Time Slips

I read in the Dementia Weekly last week about an activity for persons with dementia called Time Slips. The idea is to free the person from having to recall anything but what he or she wishes. This activity captures imagination. The example given was that the leader took a picture of something, in this case the Marlboro Man, and asked the participants to make up a story about him. "Do we call him Smokey?" What does he do for work? and so on. The activity lasted one hour with rapt attention. Nothing said would be wrong. It was a fun activity and called on creativity and what they wanted to remember. Great idea!