Word games can be a favorite and fun way to keep the mind engaged in elder care. Thousand Oaks, CA residents have lots of options when it comes to word games, but a few new ones have popped up online that people in senior care might want to check out.
Naturally, the old standards enjoyed by those in residential assisted living are crossword puzzles and Jumbles. Some people with chronic health conditions might like a simple word search. But a new twist on word games has arrive online.
Now, these games may not be the easiest things to find without elderly assisted living. Thousand Oaks, CA families are in luck: the licensed, trained, compassionate CAREGivers of Home Instead offer elderly companion services that range from companions for elderly persons who just stop by once a day, or less frequently, to 24-hour assisted living. These CAREGivers would be happy to help find these online games.
The first one we’ll mention is the one that started it all off. This is Wordle, and it’s great for a situation of assisted living respite care near Thousand Oaks, CA. Wordle is offered for free by the New York Times and it gives players six chances to guess the five-letter word of the day.
With each guess, any letters that are correct and in the correct place turn green. While any letters that are correct, but not in the correct place turn yellow. They keyboard on the screen helps you to keep track of which letters have been tried and are not correct, so you can more easily figure out what the word they’re looking for is.
The second is Quordle. It is like Wordle, but it has four words and four grids. Users get ten chances. When they type in a word, all four grids react with the colors to let the player know which letters are right for that particular word. And as the player completes a word, that grid is considered completed.
Quordle is not any more difficult than Wordle, but it does present a longer play time, and a new challenge as the player tries to pick words that will help in more than one grid.
The third we’ll talk about it a math version called Nerdle. With Nerdle, the player gets 6 chances to guess a mathematical equation. The system will tell you if you have numbers and operation symbols correct, and in the correct place.
And then for geography geeks, Worldle gives the shape of a country and the player gets six chances to name the country. The system tells the player how far away from the actual country each guess is.
Whichever version of the game you like to go with, games like these can help keep the mind sharp.
And the CAREGivers of Home Instead would be happy to help you or your loved one who is in need of elderly companion care near Thousand Oaks, CA to find and play these games.
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