Fun Things To Do During Your Next Visit To An Assisted Living Home

Assisted Living Home

It is potentially challenging to help a family member to move to an assisted living home. However, scheduling frequent visits can aid in easing the strain between you and the senior relative. The visits promote socialization, which possibly improves the health of your relative over a long time while strengthening the connection between you and the relative. Keep reading for some fun ideas to try the next time you visit a senior assisted living center.

Play Games Or Cards

There are many games for every person to enjoy, including poker, word puzzles and board games. Your relative perhaps excels at contract bridge or has had Scramble night parties for years. Indoor games also serve as a potentially fun way of relaxation, besides offering some friendly competition. So, bring the game that your relative prefers or borrow it from the game room of the facility the next time you make the trip.

Bring Kids To Visit

Besides forging relationships with grandkids and great-grandkids, studies suggest that young and old gain from an intergenerational visit. Putting a scrapbook together, sharing family photographs and reading a tale together are among the best integrational activities.

Get Creative

Photography, painting, knitting and other creative art types provide an ideal opportunity for you to connect more informally with your relative. Bring the favorite supplies of your relative with you the next time you go to see them at their assisted living center. When you make the trip on a holiday, you can make homemade decorations or gifts, like holiday ornaments or garlands.

You can check the activity calender of your relative’s assisted living location when you wish to try something fresh or join an adult group.

Watch TV Together

Does your relative have a TV show they do not want to miss? If so, plan on watching it with them at their assisted living location. Go to them with some snacks to have as you watch the latest season or episode of the show together. Another option is to bring the favorite film of your relative and some popcorn the next time you go to the location.

Get Moving

Is your relative physically able? If so, it would be beneficial to your relative to have a stroll in an adjacent park. Besides offering several mental and physical benefits, physical activity allows you to have face-to-face conversations with your senior relative and understand how the person is doing at the facility.