Activity Ideas for Someone with Alzheimer's

Listed below are activity ideas for someone with Alzheimer's

1. Rake leaves
2. Use the carpet sweeper
3. Read out loud
4. Feed fish and care for the tank
5. Look up names in the phone book
6. Read the daily paper out loud
7. Ask someone to visit
8. Listen to music
9. Plant seeds indoors or out
10. Look at family photographs
11. Clean & top up the bird bath
12. Weed the flower bed
13. Fold clothes
14. Have a friend visit with a calm pet
15. Cut pictures out of greeting cards
16. Polish silverware
17. Baking / mixing
18. Sort objects by shape or color
19. Sing old songs
20. Go for a drive/ride
21. Take a walk
22. Reminisce about 1st day of school
23. Ask simple trivia questions
24. Make a salad
25. Sweep the patio
26. Fold towels
27. Have afternoon tea
28. Paint a picture
29. Cut out paper shapes
30. Make a family tree poster
31. Put feed out for the birds
32. Water house plants
33. Reminisce about the first kiss
34. Dance
35. Sing favorite hymns
36. Make homemade ice cream
37. Make Christmas / Birthday cards
38. Write a letter to a family member
39. Make popcorn
40. Give a manicure
41. Dusting
42. Finish famous sayings
43. Feed the ducks
44. Mold with play dough
45. Put a puzzle together
46. Polish wood
47. Rub in hand lotion
48. Arrange fresh flowers
49. Remember famous people
50. Straighten out underwear drawer

Julie D. Brewer, MA
Program Coordinator/Respite Administrator