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Use fun puzzles with your senior residents to keep them alert and engaged. Try adding in a few puzzle activities each week in your Activity Program that can work as either group or individual activities. Here are 5 puzzle activity ideas to get you started:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Word Puzzles:<\/strong> Make copies of puzzles from Word Search Books<\/a><\/strong> and Crossword Puzzle Books<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to pass out to residents for a fun group puzzle game. To play, divide residents into teams and have each team work together to try to solve their word search or crossword puzzle first.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Tactile Puzzles:<\/strong> Help improve your resident\u2019s finger mobility by challenging him to a fun tactile puzzle where he can use his hands to solve a Rubik\u2019s Cube<\/a><\/strong>. If multiple residents are involved in the activity, be sure to time each one to see who can solve the cube puzzle the quickest.<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> Maze Puzzles:<\/strong> Engage your hallway walkers by setting up a Maze Station in a common area of your facility where you encourage people to stop to solve a maze game. Use either a magnetic maze <\/a><\/strong>for the activity.<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Simon Memory Puzzle:<\/strong> Introduce your senior resident to the fun sequence memory game of Simon<\/a><\/strong>, in which your resident tries to remember and replicate the sequence from the electronic game.<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> Jigsaw Puzzles:<\/strong> Finally, use fun jigsaw puzzles<\/a><\/strong> to keep your residents engaged cognitively. Set up puzzle contests where teams of residents compete against one another to solve their jigsaw puzzle first.<\/p>\n

Find more ideas from Notjustbingo\u00a0on the S&S blog here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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? 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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