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Topics of Conversation with People with Dementia
Talk about pictures in a magazine
Talk about a pet you had when you were a child
Talk about a favorite sports figure
Did you play a sport in school?
Reminisce about a favorite summer
Play "Have you ever?"
Look at family photos
Remember great inventions
Reminisce about the first day of school
Say "Tell me more" when they talk about a memory
Remember famous people
Finish nursery rhymes
Finish Bible quotes
Ask simple trivia questions
Reminisce about your first kiss
Finish famous sayings
Read the daily paper out aloud
Name the presidents
Play "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
Your favorite food
Your favorite recipe
Your favorite color (now name things that are "red")
Name the United States (point to them on a map or drawing)
Did you go Trick or Treating on Halloween? (Favorite costume or trick)
Tell us about a trip you once took, where, with whom?
Did you ever meet a celebrity?
How many colors can we name?
How many women's (men's) names can we name?
Pick an animal, talk about it
What's your favorite cookie?
How many words can you think of that begin with "A," ... ?
Did you ever make a snowman?
Name Famous Movie Stars
Sit, hold their hand and lend a good listening ear
Bring postcards of places you have visited and talk about them
Ask for help in planning your garden and look through a seed catalogue together
Watch television together and talk about the programs you've seen
Watch a soap opera and talk about the characters
Have grandchildren bring or send along artwork or school papers
Read a short story or several poems each time you visit
Tell jokes to one another - bring along a joke book if either of you need help
Learn a new word each time you visit together
Share memories of how the community has changed
Decide what you both would do if you had $1 million
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