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Home Care: How Can Your Elderly Loved One Add More Creativity into Their Life?

Home Care: When seniors engage in creative activities, they can feel a better sense of purpose, boost their mood, and offer other benefits.

Home Care: When elderly people engage in more creative activities, they can feel a better sense of purpose.

These activities can also boost their mood, encourage independence, and offer many other physical and mental benefits. If you are taking care of your elderly loved ones, make sure you encourage them to add more creativity into their lives. The activities below would be a great start. If needed, you can even get home care assistance for your elderly loved one. The senior care providers can help your loved one with these things.

 

Writing

There are so many different things that your elderly loved one can write about. They can write about:

  • Memories they have
  • Life events
  • Fiction stories
  • Family history
  • World history
  • Current events
  • Thoughts and feelings

The purpose of writing is to encourage your elderly loved one to express themselves. Many senior citizens need an outlet for their feelings and emotions. If your elderly loved one would be interested, you or a senior care provider can even sign them up for an art class. If your elderly loved one is too shy, they don’t have to share their writing with anyone.

 

Home Care: Activities
Home Care: Activities

 

Dancing

Dancing is another creative art form that your elderly loved one can take part in. Again, they can do this in the privacy of their own home with nobody watching them or sign up for a dance class. There are different types of dance that your elderly loved one might enjoy including:

  • Salsa
  • Cha-cha
  • Line dancing
  • Swing

If your elderly loved one dances regularly, it can also help manage blood pressure and encourages healthy weight management, too. If needed, maybe you can get your loved one home care assistance. The home care provider might be able to dance with your loved one.

 

Painting or Drawing

Your elderly loved one could benefit a lot from painting or drawing, too. There are so many different types of painting and drawings your loved one can do. Some of these include:

  • Acrylic pour painting
  • Watercolor painting
  • Canvas drawing
  • Colored pencil drawings
  • Paint by numbers

The point is to get your elderly loved one to be creative. They can follow along with guided art or create their own.

Home Care: Conclusion

These are some of the many ways that your elderly loved one can add more creativity into their life. If they do these things regularly, it can help to improve their physical, mental, and emotional state. If needed, you or a home care provider can help your loved one with these activities.

 

If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring Home Care in Mesa, AZ, or anywhere in the East Valley, please contact the caring staff at Legacy Home Care.
Call  (480) 777-0070

 

Sources

https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/participating-arts-creates-paths-healthy-aging

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