An Alzheimer care home in Kansas City knows the New Year is upon us, and there are some things you can do to help ring in the New Year with your loved one. New Year’s Eve can bring a host of challenges when celebrating with your loved one with Alzheimer’s, but there are several ways you can make the evening successful and fun for everyone!

At our Alzheimer care home in Kansas City, we like to take trips down memory lane by remembering what it was like on New Years’ Eve in different decades. Your celebrations could include fun, simple decorations from each previous decade like party hats, napkins and foods that were popular during those specific decades. Playing music from each decade could prompt memories of those times, and the entire family will have fun listening to those stories that follow.

It’s always fun to create new memories and with the New Year upon us, creating New Year’s Resolutions can be a great way to keep traditions alive. One thing you can do for your loved one with Alzheimer’s is to make a resolution to be more involved in the activities they love. If your loved one is an avid outdoorsman or woman, you might consider joining them for outdoor walks and bird watching on a regular basis.

You can also make a scrapbook of your family time together this New Year’s Eve and give it to your loved one in their Alzheimer care home in Kansas City. Throughout the evening, take lots of photos with them, include old photos of previous New Year’s parties and create a scrapbook together that they can keep to help with memory retention. You might also include name labels to help them recognize their family members as well.

There are plenty of ways you can ring in the New Year with your loved one, and here at Clover Care Home, an Alzheimer care home in Kansas City, we want to support you and your family as best as we can during the holiday season. If you have a fun activity that you wish to do with your loved one, contact us today at (913) 991-2605 to ask how we can help you make the most of your time spent with your loved one in our Alzheimer care home in Kansas City.