OT: elder family member game ideas

[Scottysabres]

Hey all, I have a 77 yr old stepdad who’s been at Gates Cardio/Buf Gen for 7 months now. He’s due home the 18th. Had a pacemaker installed, triple bypass, cow valve installed on heart. He fought an infection for 5 months.

My step brother, his bio son tells me he plays games on his phone most days. I’d like to get him a gaming system for home, he’s a huge outdoor sportsman. If any of you graduated from sweet home school district in the last 30 years, you know him, and probably loved him. He was known as Mr. K. Otherwise known as Mr. Kokanovich. He was an art teacher and the football coach.

in any event, I need an elderly friendly game system for him, preferably with hunting or fishing games that are fantastic. Any input greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Eleven]

I cannot help with gaming systems, because my parents are beyond that.

I can say that Yahtzee, Uno, stuff like that, and some good jigsaw puzzles have helped a bit.  Also some light-level puzzle books like Sudoku.

 

Good luck & God bless your stepdad.

Edited 7 hours ago by Eleven

[K-9]

1 hour ago, Scottysabres said:

Hey all, I have a 77 yr old stepdad who’s been at Gates Cardio/Buf Gen for 7 months now. He’s due home the 18th. Had a pacemaker installed, triple bypass, cow valve installed on heart. He fought an infection for 5 months.

My step brother, his bio son tells me he plays games on his phone most days. I’d like to get him a gaming system for home, he’s a huge outdoor sportsman. If any of you graduated from sweet home school district in the last 30 years, you know him, and probably loved him. He was known as Mr. K. Otherwise known as Mr. Kokanovich. He was an art teacher and the football coach.

in any event, I need an elderly friendly game system for him, preferably with hunting or fishing games that are fantastic. Any input greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

Not sure what platforms they play on,  but I’d guess Playstation would.

Best of luck to your dad. 

Edited 6 hours ago by K-9

[Jorcus]

If you want some peaceful zen type activities. My 93 yo father loves the online jigsaw puzzles. My wife has a paint by number app on her kindle tablet. Both are low stress time killers. 

[Doohickie]

2 hours ago, Scottysabres said:

Hey all, I have a 77 yr old stepdad who’s been at Gates Cardio/Buf Gen for 7 months now. He’s due home the 18th. Had a pacemaker installed, triple bypass, cow valve installed on heart. He fought an infection for 5 months.

My step brother, his bio son tells me he plays games on his phone most days. I’d like to get him a gaming system for home, he’s a huge outdoor sportsman. If any of you graduated from sweet home school district in the last 30 years, you know him, and probably loved him. He was known as Mr. K. Otherwise known as Mr. Kokanovich. He was an art teacher and the football coach.

in any event, I need an elderly friendly game system for him, preferably with hunting or fishing games that are fantastic. Any input greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Not joking.  Does he like to play cards?

[Scottysabres]

4 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

Not joking.  Does he like to play cards?

Ya, we’re old schoolers, nickel, dime, quarter poker every thanksgiving and Christmas.

[5th line wingnutt]

There are lots of games at cardgames.io   I play hearts mostly but there are many card games, yahtzee, sudoku, and ohers.  My wife plays candy crush saga on her kindle.

[Scottysabres]

1 hour ago, 5th line wingnutt said:

There are lots of games at cardgames.io   I play hearts mostly but there are many card games, yahtzee, sudoku, and ohers.  My wife plays candy crush saga on her kindle.

Ya, we play them all. Since mom passed 2 years ago+ and me and my 2 siblings are working 50 to 60+ hrs a week to really drive on those 401k’s in our final stretch before retirement it’s rough tough to be there as often as we’d like. Hell most weeks I’m at 65+ hrs, and at 55 yrs old I’m dragging ass. I was thinking something that can keep his mind working.

[Mr Peabody]

For $50 a year you can get games from NYT.  There’s 10 games including a couple crosswords

[JoeSchmoe]

18 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

Ya, we play them all. Since mom passed 2 years ago+ and me and my 2 siblings are working 50 to 60+ hrs a week to really drive on those 401k’s in our final stretch before retirement it’s rough tough to be there as often as we’d like. Hell most weeks I’m at 65+ hrs, and at 55 yrs old I’m dragging ass. I was thinking something that can keep his mind working.

Man... That's a lot of time working! Are you hourly? OT?

[Scottysabres]

39 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:

Man... That's a lot of time working! Are you hourly? OT?

Hourly

ya, OT.

grossing 140 to 150 a year. It’s a sacrifice to be sure.

Edited 1 hour ago by Scottysabres

[JoeSchmoe]

2 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

Hourly

ya, OT.

grossing 140 to 150 a year. It’s a sacrifice to be sure.

Good to hear you're getting rewarded for your time. Keep the eye on the prize!