Some Possible Strategies to Convince Your Loved One to Attend

• Do not give your loved one a choice. Explain that this is something that must be done.
• Choose a day that has an activity or menu that your loved one will particularly enjoy.
• Don’t make the first day too long. It’s best if they are picked up before others have left.
• “Let’s go there for lunch”. Or come for lunch without telling your loved one in advance.
• Job: They work at the Center.
• They volunteer there to help others.
• The staff needs their help.
• Try it for 30 Days / 2 Weeks / 3 Days / 1 Day / Lunch.
• Doctor said you have to attend (The physician can even write a prescription).
• “Attend the Center or you will have to go to the Nursing Home”
• “You must for my sake, I need to know you are safe / not alone.”
• “Make new friends.”
• “Stimulate your brain.”
• No beds there, everyone must go home every afternoon.
• Refer to the program as: The Club: The Center; The Office.
• Come with them the first day.