Painting Products Designed To Stimulate Cognitive Mental Activity In The Elderly

Activities To Share have made Aquapaint sets available to the elderly, care homes and nursing homes in the UK.

30 June, 2015 ( PRnob Press Release ) Activities To Share, the UK's leading provider of specially selected products and activity equipment for the elderly, have extended the range of Aquapaint sets they have available. Aquapainting, in which water is brushed on to a reusable sheet to reveal a colourful image, has grown increasingly popular over the last few years with both care and nursing providers as well as the people who use them. Their popularity stems from the durability and potential to reuse over time, as well as from the highly satisfying sense of reward and achievement users have when they complete a picture. Recent research has also indicated that they are highly beneficial in assisting staving off mental deterioration developments associated with old age.

The highly regarded Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minnesota has recently published a report on its research into how engaging in artistic activities can be of benefit to the elderly. Their conclusion is that, in most cases, regularly conducting in some form artistic activity significantly reduces the risk of developing the early stages of dementia. Whilst drawing and sculpting have been highlighted as examples of activities that can help, but it is painting that was particularly highlighted as an activity for the elderly which held high benefits.

Painting is viewed as one of the most successful and stimulating ways of remaining mentally active during the later years of life. It allows the painter to remain mentally active in a way that promotes retaining memories and assists in fighting against cognitive impairment developing. The Aquapaint sets which Activities To Share supply bring the benefits possible with painting to the elderly in a way that is relaxed and assures both success and a sense of accomplishment are achieved.

Aquapaint promotes the benefits offered by painting through the simplicity with which it brings success. Many, in particular the elderly that this product is designed for, can be nervous or even fearful of attempting to paint, believing that they will make mistakes or not be very good at it. With Aquapaint there is no such reason for concern, as all that is required is to apply water to the picture with a paintbrush. The colourful pictures are perfectly revealed when water is applied, giving the painter a substantial sense of satisfaction no matter what they consider their artistic level or ability to be.

Activities To Share have available all of the most popular styles of Aquapaint pictures. The reusable water painting sets are presented in packs of different themes, containing everything from images of days out to famous landmarks, animals and pets and beyond. Time and again they have also been shown to be beneficial to people already living with Alzheimer's or dementia, as well as helping people in their older years to remain mentally stimulated as they try to stave off such conditions.

Activities To Share was formed by people with extensive experience in health and social care training. They are dedicated to ensuring only the finest and most successful games, pastimes and activities are made available to the elderly and those responsible for providing care, with the focus being on providing quality products at an affordable price.