[For Seniors] Recommended for older adults: enjoyable recreational activities

Matching game

All you need are paper cups 😆 A matching game with paper cups ✌️ #dayservice recreation #braintraining #senioractivities #minigame #shorts #dementiaprevention

This is a game where you look at the pictures drawn on the bottoms of arranged paper cups and find and match the ones with the same picture.

By searching for matching pictures, you can train concentration, and by quickly stacking the paper cups, you can also encourage awareness of hand movements.

It’s also important to decide what kind of pictures to draw; for example, limiting them to a spring theme lets players enjoy the game visually as well.

Adding trick elements, such as pictures that look similar but are slightly different, is recommended, as it helps players focus even more on their hands.

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Shake and shoot

Recreational Care (10) “Swing and Shoot” [Hemiparesis Upper Limb Training]

“Shaky Shoot” is a game where you shake a board to drop bottle caps.

It’s nice because you can join at your own pace.

Since it uses wrist and hand movements, it’s perfect for fine-motor recovery.

It also seems to train your sense of balance when you shake the board.

You compete on the number of caps, so it gives your brain a workout too.

Competing for wins and losses adds a sense of purpose.

While everyone has fun together, your hand-movement control will naturally improve.

It’s perfect for deepening connections as older adults can really get into it together.

Sticky

The ultimate board game!? “Sticky,” a game anyone can enjoy—from kids to seniors. #shorts #boardgames #ボードゲーム

Have you heard of a game called “Sticky”? You place three colors of sticks with different thicknesses inside a ring, roll a special die, and pull out a stick of the color that comes up.

The person who eventually knocks it over loses, and the others are ranked based on the points from the colors of the sticks they have pulled up to that point.

As turns progress, the number of sticks decreases, gradually upsetting the balance and making the latter half thrilling.

Beyond being a fun game, choosing which stick to pull and carefully extracting it can also serve as brain training.

Give it a try!

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Ping-Pong Ball Cup-In Game

Day service recreation: ping-pong ball cup-in indoor game

Here’s an easy, fun table game.

Place paper or plastic cups on a table.

Then have the older adults who are seated try to get a ping-pong ball into the cups.

They can throw the ball or bounce it—either is fine.

It’s also nice to think about different ways to get the ball into the cup and approach it like a game.

Grasping the ping-pong ball may help train finger strength as well.

It’s a simple game, but it’s delightful when the ball lands in a cup, and it can be refreshing, too.

Please give it a try!

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Mountain Cup

[★UF Rec] #32 “Mountain Cup” – Senior Recreation: Let’s Get Excited with a Golf Game!

Some of you may have played golf back when you were working at a company.

Let us introduce the Mountain Cup, an activity that can bring back those memories.

As the name suggests, the course is shaped like a mountain.

Place a basket in the center, and lay plastic or cardboard boards—on which a ball can roll—over the top.

Make a hole in the center of the board, and roll the ball as you would in golf to get it into the central hole.

It’s easier to enjoy indoors than ground golf or gateball.

It’s likely to be fun for many older adults.

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Flag-raising game

Day Service Center Ranpuen Flag-Raising Game

This is a game where you move red and white flags in your hands up and down according to given instructions.

Your ability to listen carefully and then move—distinguishing between commands like “raise” vs.

“don’t raise” and “lower” vs.

“don’t lower”—is put to the test.

Once you get used to it, it’s recommended to gradually increase the speed of the instructions.

By requiring quicker decisions, you can further stimulate the brain.

To help players focus on listening and moving, it’s also a good idea to make the flags easier to hold—for example, by forming them into rings.

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3 Fun Rubber Band Games

Senior Recreation: [Daiso / Seria] Can Be Done While Seated! 3 Fun and Exciting Rubber-Band Activities #RecreationForSeniors #Daiso #Seria #Fun

Rubber is characterized by its springy motion, and controlling your strength is necessary to make it move the way you want.

Let’s take on games that use rubber’s movement to help improve strength control and concentration.

In Rubber Rubber Shooter, you’ll feel the force used to launch; in Rubber Rubber Kick Bowling, the force of the rebound; and in Rubber Rubber Curling, the nuances of delicate movement.

By paying attention to how the way you apply force affects how it springs back and by adjusting that force, you’ll likely find your movements become smoother in everyday life as well.

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