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The Price is Right Game
Object:
Reminiscing, engaging in conversation, cognitive exercise.
Preparation & Materials:
- Prepare the room with a large sign in cardboard entitled "The Price Is Right".
(This could be made by the residents the day before in a craft session).
- Borrow some grocery items from the kitchen such as: a can of bean, a packet of matches, a small packet of coffee, vegemite, eggs, and any other items.
- Have suitable small prizes ready including items such as combs, lotions, talcum powders etc to give to those who are unable to eat chocolate and other sweets.
Instructions:
- Place borrowed items on a table in the middle of the room with residents in a large circle around it.
- Ask residents to guess the price of the groceries, one by one. Take the opportunity to engage them in reminiscing about the prices of groceries in the past.
- Give prizes to those that came closest to the right price.
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Posted by: Yoona | July 2008
This is a good way to reminisce, making a game and so encouraging people to remember. Great.
Posted by: Jen Freeman | October 2008
This is a great idea! I love activities that encourage thinking in a group and in a fun way as they are non-threatening to participants Great.
Posted by: Diana Teijaro | March 2009
I love Price is right! Another fun game that came from it, purely by accident one day we had played the game and a gentleman in our dementia unit picked up the duct tape off of the table and said asked what it was, I started to explain to him in my theatrical way, what it was and what amazing things you can do with it, another resident who rarely spoke, picked up a can of Coffee and began to do the same with it. We were all laughing and taking turns, doing comercials for the items on the table. Then the next week we played " You Can Sell Anything!" i like to find odd objects and bring them in. I keep my eyes open all of the time around the community. I even had nurses and maintenance men bring me things and everyone stops in while we play our game.
Posted by: Rachel | May 2009
I played this game with my residents and they absolutely loved it! They all wanted to play again.I made a huge oversized cheque as the first prize had a small toy car as the second prize and third prize was a 'Trip for one to Hawaii"!
Posted by: jeannette | September 2009
Prizes are a great idea ,love the large cheque ,car prize & trip for one,terrific i will be using this thanks. In our facility our residents are not allowed to use talcum powder as it is deemed unsafe.Just thought i would pass that on.