Mental Health Activity Ideas...HELP!

[RNAshleyLynn]

Hi everyone :-) I'm currently in my mental health rotation and i have to conduct a 30 minute patient teaching to the residents on my clinical unit. These patients have cognitive deficits, mostly of dementia which makes this a little more difficult. So far my peers have done a nutrition teaching where the patients drew at best what foods you should eat on a paper plate with crayons, and an exercise teaching involving wheelchair exercises you can perform sitting down. I was thinking of a craft to evoke feelings or some sort of sensory stimulating activity. But I don't know what. What are your ideas? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks bunches. :-)

[sarahmarie14]

We did a activity during my rotation where you started standing in a circle with a ball of yarn and the person holding the yarn would say something positive about someone in the circle. That person would then get the ball of yarn while the previous would hold a piece of string from the ball, creating a web. the activity would continue as long as you want.

[Zyprexa_Ho]

When I was in the psych ward one day we painted a small canvas while we listened to music. That was the best day out of my two week stay.