Have You Ever Game

Sounds like something our guests will enjoy. I think we'll use beans

I use this a lot in MSU. It stimulates conversation and they love to reminisce with some questions. Thanks for sharing

We play a similar game we call “Chip on the table”. We pass out poker chips and if they answer yes to a question you put a chip on the table. This leads to lots of follow-up questions. The first person to get to 10 chips wins.

This is a great game I have also tried a whole stack of index cards and wrote questions on them for ex. Have you ever done a shivery, what color was your wedding , who was your first kiss. What pattern was your dishes, and have you ever rode in a wheel barrel, Some really fun questions.

What a great game. Love it.

Can’t wait to try it .

i took index cards and wrote each question on the card and went around ask each one have you ever, i went all the way back to Have you ever done a chivary what color was your wedding , did you ever go hunting, how many slept in one bed. It strikes conversations for awhile. So much fun.

I play a version of this game with similar questions, and call it “Ring Your Bell.” We have a set of handbells and some small tambourines in our activity dept. I tell the residents (all with Dementia) to ring their bell if they ever had a dog, travelled to Ireland, camped in a tent, etc. They seem to really enjoy this, especially since each bell is pitched to a different note, and the bells sound beautiful together.

Jayleen

This looks like a great game to play with your residents

If you wanted it could even help you with assessments by adding relavent questions

If you want to make it more for those with dementia instead of asking the question have you ever you could say tell me about a time you .....

Thank you so much

This is lovely! Printed it off this morning to enhance our coffee time!

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