Activities to Encourage an Active Senior Mind

Comfort Keepers^® knows that the mind-body connection is critical to seniors’ overall well-being.

Through the Interactive Caregiving^® home care approach, we focus on helping seniors maintain strong, vibrant minds.

Comfort Keepers^® caregivers provide seniors with a wide array of activities to exercise and invigorate their minds and promote their health and happiness. Home care through Interactive Caregiving helps to address the needs of seniors experiencing the symptoms of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, helping to raise their quality of life and mental health.

Home Care Activities to Encourage Active Minds

Comfort Keepers tailor companionship, personal care and homemaking services to the needs of each client, varying activities to each client’s interests and abilities. 

In a  study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, elderly subjects who solved crossword puzzles four times a week had 47% less risk of developing Dementia than those who did the puzzles just once a week.

The possibilities are limitless – games, crossword puzzles, engaging in a senior’s hobby, writing letters, playing a musical instrument—are just a few of the senior care activities enjoyed through Interactive Caregiving. 

Research shows that socially-active seniors also function better mentally. The most socially-active seniors in a Harvard School of Public Health study published in 2008 experienced less than half the memory loss experienced by the least engaged seniors over a six-year period.  

Interactive Caregiving social experiences, like attending concerts or plays, going to church or a senior center, shopping for groceries or visiting friends also help seniors maintain a nimble mind and zest for life.

These activities are part of the Interactive Caregiving home care experience, designed to promote senior health and encourage health and happiness.

Telling the Difference Between Normal and Abnormal Cognitive Changes

Our brain naturally changes as we age, though not all cognitive changes are a normal part of the process.

Cognitive changes that come on suddenly may indicate an underlying problem such as malnutrition, illness, reaction to medication or dehydration. When you see such a change in a loved one, consult a medical professional.

Because we lose brain cells as we get older, we may take longer to recall familiar things; however, memory problems that affect our daily living are reason for concern and medical attention. Click here to learn more about Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.