 2 Strike up a conversation and don't be afraid to ask them what brought them to live in the home. As they begin to talk about their situations you will start learning more about their pasts and what things they might be interested in. You can mention for instance if they used to go to play bingo, that bingo games are held in the home and ask if they would be interested in going. Offer to come and pick them up and escort them to the game.

Step 3 When residents say they don't want to join in activities ask if they would at least come out of the room for awhile and watch the game. Assure them you will come and get them and bring them back to their rooms afterward.

Step 4 If they don't want to go at all ask if they would mind daily visits from you. During these visits you can offer to bring some activity they like for just the two of you to participate in. You can also gently drop hints while your visiting about joining in the group activities.

Step 5 If they refuse even visits saying they want to be left alone, insist that you have to come even if it's just to pop your head in and say hello. Once in awhile a resident will tell you that they are just too sick or in too much pain to be bothered. If that's the case, respect their wishes and offer to leave something of interest in their room in case they change their mind. Use gentle prodding and don't give up. Talk to the nursing department about enlisting their help in motivating the resident, and let them know how the resident is feeling.

Faity tales for adults

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The Dementia Caregiver's Little Book of Hope [Kindle Edition]

• Don't Bet on the Prince,
  contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England.

Young Adult Fairy Tales

• Francesca Lia Block, The Rose and the Beast (stories)
• Dia Calhoun, The Phoenix Dance
• P.W. Catanese, The Brave Apprentice
• P.W. Catanese, The Mirror's Tale
• P.W. Catanese, The Thief of the Bean Stalk
• Barbara Cohen, Roses
• Gillian Cross, Wolf
  (winner of the Carnegie Medal)
• Cameron Dokey, Beauty Sleep
• Cameron Dokey, Golden
• Eleanor Farjeon, The Glass Slipper
• Eleanor Farjeon, The Silver Curlew
• Nicholas Stuart Gray, The Seventh Swan
• Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl
• Nancy Holder, Spirited
• Dahlov Ipcar, The Queen of Spells
• Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock
• Eileen Kernaghan, The Snow Queen
• Patrice Kindl, Goose Chase
• Andrea Koenig, Thumbelina
• Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted
• Gregory Maquire, The Dream Stealer
• Gregory Maquire, Mirror, Mirror
• Sophie Masson, Serafin
• Sophie Masson, Malkin
• Robin McKinley, The Door in the Hedge (stories)
• Robin McKinley, A Knot in the Grain (stories)
• Robin McKinley, Spindle's End
• Donna Jo Napoli, Zel
• Donna Jo Napoli, Beast
• Donna Jo Napoli, The Magic Circle
• Donna Jo Napoli, Breath
• Donna Jo Napoli, Bound
• Donna Jo Napoli and Richard Tchen, Spinner
• Edith Pattou, East
• Philip Pullman, I Was a Rat!
• Peter Rushforth, Kintergarten
• Gary D. Schmidt, Straw Into Gold
• Ursula Synge, Swan's Wing
• Debbie Viguié, Scarlet Moon
• Suzanne Weyn, The Night Dance
• Jane Yolen, Tales of Wonder (stories)

November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month

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