Activities for Older Adults During a Shelter-in-Place
Technology-free Activities
- Phone a Poem
- Daily Gratitude Journals – write down what you are grateful for each day
- Abbreviated walks within the neighborhood
- Playing an instrument, reading favorite texts
- Writing cards and notes to family- include an addressed return envelope
- Bake a family recipe
- Record your personal history – childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, parenthood
- Organize a few neighbors to talk to one another at a certain time each day- standing at a distance
- Excercise and light yoga (can also do this virtually)
Activities via Internet or Apps
- Virtual Museum Tours, and Visiting Virtual Theatres
- Nightly Met Opera Streams
- Finding web resources on mindfulness, positive imagery, and relaxation and practicing these with families and grandchildren virtually
- Take free online courses (with Open Culture)
- Live Cams of nature
- Netflix Parties
- Virtual happy hour and game night