@mimi0000
That is a really good question and I will try to ponder it but do you have any sort of "abilities" ranking for the "Senior Housing Facilities" - there are many different types
- independent Living
- Assisted Living with different degrees and needs for assistance
- Nursing Homes - again with different degrees and needs for assistance
For those who can - there are simple charades. The category can be as easy or as hard, as generalized or specific, as the crowd can muster.
What about paring up in smaller groups for a game of Concentration - matching items together.
Movement programs can be designed for those that can follow directions even those that must sit while performing -
When my Mom was in a Memory Care Unit - they would sit each resident that could hopefully participate around a solid big table and push a very light weight beach ball into play - residents would just knock it back and forth. This also helped the staff watch who was participating or not as a measurement of scale in each one's assessment.
When my Mom was in Independent Living - all kinds of crafts were done - they once made tissue paper flowers- some on stems and other just big - the staff placed them around the 12 floors of the complex for a specific time period.
It just all depends on the seniors, their independent abilities, their interest.
It's Always Something . . . . Roseanna Roseannadanna
