[Elder Care Facility] Move Your Body to Relieve Stress! Exercise Activities You Can’t Help but Get Absorbed In
For exercise activities in care facilities, you’ll want to include ideas that let everyone move safely and enjoyably.
This time, we’re introducing ideas that are easy and safe to enjoy.
Target-focused activities like putter golf and strikeout, and balloon volleyball that tests teamwork.
People might get really into it and the matches could heat up.
The time spent united, cheering each other on, naturally fills the room with smiles.
As everyone tries various activities together, enjoy a heartwarming time!
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[Care Facilities] Move Your Body to Relieve Stress! Addictive Exercise Activities (1–10)
Indoor walkingNEW!
Speaking of exercise, walking is popular, but it can pose a risk of knee injury for older adults.
So let me introduce a full-body workout that can also boost strength, endurance, and metabolism.
This workout is done in intervals: 20 seconds of training followed by 20 seconds of marching in place.
While training, keep marching and incorporate upper-body movements such as swinging your arms widely, raising both arms overhead, and engaging your torso.
When the intervals are finished, stretch and cool down.
Balloon BaseballNEW!
It’s a game where you stick score sheets on baskets and hit balloons into them! Since older adults can simply swing a bat while seated, it’s a baseball game anyone can enjoy.
Place the balloons you’ll use as balls on a stand, like a cardboard box, so they’re at just the right height for someone sitting.
Give each person three swings to hit the balloons and compete for the total score.
Choose a lightweight bat, such as a plastic one.
It might be fun to make one of the baskets a “home run” for extra excitement.
Kick CurlingNEW!
Let’s enjoy an indoor sport called “Kick Curling,” which uses the rolling properties of plastic bottles.
The game is played between teams, so please color-code the bottles in advance, such as by wrapping them with colored tape.
Once the game starts, use your foot to roll the plastic bottles toward the target house.
The house has points written on it, so aim for the highest-scoring areas.
Bottles with a duck inside are worth double points.
[Nursing Care Facility] Move Your Body to Relieve Stress! Irresistibly Engaging Exercise Activities (11–20)
StrikeoutNEW!
Let us introduce “strikeout,” a game where you throw balls one by one at a target board labeled with the numbers 1 through 9 and knock them down.
Prepare a slightly larger number of balls and challenge yourself to see how many targets you can knock down with the balls you have.
If several people are playing, you can also compete to see who can knock down the most targets.
Throwing a ball helps strengthen the muscles in your shoulders and arms and also improves flexibility.
It also trains your core, making it a game that can have positive effects on your daily life.
basketball shotNEW!
While seated, try throwing a ball and see how many you can score in 30 seconds.
Use your arm strength and upper body momentum to toss the ball upward from below.
If you want to adjust the difficulty, try changing the height of the goal.
Even those not familiar with basketball will likely feel happy when the ball goes in.
Once they make a shot, they might get absorbed and keep throwing.
Try making a basketball hoop using materials like cardboard or netting.
Boccia-style gameNEW!
Draw a square on the floor with tape, and the players face each other and throw balls toward the square.
Prepare balls in two colors so it’s clear which player threw which.
Each player throws the same number of balls, and after all throws are done, the player with more of their balls inside the square wins.
The key to this game is to aim for the square while also targeting the opponent’s balls to push them out.
When throwing, remain seated in a chair, lean your upper body forward, and roll the ball along the floor.
lacrosse shotNEW!
Catch the beanbag thrown by the staff with a racket, then throw it toward the small plastic pool and try to get it in.
In regular lacrosse shooting, speed is important, but here the goal is to land it in the pool, so focus on control.
Decide on the number of balls and see how many you can get in.
You can play this game while seated, and it helps strengthen your arm muscles and core, making it perfect for a bit of light indoor exercise.