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Home » Patient Care » Activities / Enrichment » A Paper Flower Tutorial to Help Improve Dementia Care

A Paper Flower Tutorial to Help Improve Dementia Care

If you’ve taken my online course, or read my articles on improving the home for someone with dementia, then you know Stimulation and enriching activities is one of the four important elements I talk about.

Stimulation brings joy, lifts one’s spirit, and results in feelings of purpose and accomplishment. Finding the right activities for your loved one can be a challenge, and you must stay creative and persistent in your attempt to find what makes your loved one happy.

Heather O’Neil’s mum was diagnosed with mixed dementia in 2012. On her Facebook page and her blog, Heather has been gracious to share many of the activities she has found help her mum stay active and engaged.

In the TinT article, Three Therapies You Should be Using Daily in Dementia Care, Heather talks about how crafts benefit her mum. Heather has agreed to allow me to share this easy-to-follow video series of her and Mum making paper flowers.


“Crafts have given her back a way of expressing herself, and provide her with a real sense of accomplishment.”


We’re very fortunate to have Heather and Mum agree to share their “trade secrets” with us:


“Scheduling quality time together every day is so important; time to sit together and relax with crafts or music, or going out in nature to an animal park – these times are so special.”


“When my mum is immersed in her crafts her artistic flair re-emerges and she has noticeable moments of clarity.”


Green fingers are not required, but they might be better than having a green thumb 


“Making crepe-paper flowers is one of her favorite hobbies. She is very proud of her flowers & loves having something to give to people who admire them. The doctor’s office, memory clinic, friend’s houses are all brightened up with her pretty flowers.”


An Alzheimer’s Friendly home includes purposeful activities as shown in these videos. I truly believe stimulation that keeps the individual happy and engaged is the best way to reduce undesirable emotions and behaviors. And, the accompanying love and companionship empowers everyone to fight back.

– mike good

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heather 150 150About Heather O’Neil: She is the primary caregiver for her Mum who was diagnosed with mixed dementia in 2012. Heather is very passionate about discovering ways to maintain her mum’s quality of life, and sharing her discoveries with others. She blogs and shares many of these great ideas on her site Creative Carer  and her Facebook page – be sure to stop by and like her page.


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Hi, I founded Together in This to help family members caring for someone with Alzheimer’s. Through informative training and easy-to-use tools, I aim to help you take control and have peace-of-mind knowing you are doing the right things.

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  1. Jennifer Appleby says

    May 18, 2017 at 9:13 am

    Bless your mum. I care for my auntie, she lives with me now and has mixed Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia. Some days she chats away but some aren’t so good, on those days she just shakes or nods her head unable to find the words she needs.
    Thank you for the flower tutorial, I’ll certainly give that a go and see how we get on. I did buy her colouring books but she really wasn’t interested at the time.
    We have a Singing Cafe locally in the church hall once a week so I must get her to that too.

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  2. Heather O'Neil says

    May 18, 2017 at 10:45 pm

    Thank you Jennifer. Im pleased you like the flower tutorial. My mum finds making flowers so relaxing. She has good and bad days too, the nature of this wretched disease. On bad days we make the flowers simpler or she will just cut out strips of green for the stems. As long as she is busy and some finished flowers are in front of her she is happy. I hope your auntie enjoys making them … or even just watching you make them will hopefully bring her joy. If you get a chance to check out my FB page there are other ideas on there too … but the singing group is a wonderful idea! Music is a great healer x Blessings to you both x

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    • Mike Good says

      May 19, 2017 at 11:44 am

      Thank you Jennifer and Heather for your comments. Here is the link to Heather’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeCarer/

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