
10 Cognitive Rehabilitation Activities for People with Alzheimer’s Disease
The cognitive rehabilitation exercises described here for persons with Alzheimer’s have been developed by NeuronUP and are available for all those professionals working with our neurorehabilitation web platform. Please keep in mind that these are just examples and that, depending on the resources at hand, there can be many variations.
1. Straighten up the House
This activity makes the therapist’s work easier because it seems familiar to the patient. The person is presented with different images of objects that must be placed in the rooms of the house where they belong. Apart from working on maintaining this basic activity of daily living, semantic memory and reasoning are also trained with this task.
2. ATM Withdrawal
The simulation of this instrumental activity of daily living is directed at persons with early stage Alzheimer’s. As you can see in the image, the simulation of withdrawing money from an ATM is very realistic. This task aims at learning to withdraw money from an ATM or performing an activity that was deteriorating due to the effects of the disease. Like in all cognitive rehabilitation exercises, this task targets various processes, especially language and executive functions.
3. Getting Dressed
The family of a patient with Alzheimer’s is going to appreciate very much that you practice this activity. The task involves dressing a doll figure appropriately, taking into account both the part of the body where each item of clothing goes and dressing in a sequential fashion, as well as selecting clothing appropriate to occasion. This activity focuses on procedural memory, body schema, ideational praxis, semantic memory, and planning.
4. Accurate Payments
This is another activity with clear benefits for daily life. To maintain the ability to pay at stores turns out to be very stimulating for the patient even if done under the close supervision of a relative or caregiver. In this task, the therapist encourages the person with Alzheimer’s to select the requested amount of money correctly. The exercise is aimed at training working memory, shopping skills, and planning.
5. Objects, Places and Professionals
This exercise involves connecting different objects to the places where they can be purchased and the professionals who work in these places. With this type of activity there can be numerous alternatives, starting with something as simple as changing the places and objects every time. It focuses on training semantic memory, spatial orientation, and gnosis.
6. Task Sequencing (written)
Sequencing, a classic in stimulation and neurorehabilitation, is another type of activity that allows for much creativity. There are so many daily activities that can be divided into steps! The idea of this exercise is simple: to order a series of steps according to a predefined criterion (temporal, visual, etc.).
7. Task sequencing (open memorization time)
Another sequencing activity allows us to see how much benefit can be generated from this type of exercise.
In this case, the therapist urges the client to memorize the order of the animals displayed. Afterwards, the patient with Alzheimer’s must order them in the boxes as they appeared in the image from memory. This exercise trains episodic memory and working memory.
8. Dishwasher
In this example, a simulator is used to learn how to use a dishwasher, while selecting the different programs accordingly. There are a multitude of options to simulate daily routines that stimulate as well as rehabilitate and this exercise does so!
9. Personal Data Form
A simulator for learning how to fill out general personal data in a form.
10. Microwave
A simulator for learning how to use a microwave by heating up the different foods on display
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Excelente!!! muy útil para los que utilizamos esta plataforma.
¡Muchas gracias Jaime! Nos alegra que te haya sido útil el artículo. Seguimos en contacto por la plataforma 🙂 ¡Un saludo!
Me gustó mucho la información pero no pude obtener el DEMO que ofrecen, rechazan el número teléfonico de mi país (Colombia). Saludos.
Hola Yolanda, ¡gracias por tu comentario!
Sentimos que no hayas recibido correctamente nuestra demo. ¡Ahora nos ponemos en contacto contigo por correo electrónico para que puedas disfrutar diez días gratis de nuestra plataforma!
Hola buenas noches me gustaría que me den información y poder obtener el demo, y cuál es el costo del programa, me interesa mucho
Hola Mónica,
¿Qué tal? Muchísimas gracias por interesarte por nuestra herramienta de neurorrehabilitación para profesionales. Si eres profesional y quieres probar NeuronUP te ofrecemos la posibilidad de trabajar 10 días con nuestra demo. Puede solicitarla en el siguiente enlace
https://www.neuronup.com/es/request/demo/ext/5
Respecto a los precios, tenemos tres paquetes de compra que incluyen actividades en formato digital: Uno de los paquetes es exclusivamente para niños, otro exclusivamente para adultos, y el último incluiría a adultos y niños. Se pueden comprar por un único mes y sin compromiso de permanencia. Así, los precios de compra (por profesional) serían de 29, 75 y 85 dólares/mes +IVA para el paquete de niños, adultos o ambos, respectivamente. Los usuarios son ilimitados.
Además, también incluimos la posibilidad de compra de estos tres paquetes por el periodo de un año, de forma que el precio mensual disminuye (el profesional se ahorra dos meses de pago.
De todas formas, en nuestra página web contamos con un apartado donde se puede ir viendo la variación de los precios de los distintos paquetes al variar el número de profesionales y el periodo de permanencia, y a través del cual se pueden adquirir dichos planes. Aquí adjunto dicho enlace:
https://www.neuronup.com/es/show/plans
Si necesitas cualquier otra información, por favor, no dudes en pedírnosla.
¡Un saludo!
¿Cómo puedo saber qué centros de día utilizan este programa?
Hola Andrés,
Por protección de datos no podemos darte toda esa información. Pero, si estás interesado en utilizar nuestro programa en algún centro de tu localidad, te diremos encantados qué centros tienen NeuronUP.
Un saludo
Muy completo el artículo.
Me ayudó a entender mejor el proceso por el que está pasando un ser querido y ver que puede haber ejercicios para ayudarle.
Un saludo
¡Muchas gracias Daniel!