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For seniors: Recommended for day services. Hands-on activities that help prevent dementia.

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As we age, our muscle strength declines, making fine, hands-on tasks more difficult.

Because the nerves in our hands are connected to the brain, it’s said that moving our hands can help prevent dementia.

In this article, we introduce hands-on recreational activities for day service programs that train both the fingers and the brain.

With a focus on craft-based activities and finger-use games, they also help improve concentration.

Craft activities let participants enjoy the fun of creating, too.

There are many ideas to choose from, so try starting with the hands-on activities you’re most interested in.

[For Seniors] Recommended for Day Service: Hands-on Activities (91–100) That Help Prevent Dementia

Finger Dexterity and Coordination Training Goods

[Super Easy] A hand and coordination training tool you can make with pins and rubber bands #dayservice #daycare #outpatientrehab #nursingcare #elderly #training #dollarstore

Finger Dexterity and Coordination Training Goods

Isn’t the precise, delicate movement of chopsticks an important action in everyday life? This is a rehabilitation tool that trains fine finger movements through such chopstick motions.

First, prepare a wooden board and mark a border 1 centimeter inside the outer edge.

Insert pins with handles along the markings.

Once you’ve inserted a total of 16 pins, you’re ready to go.

Use disposable chopsticks to hook rubber bands onto the pins.

Freely loop colorful rubber bands around the pins to create various designs.

It also seems fun to use a sample as a reference and think about how to hook the bands to recreate it.

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A plastic bottle that trains fine finger movements

For people with hemiplegia: Train fine finger movements using a plastic bottle

A plastic bottle that trains fine finger movements

To open a plastic bottle cap, you need a firm fingertip grip and precise rotational movements.

This product uses the bottle-opening motion to train your fingertips.

First, cut the bottle so that the connection between the cap and the body remains, then use screws to fix them onto a board.

Next, attach tape with letters or symbols to each cap, and it’s ready.

You can arrange the caps in the order of the Japanese syllabary or form specified words—by adding these thinking elements, you can effectively train both the brain and the fingertips.

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Finger training with clothespins

Grow your hair with clothespins! Finger training — Today’s brain training, care prevention, and dementia prevention

Finger training with clothespins

This activity uses clothespins to build fingertip strength and pinching motions.

You stick a large illustration onto cardboard and then attach clothespins to the illustration as if they were hair.

It’s fun because children can move their fingers while thinking about what kind of hairstyle to create.

When connecting clothespins to each other rather than just attaching them to the illustration, they need to carefully consider where to clip them, which also engages the brain.

While clothespins are commonly operated with the thumb and index finger, intentionally trying different fingers can help train finger strength more evenly.

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Simple small accessory case

Idea accessory container made from a paper cup [craft][handicraft]

Simple small accessory case

There are times when you want to give a small gift or some sweets to friends living in the same facility or to your neighbors, right? Why not make a simple little container out of a paper cup for such occasions? It’s sure to look nicer than handing it over in a plastic bag.

Here’s how to make it: first, draw illustrations or write messages on the paper cup.

Since you’ll be cutting the cup in half, plan the placement of your illustrations and messages with that in mind.

Cut the paper cup into two around the middle.

Make slit-like cuts around the upper part, then weave those strips together to create the lid of the cup.

It’s a craft that becomes more fun the more you make it.

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Also great for brain training! Clothing dressing/undressing training

Dressing and Undressing (ADL) Training: Easy Tabletop Recreation

Also great for brain training! Clothing dressing/undressing training

This is a rehabilitation tool that focuses on the everyday action of fastening and unfastening clothing buttons, as well as the small finger movements involved in handling buttons.

It’s easy to make with just a few square felt pieces with a slit cut in the middle and a string with buttons attached at both ends.

You repeatedly insert the buttons through the felt and then remove them.

By adjusting the size of the buttons and the slit in the felt, fastening and unfastening can become more challenging, so it’s recommended to gradually increase the difficulty.

Let’s strengthen fingertip dexterity while also linking it to training for dressing and undressing in daily life.

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