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~ Life Enhancement ~

Everyone deserves to reach out and grab the memories from reminiscing of past times and present. Don’t let life pass you by without viewing the outside window that will follow you in your footsteps until the day we walk with the Lord!

What is Life Enhancement?

     Activity Professionals utilize activities to promote the independent physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning of elderly persons; by enhancing current skills for daily living and community functioning. Below you will find the types of activities provided, the benefits those activities provide, and who is able to help with activities.  You will also find a breakdown of the 3 cognitive phases a loved one could fall into.

“Activities purpose is not to kill time, but to make time live. Not to keep him or her refreshed, not to offer an escape from life, but to provide a discovery of life.”

                                                                                                                                        Quote by Brenda Scott

Types of Activities                                                             

· Social                                                                          

· Recreational

· Intellectual

· Physical

· Spiritual

· Creative

· Low and High Functioning

· Community Involvement

· Intergenerational

· Serve meals and much more

Benefits for Our Residents

· Support

· Maintain Quality of Life

· Empower

· Self-Esteem

· Motivation

· Mobility

· Challenge

· Social Interaction

· Mental Agility

· Residents that experience: Stress and agitation, inappropriate behaviors, boredom, pain, or signs and symptoms of depression can develop: Personal control and competence, social skills, communication skills, range of motion, and/or moral and life satisfaction.

Who Can Assist With Activities

· Staff

· Residents

· Family Members

· Volunteers

A Sign of Excellence

Salem Home has won the coveted PEAK Award, granted to only select retirement communities by the Kansas Department on Aging, twice. Salem Home received the award for offering excellent alternatives for residents.

Cognitive Phases for Life Enhancement:

Early Phase (Green Light)

· Wants familiar routine and schedule

· What can I do next?

· Can follow instructions if demonstrated one step at a time

· Cannot be reasoned with

· Unable to adjust pace; poor safety

Activity Focus during the early phase includes social activities and cognitive stimulation.

· Craft projects

· Sorting and stringing beads

· Puzzles

· Bingo

· Songs with gross motor actions

· Counting activities

· Sorting and folding clothes

· Games

· Cooking activities

· Assisting staff with daily tasks

· Sort/match/stack objects

· Setting the table

Middle Phase (Yellow Light)

· Likes to do things with their hands

· One-minute attention span

· Sees 12”-14” in front with tunnel vision

· Needs contrast cues to move to the next step

Activity Focus during the middle phase includes doing things with their hands.

· Gross motor games such as balloon volleyball

· Music

· Reminiscing

· Simple crafts such as sanding

· Coloring

· Placing tiles in a row

· Wind or unwind yarn

· Dust or wash table

· Folding towels

· Photo albums

· Busy boxes

Late Phase (Red Light)

· Walking, gross motor, comfort, music, likes rocking

· Do not know what to do with objects

· Are unable to reply to verbal requests unless related to movement

· May only attend to things that come within their vision or have movement

Activity Focus during the lat phase includes sensory stimulation, music and movement.

· Music programs with hand clapping

· Swinging hand held musical instruments

· Marching

· Reciprocal pulleys

· Pushing objects such as mobs and brooms

· Parachute activities

· Hitting or kicking a target with a bean bag

· Floor basketball set

· Reminiscing box

· Naming objects

·  Tile trivets

· Balloon toss

Current resident calendar of activities:

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Previous calendars:

September 2011

October 2011

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