Scrapbooking for Alzheimer’s Patients
June 28, 2006 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
I’ve experienced some very enjoyable times with nursing home residents, some of whom had Alzheimer’s, scrapbooking and recording family memories. On one occasion, I worked with them for three successive Wednesdays on a joint scrapbooking project.
With the assistance of one of the activity aides, we pasted photos on pages to make a general scrapbook they could look at whenever they wanted. Using photos they had taken at the nursing home during various activities, we found several for each of the men and ladies participating.
The participants would choose the color of paper for their page(s), the decorations (stickers) to add, the …read more




