Arts and Crafts for Seniors with Dementia

Creative activities, such as painting and colouring, are calming and therapeutic activities. They let people express their creativity, improve attention, and reduce anxiety and stress while providing a sense of achievement and boosting feelings of happiness, pride, and confidence. Creating art can also help people living with dementia have fun and connect socially with others.

People with dementia can participate in any art activities suited to their particular stage of dementia. To be fully beneficial, it's important that the activity isn't too challenging or too easy. We have developed a quiz to help you find your stage here.

Our colouring books are more suitable for those in the earlier stages of dementia, while painting with our Aquapaints is an enriching activity for those in the later stages.

Painting specifically benefits individuals with dementia by using colour and visual expression to trigger emotional connections, prompt memories and improve focus. Holding and using brushes supports fine motor skills, while the act of creating artwork encourages calmness, engagement, and confidence.