Cognitive Stimulation in Daily Activities for People Living With Early to Middle Stage Dementia

CS-ADL sessions are delivered once weekly, for seven weeks. Sessions last approximately 2 hours. Sessions are themed around domains of everyday activities, for example 'Morning routine', ' Domestic Activities', 'Leisure'. Activities in each session follow this theme. A typical session begins with introductions, reality orientation, a group song and discussion of the news of the week. This is followed by a physical activity/game and ADL-focused cognitive stimulation activities. These activities include the identification and categorization of everyday items, discussion, reminiscence, planning and sequencing of ADLs and the completion of everyday writing/calculation tasks. This is followed by practice of an ADL. Examples of activities include making a breakfast, a simple gardening activity or sorting laundry. The session then ends with a summary and repeat of the group song, and a plan for the next session.