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- Social life: shopping, outings, visiting a park, going to the beach, movies, attending a concert, games, exercise.
- Artistic life: painting, drawing, crafts, knitting, decorating, making cards, flower arranging, singing, instruments.
- Personal life: facials, hand massages, manicures, looking at photos, pets, radio stations.
- Individual life: activity board projects, sorting objects, reading, games, writing letters or cards.
- Work life: working at a desk, using a computer, ledger books, counting money, other tasks related to past
- Physical life: Tai Chi (or tai chair), yoga, strength training, dance, walking groups, swimming, standing and seated exercises.
“At a time when an older person is experiencing the most dramatic changes in their life, they cannot be placed in a situation where who they are, and have been, becomes secondary to the priorities and demands of where they are, or who is caring for them. Becoming older, living with dementia and/or having conditions that debilitate, does not mean losing oneself or one’s humanity. If needs are not met effectively, then that person is likely to deteriotarate, thus withdraw into their own personal, lonely reaity. However if neeeds are met then a person is able to embrace life and their personhood once more, and again retain that distinct and integral place they hold in the world”.
“The person is considered to be the best judge of whether or not his/her needs are being met”.