Socialization
1. Update on family and friends: talk about family photos, received mail.
2. Reminiscing, using reminiscing cards, magazines, photos.
3. Current events, reading the newspaper together .
4. Discussion of holidays, seasons, cultural events: using material from programming periodicals, ideas magazines, reminiscing magazines or Internet sites.
5. Topical discussions: discuss art, gardening, music, poetry, history using periodicals or props.
6. Sports: current sports news or discussion of past sporting topics using props.
7. Old radio favorites: listening to radio tapes and discussing.
8. Travel discussion: old photos of travel locations, videos, info from travel agents or the internet.
9. Oral history: assist them to write their autobiography.
10. Start a journal.
11. Cultural discussion: drama, the theater, opera, gourmet foods and using appropriate cues.
12. Create a memory book or memory collage using photos or magazines.
13. Create a scrapbook of photos and mail received.
14. Keep a weather calendar.
15. Decorate a personal bulletin board in their room.
16. Traveling parties: Schedule a Tea Time or food-focused visit.
17. Create a visit kit: items related to a topic are packed into a box. Focus on discussing the items as they are removed from the box. Consider focusing on a particular theme of interest.
18. Cooking in-room with a blender or toaster oven. Make in-room smoothies, pizza’s, cut and bake cookies. Make the item and socialize while eating.
19. Look at cookbooks and discuss recipes
20. Visit with a resident’s pet.
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How do we socialize with cooking, isn't cooking done indoor and mostly privately