[For Seniors] Brain Training Recommended for Dementia Prevention

Word search with lyrics about Mt. Fuji

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Let’s enjoy some brain training using familiar children’s songs! This time, we’ll use the lyrics of “Mount Fuji.” We’ll make a fill-in-the-blank activity with parts of the lyrics missing, and have participants think about what words go there.

Instead of just recalling the lyrics, they will search for words from prepared letter cards and assemble them.

Finding the correct answer gives a real sense of accomplishment.

Using well-known songs familiar to seniors makes the activity approachable and can also lead into singing.

It’s a fun way to help prevent cognitive decline, so it’s recommended as a recreation activity in senior care facilities.

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small change calculation

[Coin Counting] Brain Training #7: Instantly memorize and calculate how much change you have — a dementia-prevention video that boosts brain activity by strengthening working memory through dual-task exercises

Let me introduce a brain-training exercise that uses counting coins: the Coin Calculation game.

Coins will appear on the screen—memorize them within the time limit and calculate the total amount.

The double task of taking a quick look, memorizing, and then calculating greatly activates your brain.

Calculating and paying money are essential activities for living in society.

In fact, it has been reported that in the early stages of dementia, counting coins becomes difficult, leading people to rely more on bills.

If you’ve had fewer chances to shop in your daily life, please give this a try.

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Training to move the limbs on both the left and right sides

[Brain Training] Dementia Prevention Training That Can Be Done at Day Service Centers (Combination Training)

This is an exercise performed while sitting in a chair, moving your arms and legs firmly as you consider different combinations of left and right.

First, start with a simple movement: open the arm and leg on the same side alternately to the side, and check how each part moves.

From there, gradually add elements such as changing the arm–leg combinations and moving not only sideways but also forward.

When focusing on more complex movements, your range of motion can sometimes become smaller, so it’s important to add movements gradually and let your body get used to them, ensuring you can keep your attention on making clear, deliberate movements.

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Cognicise with hand-and-foot rock-paper-scissors

Chair Cognicise 30: Senior health exercises, brain training, rock-paper-scissors with hands and feet

Here’s a recommended cognicise (cognitive exercise) for those whose leg activity has been decreasing.

We’ll play “rock–paper–scissors” using both the hands and the feet.

Normally, you make the shapes for rock, scissors, and paper by clenching and opening your fingers.

The same idea applies when using your feet: you move them forward and back or open them to the sides to form the rock–paper–scissors shapes.

Some older adults may have even played foot rock–paper–scissors together with their children or grandchildren.

Moving your legs improves blood flow and can help reduce swelling.

It also strengthens the muscles in your legs and toes, which can help prevent unsteadiness and falls.

Try adding the verbal cues “rock, scissors, paper” as you do the exercise.

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Finger exercises

[Senior Exercise #22] Seated Rhythm Exercises Part 6 (Finger Exercises)

There are many capillaries running through the hands and fingertips, and using your hands is said to help increase blood flow to the brain.

When cerebral blood flow increases, more stimulation reaches the brain, which can be effective for preventing dementia in older adults.

Here’s a fingertip exercise you can do while seated to a rhythm.

It fully engages the fingertips—such as finger circles, thumb exercises, and bending and stretching the fingers—but there are no difficult movements, so even seniors should be able to do it without strain.

Once you get used to the routine, you can level up by doing it at a faster tempo!

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Number search

🔴Find the Numbers🔵 Boost your spatial awareness and activate your brain! A simple brain-training game: just find the duplicated numbers!

This time, we’re introducing a game-like activity called “Number Hunt.” From a large set of numbers, you look for the ones that are duplicated.

Once the signal to start is given, find them within the time limit.

It may look easy, but you’ll be surprised at how tricky it can be to spot them.

Before you know it, you’ll be saying, “One more time!” and getting hooked.

Because you have to remember the sequence of numbers and decide whether you’ve seen a number before, it also works as a brain-training recreation with expected cognitive benefits.

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Text Color Card Game

[Senior Recreation] Rec Craftsman Series Part 132: “Colored Letter Card Game [Brain Training/Card/Game]”

This is a karuta-style card game where players focus on the reading of the characters and the colors on the cards to find the one that matches what is read aloud.

It tests your ability to decide whether the cue refers to the character or the color, and your judgment in locating it among the cards in front of you—so your thinking speed is key.

Clear phrasing by the reader is also important; be mindful to use concise expressions like “the character is red and the color is green.” The more cards with the same character in different colors are mixed in, the harder it becomes to judge the correct answer, so it’s recommended to gradually increase the number of cards as players get used to the game.

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