[For Seniors] Introducing Recreational Activities Anyone Can Enjoy at Geriatric Health Facilities!

Finger exercises with rock, scissors, paper

[Senior Recreation] Create Laughter with Rock-Paper-Scissors Finger Exercises

When deciding something, people sometimes use rock-paper-scissors, right? Older adults, too, have probably made decisions that way at some point.

In rock-paper-scissors, you make rock, scissors, and paper with your hands.

These rock, scissors, and paper shapes are actually effective for hand and finger training.

What’s more, moving your fingers can also provide brain-training benefits.

Many senior and welfare facilities likely include finger exercises in their daily routines.

Once you get used to it, try gradually increasing the speed or doing rock-paper-scissors to the tune of a nursery rhyme.

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Three-letter shiritori

Recreation for Seniors – Super Easy! Three-Letter Shiritori on a Whiteboard

What’s the very first game you remember learning as a child? Tag, rock-paper-scissors, and of course some might say shiritori.

Let’s spice things up with a twist—not just regular shiritori, but “three-letter shiritori.” Writing answers on a whiteboard takes a bit more time, but seeing each person’s handwriting and simple doodles can spark all kinds of conversation.

Plus, using your hands makes it a nice brain workout.

If you have a whiteboard, you can also enjoy illustrated shiritori just as it is.

Song guessing quiz

[Whiteboard Rec] Activate your brain with a “Guess the Song” quiz! What song is this? ①

Many people and facilities use karaoke for recreation.

Singing loudly can help relieve stress and is said to be good for your health.

However, you need audio equipment, and in some places you can’t make loud noises.

In such cases, this “Guess the Song” quiz comes in handy.

You list words that appear in the lyrics—like “sleep,” “octopus,” “spinning top,” “play,” “New Year”—and guess the title of the song.

By the way, the title of this song is “Oshogatsu” (New Year’s Day).

It’s a recommended activity when music lovers get together.

Brain-training finger play

[Test Your Frontal Lobe] Brain Training for the Frontal Lobe That Seems Easy but Is Difficult

Here’s a no-prep recreation activity: a finger-play brain exercise.

It’s simple to do! First, hold your hands up with your palms facing you and make fists.

Open only the thumb on your right hand and only the pinky on your left hand.

Next, switch: open the pinky on your right hand and the thumb on your left hand.

Keep repeating this.

It sounds easy, but it’s surprisingly hard.

Try doing it to a rhythm—one, two, one, two—and you might find yourself laughing at how tricky it is.

But don’t worry.

The goal isn’t to do it perfectly; performing two different movements at the same time stimulates your brain, so just trying it provides a brain-training effect.

With practice, you’ll get the hang of it and feel a sense of achievement.

Give it a try!

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Nail and hand treatment

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Have you taken a close look at your mother’s hands lately? She’s worked and done housework every day while raising you with all her heart.

The life she’s built up shows in her hands.

In honor of Mother’s Day, let’s show our everyday gratitude by giving her hands some care.

Use oil to massage her hands and boost circulation.

Then apply cream to moisturize, and finish with a nail buffer to care for her nails.

They’ll shine so much it may surprise her.

It’s nothing elaborate, but through the touch of hand to hand, your feelings will be conveyed.

She’ll surely be delighted.

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tea party

[Reiwa 4 – New Year Tea Gathering] Warakuen Nursing Home, 5th Floor Assembly Room

A tea party enjoyed as a recreation can deepen communication and create a relaxed atmosphere.

Let’s have fun chatting about whatever you like while enjoying sweets and tea.

It’s recommended to cut soft tea sweets into easy-to-eat pieces in advance.

For drinks, prepare options such as coffee, green tea, and black tea according to participants’ preferences so they can choose easily.

Also, by arranging table positions and other details with consideration—so that people using wheelchairs, for example, can participate comfortably—everyone may enjoy the event even more.

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Foot bath with iris-infused water

On Children's Day, let's take a shobu (iris) bath! For Children's Day footbaths, make it a shobu (iris) bath.

While Tango no Sekku is known as Children’s Day, its original meaning—warding off evil and praying for good health—brings blessings to everyone.

So today, we’d like to introduce a foot bath using sweet flag (shobu).

All you need is a large container, hot water, and shobu.

That’s it.

Fill the container with hot water and float the shobu on top.

Since the leaves could potentially irritate the skin, chopping them into small pieces and placing them in a mesh bag allows you to enjoy it safely.

The expected benefits include promoting circulation, relieving fatigue, strengthening the internal organs, easing sensitivity to cold, and alleviating stiff shoulders, making it especially pleasing for older adults.

You can find shobu at supermarkets or florists, so please give it a try.

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