How Does The Daycare Benefits Persons with Dementia

Physical activities improve mental health, learning new skills, maintaining a healthy body weight and reducing risk of lifestyle diseases

• Standing and Sittercises

For physically active patients, like posture care, joint strengthening, shoulder mobility, chair aerobics, heart strengthening exercises and exercises for blood circulation.

• Pranayam

Simple breathing exercises like Bhramari Pranayama and Anulomvilom.

• Laughter Therapy

A fun activity proven to improve both the physical and mental state of PwDs.

Regular structured cognitive retraining helps in slowing down cognitive impairment.

• Reminiscence Therapy

Process of recalling past experiences, events and memories.

• Memory Stimulating Activities

Games designed to improve recall of recent memory.

• Sensory and Motor Skill Activities

These activities stimulate all senses, support actions of muscle, for improved coordination, alertness and concentration.

People with Dementia generally feel calmed, encouraged and uplifted by prayers.

• Spiritual Songs and Hymns

These are played from their era for their spiritual well-being, keeping in mind the religious sensibilities of a diverse group.

• Sleep patterns

have shown a lot of improvement.

• Reciting mantras

are very soothing for the brain and they all participate happily.

• Singing together

strengthens their speech patterns and a lot of positive changes have been observed.

Social environment has a great deal of impact on the development of Neurodegenerative disorders by delaying the damaging effects of Dementia.

• Engaging conversations about their life and experiences
• Encouraging patients to be vocal about their thoughts and feelings
• Cultivating conversational and social skills

Caregivers maintain conversation by talking to them through various activities.

• Having meals together

We observe patients readily conversing during meal times.

• Celebrating all festivities

Festivals, birthdays and other celebrations are an activity done as a Daycare

Recent research is also focusing on non-pharmacological interventions like music therapy that can benefit people with dementia.

• Music Therapy at A.S.H.A.

We use music to help improve mood and promote well-being of our patients. Songs from their era are played and members are encouraged to sing along!

Research shows that the music memory of PwDs remains intact, regardless of the stage of Dementia.

For people with dementia or other cognitive impairments, often those associations remain even if other elements of their memory are impaired and impacted. You could play a piece of music that holds meaning to them — and that memory is going to be triggered.

Proper nutrition is important to keep the body strong and healthy. For a person with Dementia, nutrition is important to regulate behavioural symptoms and maintain a healthy body weight.

• At the A.S.H.A. Daycare

we provide our patients with the most nutritious of meals, keeping in mind respective dietary restrictions.

• Flexible Diet

The goal for most individuals with dementia is to eat a variety of foods needed for good nutrition status. We provide in house, fresh meals to our patients that are wholesome and full of nutrition.
For individuals who may be on a special diet for other health conditions such as diabetes or high cholesterol, the meal plan is designed to better overall intake of food.