At ONELIFE Senior Living we are constantly creating new experiences to engage our residents and find exciting ways to showcase our amazing communities and how we truly embrace each moment we create together! Throughout the weekend our residents, families, team members and community members will gather to celebrate by continuing traditions, breaking bread together, hunting Easter eggs, and taking exciting pictures with the Easter Bunny.

As you think about ways to spend Easter weekend with your senior loved ones, consider focusing on traditions that they hold dear while participating in activities that they can participate in or actively observe. Sometimes the long-term memory of seniors with dementia is unaffected, and often they can remember celebrating Easter. Your senior loved one will probably enjoy participating in many different activities to commemorate the holiday and springtime in general. Easter gatherings are a good time for your loved one to reconnect with family and friends and engage in the following activities.

Easter Egg Hunt

If your community hosts egg hunts for children, take your senior loved one along. He or she will probably enjoy being outdoors and delight in being around children. Your loved one can follow young children and help them find the eggs. You could also create your own egg hunt at home either indoors or outdoors. Let your loved one help you hide the eggs and reminisce together about past holidays. Combine egg hunting with a walk around the community to see the flowers in bloom.

Craft Projects

Your loved one may remember some of the craft projects he or she created over the years and might also enjoy doing something with the hands to express his or her creativity. Coloring Easter images with the grandchildren might bring him or her joy, and coloring eggs and helping put together Easter baskets for the children are other simple options that might delight your love done. Choose basic projects for your loved ones that does not require complicated instructions. Younger family members might also enjoy guiding their grandparents through the steps of the craft project.

Holiday and Seasonal Symbol

Picking out Easter lilies for your loved one’s home might be a fun activity when visiting a local garden shop. The flower is a symbol of life and hope and has long been associated with the Easter season. Choose seeds or flowering plants to commemorate the beginning of spring. Light candles to represent renewed birth and life. Encourage your loved one to share memories and talk about why Easter is a special time for him or her.

Bringing joy to our communities means creating opportunities for families to gather, celebrate, and make memories together. However you choose to celebrate Easter weekend, we encourage you to be intentional—especially when it comes to including your senior loved ones.

This season is all about joy, connection, and togetherness. When seniors are involved in celebrations, it not only brightens their day—it adds deeper meaning to the entire experience. Simple gestures, like sharing a meal, reminiscing over past Easters, or participating in adapted activities, can spark beautiful memories and reinforce how valued and loved they truly are.

Even seniors living with dementia can find comfort and happiness in familiar traditions. Activities like decorating eggs, enjoying seasonal music, or spending time outdoors serve as powerful memory-builders and offer emotional support.

Take the time to show your parents, grandparents, and senior friends that they matter. Let them feel the love, the laughter, and the joy of the season.

From all of us at ONELIFE Senior Living, we wish you and your family a warm, joyful, and meaningful Easter weekend.

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