Games For Senior Citizens

By staying active a senior citizen can stay young and healthy. Games for senior citizens can help to stimulate the brain and body which has been proven to slow the aging process.

It is often easy to become isolated after retirement. Learning new games and activities will help to get you out of the house and around other people.

Below are some ideas for simple and fun activities for seniors.

Card Games For Senior Citizens

Card Games are an inexpensive form of entertainment. Before video games, people played card games as a regular form of entertainment.

Many card games can be played alone. However, most require two or more people to play.

Card Games That Can Be Played Alone

Concentration
Solitaire

Fun Card Games For Groups

Bridge
Canasta
Euchre
Gin Rummy
Hearts
Pinochle
Poker
Spades

Board Games for Senior Citizens

Bingo
Checkers
Dominoes
Scrabble

Other Games For Senior Citizens

Book Games, such as word puzzles, word find...etc
Crossword Puzzles
Jigsaw Puzzles
Senior Sez – a trivia game designed for seniors
Sudoku

Other Ideas

Karaoke Night

Many senior grew up enjoying music. Having a Karaoke night and letting everyone sing along to remembered songs is a fun evening for most seniors.

Name That Tune

Another take on the music idea is to play “Name That Tune”. You can have someone, who plays the piano or guitar, play the first few notes of a song and let everyone guess the name of the song. You can have teams or just let everyone shout out the answers. Decide on a type of music such as, gospel, jazz, show tunes, 50's...etc.

This is always fun and gets everyone to reminiscing about what they were doing when the song was popular.

Charades

This is a fun game for all ages. You can choose to use titles from books, TV shows, movies...etc.

Outside Games For Seniors

There are many games that help to keep seniors active even if they have a mobility problem.

Even in a wheelchair, seniors can play a game of bowling. Purchase a child's bowling set that is made from plastic. Set the pins out on the driveway and have a contest to see who can knock the most pins down.

The same with basketball. Most seniors can still shoot the basketball throw the hoop. However, if there are physical challenges, the net can be lowered and a soft, rubber ball can be used in place of a regular basketball.