Description
The person you care for once enjoyed and participated in various group activities. These may include things such as playing cards, board games or bingo. Like any activity, there are a variety of different skills that are necessary. These skills include remembering the rules of the game, being able to think and make decisions and understanding what is going on. In Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease
A neurological disease that affects memory and behaviour. It is characterized by beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. There is no known cause but genetics and lifestyle are thought to play a role. many of these skills become affected. This makes it difficult for the person you care for to participate in the game, and causes them to make errors. Additionally, these are all activities played with a group. Since Alzheimer's disease also affects a person's ability to interact in social situations, this presents an added difficulty for the person you care for. It is very common for the person you care for to begin to notice their errors and difficulties with these activities. This can cause a variety of changes in the person you care for. They may become easily frustrated and irritable, lose their confidence or no longer wish to participate.
In frontotemporal dementia Frontotemporal dementia
A type of dementia that mainly affects the frontal lobe causing a problem in executive function tasks., activities with others can become quickly strained as the person can no longer concentrate in order to finish the group activity they used to be able to do with great ease. A person who played baseball may still be able to hit the ball, but may need instruction on which way to run the bases and may easily tire and leave the game while it is still in play.
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