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