[For Seniors] Brain Training Recommended for Dementia Prevention

Activities of daily living with a towel

[ADL] Daily Living Activities with a Towel [Folding Laundry / Body Washing Movements]

Let’s try training activities of daily living using a towel.

Activities of daily living (ADL) refer to the minimum actions needed to maintain everyday life and serve as an index for assessing one’s ability to function.

When ADL declines, it can lead to deteriorating physical health and loss of independence.

We’ll do easy exercises using a towel.

Use your fingers to fold the towel into a small square, and perform movements that mimic washing your upper body, feet, and back to build muscle strength.

These exercises may also help stimulate brain activity.

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Balance game

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Using your fingertips while also using your head for balance—here’s a balance game to try.

All you need is a helmet, a tray, and beanbags.

You can substitute the helmet with something else.

Place the tray on top of the helmet, then put the beanbags on the tray.

The key is to keep an eye on the overall balance so it doesn’t tip to one side.

Decide whether to place each beanbag slowly or quickly and where exactly to put it.

This engages the upper limbs from fingertips to shoulders, and the brain’s decision-making processes, making it a promising brain-training activity to help prevent cognitive decline.

It’s simple, yet the setup changes every time, so you can enjoy it without getting bored.

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PET bottle cap grab game

Indoor Recreation for Seniors: A 'Bottle Cap Grab Game' Using Clothespins and Paper Cups

Here’s a game that uses PET bottle caps to train finger dexterity.

Pick up PET bottle caps and drop them into paper cups.

However, you’ll use clothespins to pick up the caps.

Handling clothespins requires a certain amount of strength.

Simply using clothespins can also improve fine motor skills by encouraging nimble finger movements.

Let’s not only aim for brain-training benefits through finger use, but also strengthen the fingers and hands.

By making it a game, older adults can enjoy themselves while getting in some training.

Give it a try!

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Paper Core Bowling

Toilet paper bowling #day service #recreation

Back in the Showa era, there was a time when bowling was hugely popular.

Some older adults may have been into bowling back then.

Let’s rekindle those memories and get our fingers moving with a bowling game.

Use toilet paper rolls as pins, and a lightweight rubber ball that doesn’t feel heavy to knock them down.

Since it can be played on a table, people who have difficulty standing can participate as well.

Keeping score like in real bowling will make it even more exciting.

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Animal Memory Rec

[Senior Brain Training × Care Recreation] Memory Training 18 – Dementia Prevention and Care Prevention Video for the Elderly [Fukukuru]

People aged 75 and over are now required to take a Cognitive Function Test to renew their driver’s license.

Even those who don’t have much trouble remembering things can feel a bit nervous when they know they’re going to be tested.

How about livening things up with a memory-training game similar to that test? Here’s a simple way to run it: first, show 8–10 animal illustrations—or just the words if you don’t have pictures—have the participant memorize them, then ask them to write them on a whiteboard.

Adjust the difficulty by changing the number of animals or the memorization time.

If you have a whiteboard, it should be fun even outdoors.

Combined Kanji Quiz

[Combined Kanji] A quiz where you restore decomposed parts to form kanji! 5 questions!

The phrase “kanji notebook” probably sounds very nostalgic to many seniors.

Even kanji like “right” and “up,” which we don’t think twice about now, once felt difficult, and we practiced writing them diligently.

With that in mind, here’s a brain-training activity about kanji: the “Combined Kanji Quiz.” For example, what kanji is made from the three parts: the grass radical, ヒ, and イ? The answer is 花 (flower).

Even simple kanji can become unrecognizable when their parts are separated like this.

It’s a fun brain-teasing quiz that’s great for your free time.

clothespin chain

[Senior Recreation] Clothespin Chain!

Do you know where muscle strength in older adults starts to decline? The answer is that it begins with the fingertips.

When fingertip strength decreases, it can affect daily life—for example, making it difficult to get dressed or causing more food to be dropped while eating.

Try using clothespins to train the fingertips.

Set up a string slightly higher than the head height of a seated older adult.

Then attach clothespins to the string.

It’s a simple activity, but it provides fingertip movement training with minimal strain on the body.

It can also be done as a game while chatting with people around you.

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