Instead of taking our elders for granted, it'd be
great if we can do something special for them on the Valentine’s Day. When our
seniors were young, they also had some love stories so we can make an effort to
reminisce those wonderful times.
Romance and being in love is meant for people of
all ages. We see couples hand in hand in restaurants, theatres and walking the
streets but sometimes behave oddly when an old couple shows PDA (Public
Display Affection). This shows we need to adopt a more liberal view
when it comes to showing affection and love. Love is meant for anyone and
that’s all matters. Rather than trying to avoid it, join senior couples this
Valentine's Day and try playing one of these party games with them:
Newlywed Game:
In
order to play this game, you may consider recruiting married couples. Further,
you may ask questions each of the spouses separately such as: ‘what was the
menu of the first meal your wife cooked especially for you’ or ‘when did you
last gave your wife flowers’. These are just a few ideas, many more you can
Google.
Valentine Pictionary:
Encourage all the participants to draw phrases related to
Valentine’s Day for the team members to make a guess like: love letter, love
birds, candlelight dinner and many more phrases you can make.
Name that LOVE Song:
Play some music from trending love songs for senior
residents to guess the song titles. Also, you can give prizes to the ones who
guess the songs right. This will create competitive spirit among all the participants
so that everybody stays in jubilant mood.
Word Games:
Make a
Web search for printable word games like: Valentine’s Mad libs or crossword
puzzles. This is a really great way to get all the participants involved.
Candy Bingo:
Using
candy like sweethearts as the bingo markers or Hershey’s Kisses, you can play a
fun round of Valentine Bingo. Plus, you may even give out Valentine's candies
for prizes. Isn’t it a great idea?
Valentine Charades:
Playing a Valentine Charades makes an assisted living center
environment even livelier. You may invite participants to act out romantic song
titles such as: Wind Beneath My Wings, The Way You Look Tonight and many more, ‘especially
those which are in trend’.
On Valentine's Day. pay due respect to the old
couples and engage them in fun love-centric activities through these
above mentioned games. Brainstorm the ideas with the owner of an assisted
living center to make their V-Day memorable. You will be happy to see the
smiles and laughter on your elderly loved ones.
