5 Ideas To Celebrate The Holidays With Loved Ones In Assisted Living Facilities



Assisted living facilities are gaining popularity these days for a number of reasons. If you have elderly living there and you want to make them feel special this holiday season, here are some great ideas. Explore and have fun!

No matter the reasons your seniors are residing in an assisted living facility, they need your attention during the holiday season. Away from their families, in a senior care center, they still need to feel they are at home. This feeling of being at "home" can be easily highlighted during the holidays.
You can help your loved ones celebrate without having them travel. Below are 5 great ideas to celebrate this holiday season with your loved ones!

Plan to Decorate

Get the whole family out to decorate your loved one’s room. You can have the kids and seniors work together on crafts that can be used to decorate with. Why not make homemade displays for the room? It can be holiday frames for the pictures using Popsicle sticks, markers, glue, and glitter or making paper lanterns.

Get a Holiday Scrapbook

There nothing more fun than making a holiday scrapbook. You will be able to spend time together while sharing old memories. Get together as a family and pool some old holiday photos from years’ past. You can copy them to a color printer, and pick up some construction paper, scrapbooks, and embellishments. The best part is that the entire family can participate. You can assign each person an individual page.

Cookie Baking

Nowadays, there are senior homes offering a full kitchen facility. If it is allowed, consider bringing over all the fixings for a cookie baking party. In case, they don’t allow, you can simply bake the cookies ahead of time and take along some frosting and decorations. When you plan to visit, you can have a holiday cookie decorating time.

A Musical Evening

You can get help from a local choir or children’s singing group and take them to the facility. Lead a sing-along of their favorite holiday tunes that they will enjoy and can participate. This is one of the simplest things to entertain elders around this time of year.

Holiday Movie Night

Another simple thing you can do is get together and watch the classics. It can be anything, White Christmas, Elf, Miracle on 34th Street, and much more will serve to be a great option for getting everyone in the holiday spirit. Watching the timeless classics will remind everyone of beautiful memories from holidays past.

It is important to understand that different communities have different rules. Before you visit, make sure you confirm what all activities they permit. Also, try to make whatever you choose be beneficial for the seniors and the entire community.
We hope these holiday activity ideas will help you and your seniors enjoy this holiday season.




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