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Is your Activity Room pretty empty after lunch? Keep your nursing facility residents from losing energy in the afternoon by scheduling fun, interactive activities that keep your residents engaged after lunchtime. Here are a few tips from notjustbingo.com to get you started:<\/p>\n

\"nursing1) Add social games or icebreakers<\/strong> immediately after lunch for residents to engage\u00a0with their fellow residents. Use fun games like\u00a0Toss ‘n Talk-About\u00ae Reminiscing Ball<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to get residents talking with one another while also working their arm muscles.<\/p>\n

2) Schedule physical games<\/strong> right after lunch to help residents burn off calories while beating the afternoon slump. Play games like indoor tennis, using plastic tennis rackets<\/a><\/strong> and inflated balloons, or ping pong<\/strong><\/a> to keep residents moving and having fun.<\/p>\n

3) Award small prizes<\/strong> for your afternoon games to encourage your really competitive residents to participate. After all, who doesn\u2019t want to win something? Simply create fun tournaments for the games that your residents usually enjoy, like bowling<\/a><\/strong> or a tossing game<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0like this Tic Tac Toe Floor game<\/a><\/strong>, and award small prizes or trophies to the winners.<\/p>\n

4) Change the time of your daily Exercise Class<\/strong> to meet in the afternoons instead of\u00a0\"nursingin the mornings. This way residents can keep their energy up after lunch so that they no longer want to take a nap.<\/p>\n

5) Start an Afternoon Gardening Club<\/strong> and encourage residents to walk the halls to tend to the plants and flowers throughout your facility. Additionally, after lunch, keep your residents busy by helping you re-pot plants or create flower arrangements.<\/p>\n

6) Use food and drink<\/strong> to entice residents to attend your afternoon activities. For instance, on an afternoon in which you play a physical game, reward the participants with ice cream or popcorn.<\/p>\n

7)<\/strong> Finally, if you still find that your residents want to take a nap after lunch, consider re-scheduling a few of their favorite games, like Bingo<\/strong><\/a>, to take place after lunch.<\/p>\n

Find more ideas from Notjustbingo\u00a0on the S&S blog here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/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 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 privileged to help activity directors better the living experiences of their residents while demonstrating that a senior\u2019s quality of life can actually improve when they move to a senior 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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