10 Sensory Activities for Men

We had a group of our male residents sand back and repaint all our garden seats. It was great for them to interact with each other and they were very proud of the new look for the garden seats all around our facility.

Classic Car Show Sat Sept 17 in our community.

A bus ride to see the car show (Independent Living folks)

A vintage car parade through town driving slowly past the care homes and senior villages takes place each year in the later afternoon.

A vintage car discussion; with the two themed Golden Carers Activities https://www.goldencarers.com/name-the-car-logos-visual-quiz/5874/

https://www.goldencarers.com/guess-the-classic-car-quiz/6613/

And coloring vintage and classic car pages: (color pencil, crayon; waterpaints, or oil pastels).

Darla

Some of our gentlemen enjoyed getting spanners and wrenches shiney again with Autosol metal polish which has a distinctive smell.

These are great ideas I also will be trying them. thank you. Men are very hard to plan activities for, so all ideas are welcome.

This is great…. Do you have any activities for men who used to race cars? Bingo with cars?

Hi Bill

I agree

Is a good idea to get the veterans involved

Try focusing on your Veterans once in awhile. Try to get them to think about Induction Day when they had to get their physical and pack up to go to Boot Camp. Also, get them to talk and reflect about the time they spent in Boot Camp, and then once they got to their first Duty Station.

Hi Linda

Thank you for sharing this

I find footy tipping for the entire season is very time consuming. I do footy tipping only on the main games and make payouts for those games featured for footy tipping all tips are gathered the game played and the winners paid it's is $1 to play per tip

It's quick it engages those playing as well as those watching the tippers picks

Thanks for the positive comments. I find using the footy or any club season as an anchor for other activities encourages communication in a fun and relaxed atmosphere where we don't judge, we just enjoy everyone's company as they all have something to offer. It also gives the guys something to look forward to each week and it encourages them to keep engaged with what happens through the week by following any player changes on the news. All levels can engage.

The interesting thing I also note, is when their families realize what we are doing, they often rush out and buy the jerseys as they know it would increase their joy being part of their footy following group.

Thankyou very helpful

Kayanne

Hi Angela

Thanks for sharing this information

It sounds like a lot of fun

When we watch specific footy matches where we know our residents follow the team, we encourage the residents to put on their club jerseys and listen to the tv while sipping on a small can of beer, have some nibbles and talk about the players and listen along with the commentary. We have a large whiteboard of all the teams displayed where we add the points each week. We use the footy season as an anchor to provide other activities from., eg tossing a football around in a group, playing cards that have their favourite players on them.

Wow! These are great suggestions, our dementia specific wing is predominantly male and not all are at the same level of cognitive decline. Thank you for these small group activities.

Some great ideas here that I certainly will try... thanks