[For Seniors] Exciting Team-Based Recreational Activities

Bowling

Today's activity at Day Service Asumiru

You can go bowling without going to a bowling alley or using a heavy bowling ball! Use everyday plastic bottles as pins, and use a light, easy-to-hold ball.

That alone is plenty of fun, but you can add a twist by placing chairs between you and the pins and trying to roll the ball through the gaps to knock them down.

It’s a great way to make it even more interesting!

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Quiz tournament

[Senior Brain Training × Care Recreation] Local Trivia Quiz 1 — Dementia and Care Prevention Videos for Seniors [Fukukuru]

Quizzes are loved not only by seniors but also by children! Instead of riddles, how about a “word association game” where you look at various picture clues and guess which prefecture they’re referring to? You draw the region’s local specialties, famous spots, or annual events, and then guess the prefecture those images have in common.

It’s a different way to use your brain than riddles, which is great! Once someone gets the answer, it would also be fun for everyone to talk about that place together.

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Recreation using a ball and paper cups

Hilarious! A Brain-Training Exercise: Lively Recreation Using a Ball and Paper Cups

This is a recreation activity that tests strength and concentration: while seated in a chair, you bounce a ball at your feet and then catch it.

First, have participants get used to the ball’s movement and how much force to use by bouncing it at their own feet and catching it with one hand.

Next, pair up.

One person bounces the ball toward their partner, and the person receiving it tries to catch it with a paper cup.

Since everyone applies force differently, judging how the ball will bounce becomes crucial—another point that boosts concentration.

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Billiards Challenge

[Mini-Game] An Exciting 🎱 Billiards Challenge 🎱 #shorts #dayservice #recreation #seniors #minigame #billiards #rehabilitation #caregiving #carefacility #Yamanashi #Kofu

Here’s a billiards challenge that lets you train your hands and arms while having fun.

Attach paper cups to the edge of a table and put up a scoring chart with values like 10 points or 30 points.

Place the balls at the designated spot on the opposite side, and use a stick-made cue to strike the balls and aim for high scores.

Adding bonuses—such as doubling the points for balls of a specific color—makes it even more exciting.

It can be done standing or seated, so anyone can join and enjoy.

It’s also recommended as a recreational activity for senior care facilities.

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disk hit

[Sports Recreation] Disc Hit 🥏 #dayservice #minigame #recreation #elderly #nursingcare #rehabilitation #shorts

Let us introduce Disk Hit, a game you can enjoy using paper plates and paper cups.

Use empty milk or juice cartons as pins and throw paper plates like a flying disc.

Each person throws seven plates, and you compete by the number of pins you knock down.

It’s fun for individuals or groups, and it can be played either sitting or standing, so anyone can join.

Throwing paper plates engages everything from the shoulders to the fingertips, making it a functional exercise while you play.

It’s highly game-like and exciting, so it’s also recommended as a recreation activity for senior care facilities.

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kojifumi

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Wobbly Beanbag Game

Wobbly Beanbag Game! Train Your Concentration [Senior Recreation]

Place lots of beanbags on a tray set on top of a thin tube, like a plastic wrap core.

From this unstable setup, carefully remove the beanbags one by one without knocking over the tray or the tube.

If you collapse the tray or anything during play, you lose.

Your score is the number of beanbags you successfully remove, and the team with the highest score without collapsing the setup wins.

You can use more than one tube to support the tray.

It’s a game where you think about which beanbag to take first to keep everything from falling.

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Ghost Scooping Game

Ghost Scooping Game - Day Service Recreation

Here’s a game that treats plastic bags like little ghosts.

Have older adults sit in chairs and use a stick made from newspaper to scoop up plastic bags placed on the floor.

Then have them place the scooped bags into a bowl set on the chair.

This game helps strengthen the biceps on the front of the upper arm.

It’s perfect for people who find it difficult to bring food to their mouth with a spoon, too.

Since it uses familiar items, it’s easy to do in short breaks.

Because they’re “ghosts,” it could be fun to add eyes and a mouth to the plastic bags.

It’s also great as a Halloween-season activity.

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Nakajima Junko

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