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Tell Me How Cards – Printable
Everybody likes to talk about things that they know a lot about, and these cards focus on everyday experiences and activities in which most aging seniors are experts.
You’re welcome to print and use this free PDF version.
Or you can buy a set including:
25 sturdy, laminated cards
Follow-up questions
Sample lists
Discussion prompts
Game instructions
Variations
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OK. Maybe burning it would be going too far, but the best activities are often those that we could never plan. The best activities seem to sprout up spontaneously. While activity professionals are committed to having a lively and diverse activity calendar, it’s also important to facilitate those more spontaneous activities.
- Have lots of options on-hand: decks of cards, puzzles, popular board games, ‘anytime activity boxes’ for on-going art, craft or service projects. A letter writing kit with different stationaries and stamps. Maybe some curious knick knacks or tchotchkes with a story. Song books, plays or sheet music. Photo albums and/or short biographies of residents are always popular. Continue reading
the aging senior is not 65. when you are 65, you are just a senior. when you are 95, you are an aging senior. by that, i mean that you become actively involved in the daily progression of your own aging. aging is a verb, and the very old don’t look like they are “doing” very much, but they are. Continue reading
Wikipedia is one of the fundamental tools when using the internet to engage aging seniors.
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