During the sessions for placing, staking and removing objects, they can talk about the objects they have moved. Encourage repeating these conversations and rotating preferred objects as a means of protecting their sense of identity and maintaining their connections with other people. Pleasant conversations may help prevent troublesome behaviour later.
An extra effort to help them talk about familiar objects from home or from their past activity experiences reassures them about their continued value as a person, even when they repeat the same story every day, or maybe especially then.
Carers need concrete, specific, and clear directions for safe and pleasant activities. Enough with the negatives and fluffy abstractions, carers need simple, clear appealing suggestions that work at least 80% of the time. When you get to 80% effectiveness, then you can add individual differences.
Individual Differences
Think about what an individual difference is. You cannot define what a difference is until you can determine what the majority can do. Giving individualised activities to people in home programs is an ideal that requires a lot of background work before it can be done with confidence. Without the background corrections of glitches, you may be recommending activities that are a set-up for failure.
Keeping objects that the individual likes to move around at bedside individualises the activity. When each person has their own objects, staff members are given something to talk about with the person too. Compassionate staff members will probably take the opportunity to get to know the person better.