Fun memory games are excellent for older adults to engage and exercise their brains. However, it is sometimes difficult to find games that our loved ones will enjoy enough to keep playing over time. Do you know that in order to get the best brain-boosting results, we should play a variety of brain training games and that ideally, we should play these games every day? If you or your loved ones are looking for fun and challenging memory games to help improve your memory, check out our recommended list of the top five memory games that we’re sure everyone will enjoy.
Challenge Your Mind with Lumosity
Lumosity is a free brain training app that you can download to your computer or cell phones. You can pay to upgrade to a premium subscription plan too. With a free membership, you can play up to three games daily. The games change every day so you’ll be able to experience different challenges even without paying for a subscription.
Besides memory, other game categories include flexibility, attention, language, speed and problem solving. There are tutorials to teach a player how to play each new game. Lumosity monitors your performance in each category so you’ll be able to track your progress. With the wide variety of games, we’re sure there will be a few that will capture the interest of your senior loved one.
Neurobic Exercises in Keep Your Brain Alive
Keep Your Brain Alive: 83 Neurobic Exercises to Help Prevent Memory Loss and Increase Mental Fitness is a book that outlines exercises based on scientific research to assist seniors in improving their memory. These brain exercises will utilize all of your five senses and engage you emotionally in surprising ways.
Solving Word Puzzles
Word games for older adults, like crosswords, can assist with memory retention. The puzzle presents a challenge which helps the brain form and maintain connections. Working on word puzzles can give a few benefits, including helping seniors recall vocabulary or learn new words. Word games for seniors also call forth logical reasoning skills. Crosswords can also be a fun, relaxing activity that everyone in the family or a group of seniors can participate in.
Sudoku Games
Sudoku is a popular pencil puzzle accessible on traditional paper or any digital platform. It employs your problem-solving skills in a fun, easy-to-learn way. There are also memory and logic skills required, which push the brain to form connections. Having to think strategically also improves your concentration and ability to make decisions in a short time.
Concentration Board Game
This board game is a fun and popular game among adults and children. As such, this makes for a great bonding activity for grandparents and children. Concentration is a great game that helps to strengthen your semantic memory. There is a card version of Concentration too – be sure to check it out!
Fun and Challenging Memory Games at Rittenhouse Village At Valparaiso
If you or your loved ones are on the lookout for an assisted living community, come tour our beautiful grounds today and learn more about our personalized senior living programs. Other than a lineup of events and activities planned for our residents, our professional team at Rittenhouse Village At Valparaiso also organizes appropriate games that help stimulate our residents’ minds. With the aid of science-driven data, our aim is to engage our residents meaningfully and empower them to live enriching lifestyles.
