Puzzle Table | Activities for Seniors

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I recently started a new position in a lovely home with only 27 residents living there, all are high care so this was another challenge to find something they really enjoyed and could achieve, so I started a group I named puzzle table.

I am lucky enough to have a large square table that sits around 10 people and I went through the activity cupboard and found some puzzles and games. I also collected some puzzles and games from goodwill stores (op shops).

Some puzzles were a hit and some were found to be a bit too challenging. Depending on your resident’s capabilities you can add different games.

Here are the puzzles and games my residents in high care really enjoyed

⚫ Three-piece wooden jigsaw (farm animals) chicken, pig, lamb.

⚫ Wooden blocks like Jengo in which they just stack up to make towers, bridges, etc

⚫ Noughts and crosses game – which I play with each resident 1:1

⚫ Three-piece card game – Piece together three cards that spell out a simple word like cat with a picture of a cat. This is a good one that two people can solve together.