{"id":11779,"date":"2018-06-07T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T13:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=11779"},"modified":"2024-09-20T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:54:10","slug":"family-game-night-ideas-senior-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/family-game-night-ideas-senior-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Game Night Ideas For Your Senior Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/family-game-night-senior-residents1.jpg\" alt=\"family game night senior residents\" width=\"900\" height=\"589\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wondering how to get the family involved in activities in your facility? Host a fun open game night every Saturday evening for family members to drop by to play with their loved ones. Simply set up lots of game tables in your Activity Room, and encourage participants to sit, play, and have fun. Here are a few ideas to get you started:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bingo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While your activity calendar is probably already full of bingo games, consider adding in a few variations of the traditional bingo game. View the examples below on some of our favorite new games featuring bingo with a specific theme!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/retro-show-bingo-game-19390\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Retro television show bingo game<\/a> &#8211; involves characters of old television shows<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/familiar-faces-bingo-game-19022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Familiar faces bingo game<\/a> &#8211; includes the many faces of Old Hollywood<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/music-bingo-set-17066\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Musical bingo game<\/a> &#8211; features recognizable songs from yesteryear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retro-bingo1.jpg\" alt=\"family game night seniors\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeopardy &amp; Wheel of Fortune<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pretend to be a television game show host as you host fun Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune games. First, invite participants to show-off their knowledge as you become Alex Trebek and ask them trivia questions. For Jeopardy, you can use the actual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/W14741\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeopardy<\/a> board game or the card game. For a less mind-crunching game and to get residents more active, play a fun jumbo inflatable\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/wheel-fun-inflatable-toss-game-19372\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wheel of Fortune themed toss game!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wheel-of-fortune-inflatable-game-21.jpg\" alt=\"family game night senior residents\" width=\"550\" height=\"694\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pokeno<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Teach participants how to play the fun game of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/po-ke-no-game-17020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pokeno<\/a>, which also uses game cards and bingo chips. Instead of calling out bingo balls, however, call out the individual card from a deck of playing cards for participants to find on their Pokeno cards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pokeno-11.jpg\" alt=\"senior game night\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Simple Card Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, if you want your residents and family members to be able to come and go as they wish, then consider setting up your game tables with a different card game at each table. For example, use card games that participants may already know how to play, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/uno-card-game-mattel-W2040\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uno.<\/a>\u00a0You can also plan some games that they can easily learn how to play on their own. Below are a few we recommend.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/phase-card-game-W8006\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phase 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/skip-bo-W7095\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skip-Bo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36693 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SWW7095cob.jpg\" alt=\"Skip-bo\" width=\"434\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SWW7095cob.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SWW7095cob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SWW7095cob-220x220.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SWW7095cob-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Add Snack Options<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Everyone loves snacks! Add <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/party-and-novelty\/food\/snacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>snack options<\/strong><\/a> to your family game night to add even more encouragement for everyone to participate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"noborder aligncenter wp-image-32927 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bulk-snack-options-for-kids-1.png\" alt=\"bulk snack options for kids 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bulk-snack-options-for-kids-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bulk-snack-options-for-kids-1-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bulk-snack-options-for-kids-1-220x45.png 220w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bulk-snack-options-for-kids-1-768x157.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bulk-snack-options-for-kids-1-500x102.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find more ideas from Notjustbingo\u00a0<a title=\"on the S&amp;amp;S blog here\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/category\/senior-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on the S&amp;S blog here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>About Not Just Bingo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img class=\"wp-image-9893\" src=\"https:\/\/ssww-blog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/notjutbingo-logo-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"senior activity ideas\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Not Just Bingo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.notjustbingo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not Just Bingo<\/a>\u00a0is an online resource of fun, senior activity ideas for activity professionals of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. They have been providing fun activity ideas online since 2009, and continue to assist activity professionals across the country by creating meaningful and engaging activity ideas for their residents that go \u201cbeyond bingo.\u201d Not Just Bingo feels\u00a0privileged to help activity directors better the living experiences of their residents while demonstrating that a senior\u2019s quality of life can actually\u00a0<em>improve<\/em>\u00a0when they move to a nursing facility!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want even more ideas each month? Visit\u00a0<a title=\"www.notjustbingo.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notjustbingo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.notjustbingo.com<\/a>\u00a0for how-to activity ideas, monthly newsletters, and daily holiday ideas. You can also sign up for the\u00a0<a title=\"Notjustbingo Membership\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notjustbingo.com\/activity-calendars\/subscriptions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Notjustbingo Membership<\/a>\u00a0to receive specialized activity ideas to keep your residents and staff engaged, active, and having fun!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering how to get the family involved in activities in your facility? Host a fun open game night every Saturday evening for family members to drop by to play with their loved ones. 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