Snowy Day Activities & Memories with Alzheimer’s Patients

Snowy Day

We woke up to 5 inches of snow this morning and wondered if school would be delayed.  However, when the grandchildren checked (we live in a three generation household), it was school as usual for them and substitute teaching for me. 

Snow can interest Alzheimer’s patients, too, as long as they don’t have to go out into it.  I can remember ,when Mother lived with Jim and me, having to get her up on a snowy morning and take her to daycare so I could go to my teaching work.  In these cases, snow may look lovely, but can be a challenge when you need to transport an Alzheimer’s patient.  (These were the days before the rest of our family lived with Jim and me.)

The youngsters in the classes I taught were excited by this actual snowfall since we’d only had flurries before here in New Hampshire.  Mother always encouraged our snowy activities when I was a child and often joined us.  These are memories I now treasure.

What types of snow activities does your family participate in throughout the winter?  (That’s assuming you live in snow country or a hemisphere that’s experiencing winter.)

• Sledding
• Ice skating
• Skiing
• Snow boarding
• Cross-country skiing
• Making snow ice cream
• Snowshoeing
• Looking for animal tracks in the snow
• Making snowmen
• Drawing snowy pictures
• Making paper snowflakes
• Studying about snowflakes 
• Reading beside a fireplace and watching it snow outside
• Baking gingerbread cookies that look like snowmen

Share with us your snowy day activities.  Does your Alzheimer’s family member tell stories of their days in the snow?

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