Assisted Living Activities for Seniors

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How to Create Fun Scenic Rides for Your Assisted Living Residents
Make the weekly scenic rides at your assisted living facility a bit more interesting for both you and your senior residents. Use these 9 ideas for scenic rides that you can implement for you activity calendar.
10 Tips to Create Fun Afternoon Socials for Your Senior Residents
Are you looking to add more excitement to your afternoon socials at your assisted living facility? Find out how to make them more fun for you senior residents with our how-to article including 10 tips and activity ideas.
5 Exercises to Increase Your Residents' Finger Mobility
Persuade senior residents at your memory care facility to exercise their fingers more to increase mobility and avoid stiffness. Add these 5 exercises to your daily exercise routine:
12 Ways to Offer Faith-Based Activities to Senior Residents
Do you have several residents with religious needs at your senior living facility? Learn several easy ways to add several types of spiritual activities to your activity program for seniors.
How to Incorporate Current Events Into Your Activity Program
Could your residents use a refresh on current events? If you are worried about getting your higher-functioning residents at your assisted living engaged with today’s news, find out 8 ways to add current events into your senior activity program.
How to Provide Great Activities...Even Without a Staff
Some activity departments are made up of only one employee who does everything. So how can you pull off having a great activity program without a staff? Get more senior activity ideas at notjustbingo.com TODAY!
How to Create Reminiscing Outings for Your Senior Residents
Take advantage of all the free resources in your community to help plan reminiscence outings for your residents. When planning reminiscing outings, simply look to the everyday places that you patron. Then begin thinking on how to incorporate those common places into your outing activities. Here are 9 ideas to add to your list...
7 Ways to Keep Your Senior Residents Engaged, Mindful and Alert
Keep the senior residents in your assisted living facility alert and engaged by incorporating more fun cognitive activities into your monthly senior activity program. Keep reading to learn 7 types of cognitive activities to add today!
Involve Residents in Planning Fund Raisers
Hosting fundraisers is a great way to bring in money for your activity program while also having fun.Consider making plans throughout the year to host fundraisers at your facility. To make the process even more special, be sure to include your residents in the idea and planning stage. Here are a few ideas to get you started!
Short On Help? Try These Tips to Help You Tackle Your To-Do List
Are you flying solo or do you find yourself overwhelmed with tons of paperwork? If you’re spending more time inviting residents to activities than actually doing the activities, then allow us to share a few tips to help with your activity program – even if you have just a few resources!
Do you have residents who are interested in activities, but don’t participate because of their physical limitations? If so, then keep reading to learn how to turn those residents from passive observers into active participants.
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The Best Way to Involve Disabled Senior Residents in Your Activity Program
Do you have residents who are interested in activities, but don’t participate because of their physical limitations? If so, then keep reading to learn how to turn those residents from passive observers into active participants.
How to Create Successful Intergenerational Activities for Your Residents
What senior doesn’t love to see a smiling child’s face? Consider scheduling fun activities for your residents that also include youngsters – including the grandchildren of your residents, local elementary school classes, and neighborhood “Mommy & Me” groups. Read the blog post for some intergenerational activity ideas to incorporate into your senior activity program!
The 3 Best Ways to Create Fun, Fresh Activities for Your Senior Residents
Are you senior residents getting tired of playing bingo all the time? And are you struggling to think of new activities that they're interested in? Check out our top ways to easily create fresh activities for your residents, month after month!
How to Involve Family Members in Your Senior Residents' Activities
Senior residents may become more social if you are able to involve their family members in your activities. There are several fun ways that you can get more family members involved in your facility’s activities with your residents. Read the blog post for our top suggestions!
How to Make Your Assisted Living Facility Friendlier for Kids
Seniors enjoy receiving visits from children. But with wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, and beeping noises, a senior facility can be quite a scary place for a little one. Here are a few ideas that will help you make your facility a bit more welcoming to kids!