February 22 is Play More Cards Day, so it’s time to grab that pack of playing cards you have and head on over to your elderly loved ones’ for a fun day of playing cards together. If you live far away from your loved one, companion care at home providers can visit and play with them in your stead.
Playing Cards Have Some Surprising Health Benefits
Sure, it’s a card game, but it’s actually so much more than that, and a fantastic way to help your elderly loved one stay in good health, cognitively and socially. And if your senior can keep their cognitive and social health in good form, that healthiness translates into better overall health with a stronger immune system and a decrease in health conditions that are often the result of mental decline or social isolation.
Five Benefits of Playing Cards
- When playing with others, card games can help your elderly loved one maintain important social relationships and reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness. Loneliness can easily lead to other mental and physical health ailments, such as depression, dementia, and a myriad of physical ailments. Just one night of card playing with friends, family, or a provider that offers companion care at home can boost your loved one’s spirits and her immune system.
- Playing cards requires cogntivie thinking skills. Playing even a fairly simple card game of UNO requires a person to use critical thinking, memory, and focus, keeping their minds sharp and ready for whatever comes next.
- Playing cards increases problem-solving skills. Many card games require strategy and a bit of planning with each move. If it is a team-based game, your elderly loved one should consider what works best not only for them but also for their teammate. It may just look like a lot of fun to an observer, but there are lots of thinking skills going on with each move.
- Playing cards strengthens memory skills. Most people don’t think about all the things they have to remember in everyday actions, and how a card game is basically impossible without good memory skills. Your elderly loved one has to remember not only the rules of the game but also who’s next, what was just played, and even what the next step is. Pulling those memories together to play a “simple” card game is a great exercise for the brain.
- Playing cards can increase self-esteem. Even if your loved one doesn’t win the game, playing with friends, cheering each other on, and having that one great move can all help your elderly loved one feel connected to others and valued for their presence. They aren’t shoved in the corners of the room and forgotten about – they are right there in the thick of it, enjoying each moment.
Home-bound Seniors Can Play Cards Too
If your senior is homebound, they can still play cards in various ways to celebrate Play More Cards Day. There are often online card games to play, such as Solitaire, that don’t require another person, and people can come to them to play.
A companion care at home caregiver can regularly play cards with your loved one to provide companionship and connection. Companion care at home providers offer that important human connection that is such a wonderful benefit of playing cards.
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