MindStart Activities:  Tools for Living with Dementia

Benefits for the Person with Dementia

• Slowing rate of cognitive decline
• Improving quality of life
• Reducing anxiety and boredom which can lead to undesirable behaviors
• Providing a sense of purpose and self-worth
• Promoting maximal independence with activities
• Improving mood

Benefits for Family Caregivers

• Providing easy to use activities that keep the person with dementia engaged
• Providing activities that require less oversight, offering caregiver support
• Forming bridges for communication between the person with dementia and  family and  friends
• Bringing a sense of "normalcy" to a world of unknowns

"My husband has had AD for 10 years and could no longer do puzzles he enjoyed.  With the MindStart Fall puzzle, he was delighted to put it together in just a few minutes! Thank you for this success...a success that will be repeated over and over with pleasure every time."
- Betty, home caregiver

Benefits for Dementia Professionals

• Supporting person-centered care and non-pharmacological approaches
• Providing easy to use, inexpensive, portable tools for all levels of care staff and volunteers to use
• Implementing dementia therapy through cognitively stimulating activities 
• Enhancing caregiver efficiency with activity items that are graded to meet different needs and require less oversight

"By using MindStart products we have differentiated ourselves in the marketplace as a homecare agency that 'thinks outside the box' when working with cognitive impairments."
- Denis L Ashauer, Home Helpers - President, Dementia Care Specialist