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Recreation Activities Effective for Long-Term Care Prevention for Seniors

Social worker / Care workermoko
My name is Moko, a mother of three who admired my mother and worked in the care industry as a care worker and as a medical social worker (MSW) in a hospital. I will be drawing on my previous experience to write mainly about caregiving. Thank you in advance.

This article introduces recommended recreational activities for preventing the need for long-term care.

We’ve gathered a wide range of options, including exercises and games that move the hands and feet, as well as quizzes that engage the mind.

Doing recreational activities is effective for physical rehabilitation and dementia prevention.

You can also expect benefits like increased appetite and improved sleep quality as your activity level rises.

It’s also a great opportunity to interact with other older adults who are participating.

Please use this article as a reference and enjoyably put it to use for care prevention.

[For Older Adults] Recreational Activities Effective for Preventing the Need for Care (121–130)

Hard-to-pull nails, nails that are difficult to remove, nails pulled out with a nail puller

“A nail that’s hard to pull out, a nail that’s difficult to draw out, a nail pulled with a nail puller”—this tongue-twister also brings to mind scenes of carpenters or families doing DIY at home.

You can really picture someone struggling to pull out a stubborn nail.

Because of that, it repeats the same or similar words quite a lot.

It might be easier to say if you consciously break it into words like: hard-to-pull, nail; hard-to-draw-out, nail.

It’s a tongue-twister that may even help older adults recall their own DIY experiences.

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Tokyo Patent Approval Bureau

“Tokyo Patent Approval Bureau” is a classic tongue twister.

Some older adults may have heard it or even tried the tongue twister at least once.

However, the Tokyo Patent Approval Bureau doesn’t actually exist.

It never existed in the past either; what does exist is the Japan Patent Office in Chiyoda City, Tokyo.

So where did the TV announcer tongue twister “Tokyo Patent Approval Bureau” come from? As it turns out, it’s said to have been created for use in recruitment exams.

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red paper roll, blue paper roll, yellow paper roll

Tongue twisters often consist of strings of hard-to-pronounce words.

“Aka-makigami ao-makigami ki-makigami” (red scroll paper, blue scroll paper, yellow scroll paper) is also a sequence of tricky words.

By the way, makigami refers to paper made by joining together sheets of hansetsu paper (a tall, narrow paper) side by side to make a long roll.

It’s sold in scroll form.

This tongue twister lines up red, blue, and yellow scroll paper.

It looks easy at first glance, but when you try to say it repeatedly, it becomes hard to pronounce.

As a tip, if you pause slightly between the color names—like red or blue—and the word “makigami,” it should be a bit easier to say.

Try it together with older adults.

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10-minute full-body workout

A full-body workout you can do while sitting in a chair [10-minute health exercises] — gentle exercises for seniors and older adults

10-minute full-body workout

In just 10 minutes, you can do a full-body workout while sitting in a chair.

Move your legs by lifting them while seated and spreading both legs apart.

These exercises strengthen your leg muscles and make walking easier, and they may also help prevent falls.

You can also work your upper body and abs by sliding your arms sideways at face height and leaning forward to bring your elbows and knees closer together.

It’s only a 10-minute routine, but it engages your whole body.

Since it’s done while sitting, it’s safe for older adults as well.

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Goldfish Game

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Goldfish Game

At festival stalls, there’s usually a goldfish scooping game, right? Besides scooping, here’s a fun game that uses goldfish as the theme.

Two people hold the ends of a face towel, and place a goldfish plushie or a crafted goldfish on the towel.

While shaking the towel, they toss the goldfish into a basket that’s been set up in advance.

Assign points based on the size of the basket and the distance to the basket.

This innovative goldfish game should be enjoyable for older adults as well.

It also seems like it would be exciting to play as teams.

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