NEW! Large Vinyl Roll-up Checkerboard &
Checkers
This jumbo black and red checker board measures
20" x 20" and is vinyl, so it can be wiped down, rolled up and put
away. The large 1-3/4" diameter checkers are carved wood, colors:
Ivory and Dark Brown.
Checkers
Checkers is a
universal game, familiar to almost everyone - from 9 to 90. It’s a
social and intuitive game that meets with success and failure,
triumph and defeat - it just depends upon the moment, but
socialization and fun, all the while. Two seniors can play, a
visitor and a senior, or a child and his/her grandpa. Checkers is a
wonderful game with many benefits.
Among the
benefits of this checkers game is that the board is vinyl and
easily washed. You can even use it as a place mat if you wish, but
if anything spills on it or it sits in water, it won’t suffer in
the least. This is also valuable when infection or transmission of
colds, etc., are a concern – just wipe it down and set up the next
game. The board is large, the pieces are oversize and the colors
are the traditional and familiar red and black.
In 1973 I
walked into Darcy Hall Nursing Home in Palm Beach, FL, and was
immediately invited to play a game of checkers with a gentleman
there. A few minutes later, Freddy, a 76 year-old man, who would go
in and out of catatonic states, begged to play too. I told Freddy
that as soon as I finished playing with Bob I’d challenge him to a
game. That was our first game. I saw Freddy every Wednesday
thereafter. Our last game came in 1976, when Freddy died, three
years later.
At the
Alzheimer’s Community Care Daycare Center in Riviera Beach, FL,
there is a gentleman (Joe) who suffered traumatic brain injury.
Despite his shortcomings due to his injury, he presents a daunting
opposition on the other side of a checkers board. I have
never
beaten Joe, but it has not been for lack of trying. On my last
visit I told Joe that one of these days I was going to beat him.
His response, "If I’m having a bad day."
Do not
underestimate the value of a good checkers game, or dominoes for
that matter! Needless to say, for nursing homes and daycare
centers, it's a great icebreaker for visitors and families.
Mark
Warner
Gerontologist
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