[For Seniors] Extremely Effective Brain Training! A Fun Collection of Hand Games

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Dementia Prevention: Hand Play to the Tune of the Tea Caddy Song!

A hand-play activity that incorporates the song “Chatsubo,” which is often sung in childcare settings.

As you move to the light rhythm, it becomes a fun brain-training exercise.

First, make a fist with your left hand and tap the top and bottom of your left hand with your right hand.

Repeat this alternately.

Try changing the speed or reversing the order of top and bottom to challenge different movements.

If you’re comfortable with the motions, it’s also recommended to sing along while doing them.

Give this exercise a try to both support building a healthy body and liven up the atmosphere.

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“Hair Elastic Hook” is a rehabilitation tool for older adults made with a wooden board, colored pushpins, and hair elastics.

Push pairs of red, blue, yellow, and other colored tacks into the board, then loop matching-colored hair elastics over the corresponding tacks.

Pinching and stretching the elastics with the fingertips requires fine motor control and engages the hands’ functional movement.

Matching the colors correctly also stimulates the brain, supporting cognitive training.

Its colorful and playful look helps maintain focus.

All materials are easy to source and it can be made like a simple craft, so it’s easy to introduce.

It’s a convenient and practical rehab activity that we recommend.

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Wobbly Cap Game

Exciting Indoor Recreation for Seniors: The Wobbly Cap Game Using 2-Liter Plastic Bottles

As we age, the dexterity of our fingertips declines.

In fact, it’s said that more than half of the brain’s regions are involved in moving the hands and processing sensation.

As a result, with aging, the commands from the brain to the hands and fingers can become sluggish and don’t transmit as smoothly.

Finger exercises can help your hands and fingers move more smoothly.

So let’s train our fingertips with a game that uses an empty plastic bottle.

Cut the bottle so that about the top half from the mouth remains.

Cover the cut edge with vinyl tape to finish.

Place the bottle upright with the capped mouth facing down, and put a bottle cap inside.

A game where you try to drop the cap into a wobbling, swaying bottle seems like something everyone can enjoy together with lots of laughs.

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OK finger exercise

‘You Can Prevent Dementia with the OK Finger Exercise!’ Devised and demonstrated by Dr. Tōtarō Takeuchi, Director of the Health Management Center at Saitama Seikeikai Hospital

Consciously moving your fingers helps activate the brain, improve circulation, and support smoother daily life.

This simple exercise strengthens and improves finger movement by intentionally engaging your fingers.

You’ll alternately perform a clenching-and-opening motion and a wrist-twisting motion, while also checking that you’re moving properly.

It’s also recommended to do the same with your toes, not just your hands, to help promote circulation throughout your entire body.

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Improve cold sensitivity! Exercises to make your fingers easier to move

Improve sensitivity to cold: [Exercises to make your fingers easier to move] Warm up by improving blood circulation throughout the hands.

Finger movements are essential for smooth daily living and also contribute to safety when holding objects.

This exercise focuses on consciously engaging finger movements to promote circulation and activate the brain.

The routine isn’t complicated: while paying close attention to which part of the hand you’re touching, rub one hand with the other.

By alternating which hand you touch, you can carefully check the sensations in both hands and connect that awareness to smoother, more coordinated movement.

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The Itomaki (Spool Winding) Song Using Rubber Bands

The Itomaki Song using rubber bands [An exercise activity for seniors!]

This exercise aims to make finger movements smoother by stretching a rubber band with both hands and moving it from finger to finger.

Maintaining strength is important to keep the band well stretched, so sustaining effort while moving adds complexity that also helps stimulate the brain.

If you coordinate the movement of shifting the rubber band with a song—such as the children’s song “Ito Maki”—and proceed rhythmically, it will further improve smoothness.

We also recommend starting with patterns that move the band to the same finger on both hands, then gradually shifting the positions to make the patterns more complex over time.

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Origami Tetris

129 Origami [How to make Tetris] TETRIS origami

Three-dimensional and fun! Here’s an idea for origami Tetris.

Many of you have probably played Tetris on a computer or game console, right? This time, let’s make tetrominoes—just like they jumped out of the game world—using origami.

All you need is origami paper and scissors or a craft knife.

You’ll divide a 15 cm square sheet into four parts to make them, so this is a perfect idea for those who are good with detailed work.

Let’s make some tetrominoes and play!