If you hired a caregiver to look after your elderly loved one, you know how important it is to keep your senior’s spirits up. Playing games is an excellent way to achieve these goals, and it can keep a senior's brain active and engaged as well. Below, discover several fun games you can ask your caregiver to play with your senior.

What Games Your Caregiver Can Play With Your Senior?

1. Word Games

Word games can stimulate a senior's decision-making abilities, improve their critical thinking skills, and increase their reaction times. They also make for a good time that can foster connection and a healthy sense of competition. Popular word games include Scrabble®, Boggle®, and Scattergories®. If the senior you care for has a penchant for numbers, consider a math-related game like Sudoku.

2. Checkers

Checkers is an easy game that requires strategy, quick thinking, and problem-solving. It is especially good for seniors who may have arthritis or other issues that limit their ability to hold pens, roll dice, or handle other small game pieces. Checkers effortlessly slide across the board, and colors are bold and easily deciphered.

3. Jigsaw Puzzles

Jigsaw puzzles enhance brain performance by engaging a person's problem-solving capabilities. Doing a puzzle together is a team effort and helps the seniors feel supported and a valued part of a group activity. Jigsaw puzzles come in a wide variety of sizes and styles. Start with an easier one and work your way up to bigger and more complex puzzles.

4. Trivia

Trivia games involve recalling learned information, which may help a senior improve memory issues and increase their concentration. You have a lot of options when it comes to trivia games, so look for a game and subject of interest to the senior in your life. From history to popular culture and literature to geography, there is something out there for every game player.

The caregivers at Deer Valley Home Health Services can integrate games into their home health support and companionship. With three locations in the St. Louis, MO, area, they offer home health care designed to match the unique needs of every client. They provide professional, compassionate assistance to older folks aging at home and to clients with special needs. Call (314) 355-3679 or visit them online to schedule a caregiver today.