Sharpening the Senses

The first health promotion I chose to do with the clients at the Adult Day Care was to assist them in baking cookies. Majority of the clients we have at the day care all have a history of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. However, they are not all at the same stages, some are in the early stages, while others are in the middle to late stages. According to the Perry and Potter text, dementia is defined as “a generalized impairment of intellectual functioning that interferes with social and occupational functioning,” an important concept to think of when creating a health promotion for people with dementia/Alzheimer’s disease (Perry & Potter, p256). Common symptoms of the disorder involve difficulty handling complex tasks that require completion of a series of steps, loss of interest in usual activities, operating routine equipment (such as stove, and cooking utilities), and loss of initiative. Other symptoms of dementia include changes in gross motor skills, fine motor skil...