Next, we will work on various cognitive skills, including numerical processing, executive functions, and biographical memory. For the following exercises, they can be done orally or in writing, depending on needs. These activities are designed to stimulate multiple cognitive areas in people with moderate impairment.
Objectives: to intervene in numerical processing.
Instructions: Read the following statements aloud, making sure the family member is paying attention.
– Say a number between 34 and 41.
– Say a number between 321 and 327.
– What numbers are between 65 and 72?
– What numbers are between 724 and 728?
– Say a number greater than 13 and smaller than 34
– Say a number greater than 655 and smaller than 878
– Say two numbers less than 900
– Say two numbers greater than 534
Objectives: to intervene on executive functions.
Instructions: ask him what the differences are between the following groups of words.
– A bee and an ant
– Handball and basketball
– A sofa and an armchair
– Air conditioning and heating
– A pen and a pencil
Objectives: to intervene on executive functions.
Instructions: ask them to say or write at least two necessary steps.
– To change a car tire
– To take a shower
– To prepare breakfast
– To find a street
Objectives: intervention on biographical memory and praxis.
Instructions: ask the family member to write about a personal event.
If the family member doesn’t know what to write about, you can prompt them on topics such as their First Communion, their wedding day, the birth of their first child…
Objectives: cognitive intervention in working memory, language, and attention.
Instructions: Tell your family member that they will be doing an exercise in which they will have to repeat the sentences that you read to them. To do this, they will need to pay attention to each one.
– Helena and Antoni are expecting a baby.
– The Lisbon Aquarium is very beautiful.
– My sister Silvia works in a medical center.
– This vacation we will take a long trip abroad.
– I need sunscreen to go to the beach.
– Marcos works at the post office in his neighborhood.
– We have to make an appointment to go to the dentist.
– It’s very hot this summer.
– We will buy shrimp and prawns to make a paella.
– We will plant colorful daisies in our garden.
