Useful little garden tool set - it's small size makes it ideal for older hands and indoor garden projects or window boxes. Eco-friendly metal tool with wooden handles with its own storage box. Gardening is a great tactile activity for anyone living with a dementia as it can evoke fond memories of growing flowers and vegetable from the past.
Get creative with our Watercolour Paint Set, the perfect addition for hours of art and craft fun. 12 assorted colours to mix and blend into any shade you want. 12ml tubes of assorted artist colours for you to create your own masterpiece. Ideal for use with our Watercolour Brush Set and Paint Mixing Palette. Why not try using with our Ultra Fine Mist Sprayer to get a different effect? Art can be a great way to unwind and tap into the creative areas of the brain, helping give a feeling of achievement and wellbeing.
In this beautifully detailed, laser-cut book produced by the National Trust, readers can travel back in time and explore homes from seven different eras: Late Middle Ages, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian, 1920s, 1960s and present day. Peek through the windows, discover the rooms inside and spot the family members. Then, learn a bit more about the family, spot the pieces of furniture that appear in more than one house, and find out what people wore in each era – from kirtles and crinolines to flat caps and flapper dresses.
Smells are a great way to bring back vivid memories and trigger conversation for everyone. A unique sensory reminiscence activity - ideal for older people.
A fun and light-hearted way of making a connection through conversation starters. Three different themes that make these cards a long-lasting activity solution. 80 cards.
Simple but effective way to get a story going with our Story Starter Cubes. Just throw them and see which words face uppermost to invent your own tale. 6 coloured dice each with 6 assorted story lines - 36 in total. Dice can also be used as conversation aids for care home group sessions, suggestions can help trigger past memories to discuss. Why not add to the activity by having an assortment of hats or accessories to bring the story alive?
Photographic A5 cards to inspire inventive story games. Makes a great group activity for older people in care homes, just pass assorted cards around and each person can use to either begin or continue a story. Story games can be useful to encourage conversation among older residents and evoke past memories for anyone living with a dementia too. Wipe clean cards for good hygiene practice.
Story Telling Bags make great activities for care homes and can help older residents stimulate creativity and past memories as well as making great conversation aids. Just select two or three wooden pieces from the bag and use them to make up your own stories. Can be done as a group with each person selecting one piece and telling a story 'in the round' or for a one-to-one therapy aid. Beautifully made wooden pieces in a soft velvety storage bag. Comes with a piece of story text to help get started.
