{"id":17936,"date":"2020-02-19T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=17936"},"modified":"2026-06-08T19:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:54:30","slug":"movement-therapy-activities-senior-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/movement-therapy-activities-senior-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Movement Therapy Activities For Senior Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Need to get your seniors up and moving this season? Then add several movement therapy activities to your monthly senior activity calendar. Provide physical activities for your residents that are also fun and entertaining. This promotes physical health while also providing an emotional and rewarding experience for your group. Consider these three types of activities:<\/p>\n

Toss & Target Games<\/h2>\n

Provide a variety of toss and target activities for residents to play that will improve their hand-eye coordination. Consider scheduling a few traditional tossing games that residents are familiar with, a couple new tossing games that you can alter, as well as several jumbo tossing games that make it easier for all your residents to participate!<\/p>\n

Jumbo Tossing Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Inflate several fun jumbo-size games that your residents will enjoy. Set up a jumbo ring toss<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and encourage your residents to toss the inflatable rings over the extra-large ring toss peg. Because the game is quite large and easy for your residents to see, you can seat all your residents around the perimeter of the game and have them play from their seats.<\/p>\n

If your residents love a bit of competition, use a jumbo inflatable target ring toss<\/a><\/strong> where residents can rack up to 200 points in a single toss.<\/p>\n

Other fun jumbo-size games to play include the inflatable pizza toss game<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0where residents toss beanbags into the pepperoni holes, and the inflatable bowling game<\/a><\/strong>, which is great even for your wheelchair-bound residents because they can easily roll the bowling ball without their chairs getting in the way.<\/p>\n

Invite your residents to play a fun version of the popular game Wheel of Fortune<\/em> by using this\u00a0inflatable toss version<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0where residents toss beanbags to accumulate money. You can even pass out Monopoly money and have residents count their money at the end of the game to see who won the most.<\/p>\n

We also love these scarves that you can toss<\/strong><\/a> as an in between activity!<\/p>\n

Traditional Tossing Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

Invite residents to play fun traditional games, like floor basketball<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and disc toss<\/a><\/strong>, where they toss the ball or disc into a target. Since most seniors are aware of how to play those games, consider making the games more interesting by grouping residents together to form teams. Have the teams compete against one another to see who can score the most baskets or toss the most discs in the hoop. For football lovers, try this bounce football<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0set!<\/p>\n

Floor Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tallyoop Tossing Target<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fun New Tossing Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organize a few new tossing games for your residents, where you can alter the games a bit to meet your residents\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n

Therapy Balls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use a therapy ball to play a fun bounce toss, where seated residents bounce-pass a confetti rain ball<\/a><\/strong> to one another.<\/p>\n

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Hooky Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for a new tossing game altogether, then encourage your residents to play a fun game of hooky toss<\/a><\/strong>, a fun pub-style game where residents toss rings to land on hooks.\u00a0The first player to score 101 points wins! It also comes with instructions on how to play a variety of games.<\/p>\n

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View all tossing games here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tabletop Activities<\/h2>\n

Make playing games that much easier by providing tabletop games for your residents to enjoy. Host an Olympic Trials activity in your facility, and set up a curling game<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to teach your residents all about the sport of curling and how to play. Be sure to educate your residents about popular curling terminology like the house (the target on the board) and the button (the center circle of the target).<\/p>\n

Tabletop Curling Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

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