[For Seniors] Brain Training Recommended for Dementia Prevention
In this article, we introduce brain-training activities that can help prevent dementia in older adults.
As we age, memory is something everyone worries about.
For those concerned, we recommend simple, easy-to-do brain training designed for seniors.
Doing brain training activates the brain and can contribute to overall mental and physical well-being.
There are quiz formats, riddles, four-character idioms, and even brain-training activities you can do while moving your body.
Find the brain training that suits you, and enjoy doing it.
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[For Seniors] Brain Training That Helps Prevent Dementia! Recommended Exercises (161–170)
Intro Quiz
You know that thing you often see on TV shows—the intro quiz where you listen to just the beginning of a song and answer with the song title.
This one isn’t a “super intro” version; it’s the normal type where you can listen to the first 15 seconds.
It features 30 songs from the 1950s to the 1970s.
It gets even more exciting if you have a button that goes ‘Ding-dong!’ when you answer!
Find the theme words
Find answers that match a given theme from jumbled letters.
The themes include fruits, flower names, vegetable names, animal names, food names, Japanese events, and greetings, and both the number of answers and how many you need to find gradually increase.
In the latter half, the number of letters grows, and combined with the time limit, the difficulty rises.
It’s important to stay calm and read the questions carefully.
Watching as a video works well, and turning it into a whiteboard or printed activity makes it fun for both small groups and larger groups.
It’s also recommended for recreational activities at senior facilities.
Word Fill-in-the-Blank Brain Training
Group activities using a whiteboard don’t require much preparation and are recommended for filling short pockets of time.
It’s said that having more answer choices makes them even more enjoyable.
In this example, it’s a word fill-in, but only part of a few letters is filled in; participants think of the remaining letters to complete a word.
The more you think, the more different answers you’re likely to come up with.
Find the same items
We’d like to introduce a matching game that’s recommended even for people who find arithmetic or reading and writing difficult, as well as for seniors who aren’t comfortable with them.
Look for items in a picture that match the prompt.
Searching for images that are the same as the prompt requires observation and memory skills, which helps stimulate the brain.
You can focus and play on your own, or enjoy it while chatting in a larger group.
With a big group, forming teams of several seniors and doing a team competition could be exciting.
It may also encourage interaction with others.
Four-character idiom fill-in-the-blank quiz
Are you good at four-character idioms? You might have remembered many in the past but forgotten them now.
This quiz asks you to identify four-character idioms, but with one character missing, making it a fill-in-the-blank challenge.
That means it might be easier to answer even if you’re not great with idioms.
It’s also helpful that the meaning of each idiom is shown below as a hint.
common-sense question
This is a collection of quiz questions consisting of general knowledge problems.
It might be a bit difficult, but each question has four choices.
Even if you don’t know the answer and pick randomly, you might get lucky and get it right (lol).
Some questions have multiple correct answers.
If you find it a bit tough, pause the video and take your time to think it through!
Number Shape Quiz
It’s a puzzle where numbers are written in a 3×3 grid, and you have to figure out which number goes in the center.
The time limit is one minute.
There’s a hint, but it doesn’t reveal which number it is, so you need to prove which number belongs there.
Focus on the sequences of numbers horizontally and vertically; you’ll need both the creative idea of “what if?” and the logical reasoning to calculate and verify.
If you stay calm, you should be able to reach the answer.
In senior care facilities, writing it on a whiteboard and solving it with a group can make it enjoyable for everyone.
It’s also recommended as a way to help prevent cognitive decline.