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Do you know?
Devoting an hour a day to hobbies is a protective factor for dementia
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Pursuing hobbies and activities we like most in free time can be of great importance for our well-being. It can improve your quality of life!
In order to better plan your leisure activities, you need to consider personal interests and needs. They are present in current and past daily routines. Walking, playing cards, singing, dancing, spending time with friends and family, being involved in activities such as care of relatives or pets, are some examples of activities that can give back a sense of pleasure.

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Do you know?
Devoting an hour a day to hobbies is a protective factor for dementia!




Pursuing hobbies and activities we like most in our free time can be of great importance for our well-being. Spending an hour or more a day for hobbies is a protective factor against the onset of dementia. It also improves the quality of life of those living with dementia. Pursuing passions present before the onset of illness allows one to connect to a part of the self, practice, develop and train residual skills and share them with others. The practical and repetitive nature of hobbies helps to achieve mental order and predictability, hence a sense of comfort.

In order to better plan your leisure activities, you need to consider personal interests and needs, part of your current and past daily routine.

In addition, the activities need to be meaningful and relevant for people living with dementia. Proposing activities tailored to skills and interests of people with dementia leads to a significant increase in positive emotions and greater control of boredom-induced behavioural disorders.

Walking, playing cards, spending time with friends and family, being involved in activities aimed at the care or help of relatives or your pet, are just some examples of activities that can give back a sense of pleasure, self-esteem and independence. Particular attention needs to be paid to musical activities such as singing, dancing, and playing. They can be a source of potential motor, cognitive, emotional and social benefits. They can lead to positive effects on mood, and cognitive abilities in attention and memory tasks.
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References

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