Seeing through scent

This is beautiful Edna. Such a caring, kind and loving lady. Edna loves to be around people and enjoys joining in with different activities. Kirsty, Activities Coordinator arranged an activity that involved planting wonderful flowers within pots, an activity that many in our home enjoyed through the physical movement of digging and deciding how to arrange each plant. For Edna this is not as possible as her poor eye sight means she cannot see where to dig or how to arrange the plants and not even the colour of the flowers.

This meant the activity needed to be adapted to Edna’s strengths. Kirsty sat with her describing each of the flower's shape, colour and size and then asked her to smell. By using this sense it opened up a world of memories for Edna. Now she could see the flowers in her mind and remember times enjoyed in her own garden. Edna gave Kirsty many tips on how to plant and how much water and sun light are required.

Our senses are so incredible and when one is lost others can be strengthened and work together to help us remember again!