[For Seniors] Guaranteed to Be a Hit! Popular Day Service Recreational Activities

Casual Ball Curling

[Easy-to-prepare and exciting recreation] [Day service activity] Simple circle-style ball curling

Curling became well-known through the Winter Olympics, so many of you may already be familiar with it.

It’s a team game where you compete to see which team can get their balls closer to the center ball.

Preparing this recreation is as simple as getting a few balls ready.

That’s all it takes to create a fun activity that helps participants interact more with each other.

Since it can be played while seated, it’s also appealing because it can be enjoyed in a way that suits the physical and mental conditions of older adults.

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Nanaka

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tea party

Spring Tea Gathering: At Okayama's Special Nursing Homes Nishi-Umi-so and Kenro-en

A tea gathering is an event where guests are entertained with tea, and it’s often associated with being held in harmony with each season.

This concept hosts the tea gathering with the current season as its theme, inviting guests to gently sense the transition of the seasons.

Seasonal sweets and surrounding decorations are key points for conveying the time of year, so let’s be attentive not only to how the tea is prepared but also to these details.

It’s also recommended to recreate tea ceremony etiquette as much as possible, and for those with experience, to have them try preparing the tea themselves.

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Frog Frisbee Game

[Recreation] Aim for the frog’s mouth and throw the frisbee! Throw it! (Sawayaka Muroran Building No. 2)

June 6 is designated as Frog Day because the Japanese onomatopoeia “kero-kero” (ribbit) can be read from the date.

Frogs have long been beloved as creatures that let us feel the seasons.

I’d like to introduce a recreation activity themed around this commemorative frog day: the Frog Frisbee Game.

First, make a target out of cardboard with a frog motif.

Then make a cardboard frisbee and start throwing.

It might also be fun to design the target as a frog’s mouth so it looks like you’re feeding it.

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yamamoto

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Goldfish Game

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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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Nakajima Junko

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Korokoro Push Game

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It’s a game where you use a stick to keep balls from falling as they roll toward you.

Since the field where the balls roll is far away, your ability to control a long stick that can effectively transfer force to the balls is put to the test.

The rules increase the number of balls gradually over time, which adds a decision-making element about which ball to tap.

It’s a game that can train various skills—judgment, speed, control, and how you apply force—by keeping all these factors in mind.

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kappamaki

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Shiritori

Shiritori Anywhere

Shiritori, a word game many of us have played since childhood, is also a recommended recreation for people with dementia.

One of its strengths is how easy it is—no materials or preparation required.

It’s handy for filling small pockets of time, like on the bus when going out to the suburbs.

Another plus is that you can adjust the difficulty to match the person’s cognitive level.

You can customize freely with rules like “three-letter words only” or “food items only.” You could also set a goal, such as “finish after connecting 50 words.”

Rock-Paper-Scissors Ball Passing Game

Rock-Paper-Scissors Ball Pass

Here’s a team-vs-team, high-energy Rock-Paper-Scissors Ball Relay game.

First, divide into teams.

Arrange chairs in a single row for each team, facing each other, and have everyone sit.

Next, the two players at the front each hold a ball and play rock-paper-scissors.

The winner passes their ball to the next teammate, and this repeats down the line.

The team that gets their ball back to the front first wins.

It’s exciting because you can clearly see which side is in the lead, and it’s great for engaging both the mind and body at the same time.

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