Recreation Activities for Seniors With Limited Mobility
While many seniors are in terrific shape and can enjoy the same mobile activities they always have, such as biking, walking, swimming and other forms of exercise, some of them may lose the ability to perform heavy-duty physical exercise. As we age, our bodies lose some dexterity, especially if we aren’t careful to stay healthy when we’re young, eating a nutritious diet and doing proper exercise. Some seniors may have encountered stroke, arthritis, or injury, which can severely impede their physical prowess. Recreation activities for seniors with limited mobility, however, can still be exciting and enriching.
Hobbies
Hobbies are a great way to learn about the world and gain interesting skills. Most of the time getting involved with a hobby doesn’t mean a lot of physical output, so limited mobility is a non-issue. Some fantastic ideas for recreation activities for seniors are drawing and painting, cooking and baking, knitting and crocheting, gardening, music and scrapbooking. There’s often that soul-enhancing experience that was always on your mind but you never had a chance to explore due to excessive busyness – school, career, family, and more. There are so many hobbies that can pose as recreation activities for seniors. Now’s your chance to truly embrace your creative, personally-defining activity and run with it.
Coursework
Wasn’t there always that discipline you’d intended to study to enrich your mind and become a well-rounded person? Now you have the opportunity. You can even earn that degree you never got, and you can still spin it into a career, if that’s a goal. Today’s opportunities are almost boundless. You can sign up for courses at your local community college, or perhaps you want to go all the way and apply for a full degree. You can go it full time, or one course at a time, whatever you’re ready for. If your mobility is more severely restrained, you can easily sign up for online courses or degrees and get that diploma in your hand.
Book clubs
Who doesn’t love a good read? Your local library most probably has a plethora of newly published gems and a wonderful setup to sit and enjoy them. And with a digital reading device such as a Kindle or Nook, you don’t even have to leave your home to enjoy the amazing effect of the well-written word. You can even join a digital library from your local system and borrow online. But to take it up a notch, form or join a book club – the best way to combine enjoyment with recreation for seniors. Get together with like-minded readers of any age to explore and analyze great themes and quotes from venerated as well as contemporary authorship.
Low-impact exercise
Who said having limited mobility means to just sit around? It’s important for anyone in every type of situation to be able to get up and move. Tackle the exercise that works best for you; if that’s yoga, own it and feel great. Try to take on the highest level that you can. Even better, join a gym or take classes, where you’ll be able to meet new people and enjoy the social as well as the physical benefits of a fitness program.
Charity work
Many seniors get involved with charity work after they’ve retired an no longer have to think about making a living. There are so many ways to do this and so many worthy organizations that need your help. Get in touch with your local chapters and see what you can do. There are always ways to help out from home, making phone calls, sending emails and letters and more. You can help plan and execute events and meet a whole slew of idealistic people, while taking on meaningful activities and stroking your soul.
Recreation activities for seniors don’t have to stop at any age or with any physical limitation, even in a rehab facility. There are always ways to learn, grow, meet new people and make a difference in the world.
