Senior Activities: Play is a very important part of life.
When most people think about senior activities and playing, they think about children outside. However, play should be an essential part of everyone’s lives, even the elderly. Research shows that when elderly people play, they have amazing benefits, including improved memory. If you are caring for your elderly loved one, be sure to read all about the benefits of play. Then, you and senior care providers can help your elderly loved ones to incorporate more play into their life.
Improving Brain Functions
One of the best benefits of play for senior citizens is that it can improve the way their brain functions. If your elderly loved one needs to improve their memory, playing regularly can help with this. If your elderly loved one needs to be more creative or boost their mental sharpness, playing can help with these things, as well.
Improving Relationships
Playing can also help your elderly loved ones to improve their relationships. Many senior citizens get lonely. This is usually because they spend so much time by themselves. If this is the case for your elderly loved ones, it would be a great idea to encourage them to play. They can go to a senior citizen or community center and play games with other people. They can have a board game night at their house with family members and friends. This would be a great way for them to improve their relationships.
Improving Emotional and Mental Well-Being
If your elderly loved one plays regularly, they can improve their emotional and mental well-being. Think about what happens when you play ball with a child or when you play a board game with your family member. You probably laugh and smile a lot. Amazing memories are likely made, as well. These are things that your elderly loved one should get to experience. With more laughter and smiles in your elderly loved one’s life, they are likely to have less stress and negative emotions in their daily life, too.
Senior Activities: Conclusion
These are some of the reasons why you and senior care providers should encourage your elderly loved one to play through senior activities regularly. Play can improve their lives in so many ways. If your elderly loved one needs some ideas on how to incorporate play into their life, hopefully, you and their senior care providers can give them ideas. Some ideas that you might share with them are to attend a senior citizen center, play board games with friends, host a board game night with family members at their house, or play video games.
If you or an aging loved-one is considering Senior Care in Canton, OH, please contact the caring staff at Autumn Hills Home Care, LLC today. (330) 217-6090
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He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from The Pennsylvania State University, and Master’s degree from The University of Akron.He is currently studying Spanish Language at the University of Akron.
He is married to Lisa, and together they have a daughter, two sons, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, and four grandchildren.The entire family lives in Summit County, Ohio.
In his professional career he worked in hospitals, taking several assignments in Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Akron, finally settling in Akron in 1987.
His career took him into starting up two specialty hospitals in Akron, then into starting up several Home Health and Hospice programs.
Fourteen years ago he and his wife, Lisa, entered into restaurant ownership and operation.They since started “Lala’s Restaurant and Fireside Lounge” in the Portage Lakes.The restaurant has been open since November 2019, and provides residents of the area with fine food and entertainment.
Toward the end of his service in the Hospice industry, Jeff had a vision for starting a Home Care service to care for seniors in our area.After a search of franchises and other businesses, he started Autumn Hills Home Care.Through this business, he has proudly provided the best of service to seniors throughout the area, as well as meaningful employment for many caregivers.
Most recently, Jeff entered government service as was elected Trustee of Coventry Township.He was sworn in and started service in January 2020.
In his free moments, Jeff enjoys family time, bicycling, golf, learning Spanish, and travel.He can be reached at jeff.houck@outlook.com
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