Active and engaged: Maintaining leisure activities in dementia

Abstract This chapter focuses on leisure activities at home and in the community and how to maintain these. We provide tools for identifying activities of interest and outline strategies as to how to embed these activities into daily routines. We also describe principles for modifying activities to match the person’s capabilities and discuss the use of creative therapies. The use of shared activities and pleasant events to foster positive experiences (with care partners, with friends, and with other people with dementia) is outlined and case studies describing the application of activity prescription are provided.