{"id":6717,"date":"2020-01-07T13:11:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=6717"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:17:59","slug":"8-ways-to-prevent-cabin-fever-at-your-senior-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/8-ways-to-prevent-cabin-fever-at-your-senior-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to Prevent Cabin Fever at Your Senior Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"seniorsIf you have residents who suffer from cabin fever, try a few of these activity ideas and tips from notjustbingo.com to keep your residents engaged throughout the winter season.<\/p>\n

Schedule Table Game Tournaments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grab several checkers boards<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and host a checkers tournament for residents to play. In fact, schedule Game Night for each Friday night, in which residents can compete in different board games like chess<\/strong><\/a>, Yahtzee<\/a> <\/strong>and Dominoes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Create an Indoor Garden<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set up an indoor greenhouse for your residents to get their hands dirty by organizing an area in your Activity Room for residents to display and tend to their flowers<\/a><\/strong> and herbs<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Furthermore, if you have the space, consider setting up a portable indoor garden<\/a> <\/strong>for residents to grow vegetables. Maintain the portable garden throughout the year to provide indoor gardening activities even during the hot and humid summer.<\/p>\n

Host an Indoor Grilling Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plug in your indoor electric grill to make easy treats for residents to sample, like toasty s\u2019mores. If planning an ice cream party, consider grilling pineapples and peaches for residents to add to their ice cream sundaes.<\/p>\n

Start a Walking Club to Get Residents Moving<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the best ways to ward off cabin fever is to keep moving. Assist your residents with moving by starting a Walking Club for residents to walk the hallways each morning after breakfast.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, for those residents who enjoy a good workout, supply them with a few hand weights<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to carry as they swing their arms back and forth.<\/p>\n

Organize a Jigsaw Puzzle Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set out an array of fun jigsaw puzzles for residents to complete. In fact, consider making it a competition by placing a different jigsaw puzzle at each of the tables in your Activity Room, and then grouping residents to work on a puzzle together.<\/p>\n

To make things fair, be sure to only use jigsaw puzzles that all have the same amount of pieces. In addition, try to find jigsaw puzzles that have interesting pictures and that are made to make it easy for arthritic hands, like this easy grip winter scene puzzle.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Teach Residents a New Sport<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teach your residents a few sports that they may have never played or that they may have given up a long time ago. For instance, use a golf putting game<\/a><\/strong>, to play indoors to remind your residents just how much fun the game of golf can be.<\/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 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<\/em>\u00a0when they move to a nursing facility!<\/p>\n

Want even more ideas each month? Sign up for the\u00a0Not Just Bingo 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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