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Switch up your senior living activities for 2019 by adding in a few fun and unexpected games. Try out one of the following ideas to shake things up a bit with your senior activities.<\/p>\n

Organize a “Cat Fight” Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your Activity Room is usually empty in the afternoons, then add the activity \u201cCat Fight\u201d on your activity calendar to see how many residents are suddenly interested in your afternoon activities. Once residents arrive, supply them with inflatable kitten mitts<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to wear so that they can participate in a cat fight. Next, set up your volleyball net, and have seated residents use their kitten mitts to hit a balloon back and forth over the net.<\/p>\n

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Do the Funky Chicken<\/strong><\/p>\n

During your Exercise Class, teach residents how to do the Funky Chicken. However, instead of showing them the 1960s dance, invite them to participate in the fun card game, the Funky Chicken<\/a><\/strong>. To play, have residents pick a card to find out which action move they or their team must complete. Play fun music in the background as residents show-off their dance moves.<\/p>\n

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Take a Trip Around the World<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lead your residents on a trip around the world by playing a fun word search contest. For the activity, pass out Around-the-World word search puzzles<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for residents to complete. Each week, host this contest to see who can complete their Around-the-World word search puzzle first. Afterwards, start a reminiscing discussion about some of the locations featured in the word search puzzle, and ask residents to share their travel memories of those locations.<\/p>\n

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Go Camping<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take your senior residents on a fun camping trip while playing Camping Bingo<\/a><\/strong>. To play, pass out the camping bingo cards for residents to mark as they learn fun facts about camping from the calling cards. Instead of using the game\u2019s bingo squares as the bingo markers, use small pebbles or stones from outdoors to help residents get into the camping spirit.<\/p>\n

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Blow Off Some Steam<\/strong><\/p>\n

Help your residents blow off some steam by having them use squeeze heads stress balls<\/a><\/strong>. Simply pass out the squeeze heads and encourage residents to let out their stress as they squeeze the heads while exercising their hands.<\/p>\n

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About Not Just Bingo:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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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\u00a0improve<\/i>\u00a0when they move to a nursing facility!<\/p>\n

Want even more ideas each month? Visit\u00a0www.notjustbingo.com<\/a>\u00a0for how-to activity ideas, monthly newsletters, and daily holiday ideas. You can also sign up for the\u00a0Notjustbingo 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":"

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