Working on a collage provides an opportunity to work with many different types of materials, which offer a variety of engaging textures. Incorporating family photos and articles can also help seniors living with dementia reminisce and verbalize thoughts and feelings in a way that they may otherwise struggle with.
Prepare materials ahead of time, including magazines, photos, craft paper, stickers, cut-outs, and other paper craft items. If having difficulty getting started, invite them to pick out images they like and place them on the collage paper. Help them to paste the images onto the page and ask why they chose each image.