The Purpose of Meaningful Engagement: Ideas Cards

26 ideas cards which complement the workbook: The purpose of meaningful engagement: A workbook for those working with people living with dementia in residential care settings. The Ideas cards are designed to help support thinking about the reasons for activities in practice. These can be picked up and dropped down as you need. They have ideas of activities which relates to the different purposes of occupation. These are great to help with ideas for activities, but also to support record keeping and evaluating how well an activity went afterwards. Each of the ideas card has a short overview of a reason for activities, which links to part of the workbook. They have quick ideas for activities that takes little planning, and some bigger ideas for when you have a bit more time.The back of each card has things which you may need to think about such as what resources you might need, and how to make the environment more supportive for activities. It also has a reminder of our obligations to ensure we have consent and work within the law.