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115 cards to express emotions and needs
Product: Teaching tools
Trim size in cm: 26 x 16,9 x 7,2 cm
ISBN: 9788859041757
Publication date: 01/03/2025
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Communication is essential, yet for those with cognitive difficulties, it can become a daily challenge. This set of cards is a practical and intuitive tool designed to help people with dementia or language impairments express their needs, emotions, and feelings. Created for use by care professionals and caregivers alike, these cards aim to enhance interaction, improve quality of life, and restore dignity and autonomy to older adults.
How to use? The cards can be used in various settings, including at home, in residential care facilities, hospitals, and day centres. With the help of response boards, users can build sentences, indicate needs, and encourage non-verbal communication, reducing distress and improving psychological well-being.
• 111 photo and text cards divided into 3 categories
• 4 blank cards for personalisation
• 3 large response boards (presence/absence, frequency, and intensity)
• Instruction book
115 cards to express emotions and needs
Federica Taddia
Communication is essential, yet for those with cognitive difficulties, it can become a daily challenge. Communication cards for dementia helps to express thoughts and wishes, but also reduces frustration and discomfort caused by communication difficulties. The aim of these cards is to improve the quality of relationships and help to ease challenging behaviours. The cards act as a bridge between older people and their carers, fostering inclusion, even for those from different cultural backgrounds.
How they are made
Carefully designed, the cards combine clear images with italic text, making them familiar and easy to read, even for older people with cognitive or language difficulties.
The cards are divided into three decks, identifying Moods and Emotions (blue cards), Physical Pain (yellow cards), and Needs (green cards), while 3 response boards help expressing the intensity and the frequency of certain feelings, and yes/no answers. The soft colours and simple graphics create a calming effect and help to maintain attention, while the large format makes them practical and easy to handle in any setting.
When they can be used
Suitable for use in various settings, including at home, in residential care facilities, hospitals, and day centres, these cards are an essential tool for family members, carers, and professionals who wish to build more genuine, respectful, and meaningful relationships with vulnerable individuals.
The box contents
111 cards with photos and text divided into three categories (Emotional states, Needs and Physical pain)+ 4 blank cards for personalisation
Instruction booklet
Blue cards: Moods and Emotions
Yellow cards: Physical pain
Green cards: Needs
3 response boards help expressing the intensity and the frequency of any feeling, and yes/no answers
Leaf through the booklet translated into English to facilitate your evaluation of the product:
The Author
Federica Taddia is an expert in the pedagogy of the elderly, a trainer in health and social field and an adjunct professor at the University of Bologna, where she conducts laboratories on non-drug therapies.
