[Elderly Care Facilities] Let’s Have Fun Together! Exciting Sports Day Events

Easy! Beach Ball Recreation

Don't miss out! 4 easy beach ball recreation ideas for older adults

Beach balls are light, easy to throw, and designed with safety in mind.

This time, we’ll introduce some recreational activities using a beach ball.

First, have older adults sit on chairs facing each other.

Place the beach ball on their outstretched legs and pass it to the next person in a relay style.

You could make it a team competition and prepare prizes for the winners to boost excitement.

Another lively option is beach ball soccer target toss: players kick the ball, and whoever gets it into the container first wins.

Since it involves a lot of leg movement, it helps strengthen older adults’ muscles and is also ideal for rehabilitation.

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Paper cup drop

Insanely Hard Paper Cup Drop lol [Senior Recreation]

Here’s a game using paper cups.

Line up the paper cups in a row.

Use the lined-up cups as targets and have older adults throw a ball at them from a short distance away.

Depending on where you set up the cups, the goal is to throw the ball so that the cups tip over or fall to the floor.

Even if they don’t hit the cups perfectly, it’s likely to spark laughter and provide a nice change of pace.

It can also encourage conversation with others and help expand social interaction among older adults.

Paper cups are sold at 100-yen shops, so preparation is easy.

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Nakajima Junko

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Dropping Colored Balls

[Sports Recreation] Synchronize your breathing 👼🏻 Color Ball Drop 🔴🟡🔵 #shorts #minigame #dayservice #recreation #sports #elderly #rehab #caregiving #carefacility #Yamanashi #Kofu

We would like to introduce a color ball drop activity for pairs.

Have two older adults sit facing each other, each holding two sticks by their tips.

Place baskets labeled with colors between them.

Roll balls along the sticks and drop each ball into the basket with the matching color label.

This game emphasizes cooperation between the two participants.

Encourage them to communicate and synchronize their movements.

It’s a fun activity that can spark conversation and help expand social connections.

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Nakajima Junko

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Don’t drop it! Ball Drop Game

This is fun! “Ball Drop Game”

Here’s an idea for a ball drop game that’s thrilling and exciting.

You’ll need a wire net, a large number of colored balls, and some clothes-drying poles.

First, set up the wire net in a triangular shape and insert the poles across the middle area.

Once that’s done, place the balls on top, and you’re ready to play.

Then, take turns removing one pole at a time.

Be careful not to let the balls fall.

It could be fun to discuss together which pole might be safe to pull out before making your move.

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Newspaper-pulling-with-your-feet game

Three pull-out games using your feet that seniors can play while seated #recreation_for_seniors #seated_activities #newspaper

Here’s a game that gets you moving your feet while having fun and training at the same time.

Have older adults sit in a chair and pull a sheet of newspaper with their feet.

They can pull it with one foot or with both feet together.

You can also have two older adults sit facing each other at a distance and compete—it should be fun.

Besides providing leg exercise, it’s likely to increase interaction among older adults and bring more smiles.

It can also help with a change of pace and stress relief.

Please give it a try.

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Maki-Maki Game

Laugh-and-Roll Game to Train Hands and Fingers [Recreation for Elderly Rehabilitation]

Hand and finger exercises stimulate the brain—how about trying the “Maki-Maki Game” to help prevent dementia? It’s a contest where you use your fingers to wind a long string, attached to a box containing a ball, onto a toilet paper roll core.

Using a heavier ball increases the amount of hand and finger movement, and doing it with your arms extended in front of your body makes it even more effective.

Alternatively, placing upright toilet paper roll cores in a row on a food tray requires delicate finger movements to wind the string without knocking over the lightweight objects, which also provides excellent stimulation for the brain.

bread-eating race

Platinum Forest Autumn Sports Festival! Bread-Eating Race! 2017

A big sports day is being held at the facility—this is the “bread-biting race in wheelchairs.” Running can be tough at an older age, but if participants ride in a wheelchair and are pushed by staff, they can still enjoy this classic sports-day event.

Just like at a school sports day, the goal is to head for the bread hanging from strings and, without using hands, bite it and then continue straight to the finish line.

Since the hanging bread swings and is unstable, the highlight is the collaboration between the participant’s posture to catch the bread and the staff member’s wheelchair maneuvering.