Dementia

Play an old-fashioned game of football inside without worrying about breaking a vase!

A football pitch appears on the table, with a ball and two goals. Give the ball a push and try to score as many goalsas possible! This game challenges people in the early to middle stages of dementiawith a clear purpose. The ball will stop moving if nobody touches it, so large movementsand collaboration are required. Just like before!

Freely associate and create a set of two objects that belong together. That’s how you complete the hobbies.

In the middle of the table an object appears that has to do with hobbies and activities in and around the house.The players choose a logical combination from several pictures. A watering can belongs to … a pot plant! This way, people in the early to middle stages of dementia are cognitively challenged and there’s a social stimulus to start a conversation.

Guess the letters missing from the words and playfully practice language skills.

With this game players in the early to middle stages of dementia practice their language skills. On the table, common, recognizable five-letter words appear, with one letter missing. Which letter are we looking for? The players guess together and choose one of the options. When the correct letter is touched, players receive a visual and musical reward.

Reveal musical pieces together by touching as many musical notes as possible.

The Musical Score game encourages players to make music together. Musical notes are dancing across the table! When players touch the notes, a familiar melody is played. This gives them the sense of making the music themselves without any false notes. Play, sing or hum: everyone can participate. It’s sociable and fun!

Let the outdoors in and feed the birds that land on the table.

Roll the fat balls around and spread the bird feed across the table. Through the pleasant auditory sensation of twittering birds, this game evokes memories of times gone by. Even better: the birds aren’t skittish! If you’re careful, the birds will sit still and even let you pet them.

Wind the key by collecting music notes and enjoy the music

All the music notes dropped from the music box. Gather them from the table and complete the piece of music. This game is relaxing and evokes beautiful memories. One person can touch the notes while others can enjoy the calming images and recognisable classic tunes: everyone can join in!

Three colourful kites dance across the table and will twist and turn once you touch them. Just like when you used to go to the beach, you are totally engrossed in this riveting spectacle.

The game Kites creates a relaxing atmosphere in the room. The lively colours and zooming sounds really invite the players to move. The kites respond both to small and large intuitive movements and continually change the pattern they make across the table. Be amazed!

Once seen on nearly every street corner,
these classic toys have almost faded
away in our modern times.

Our table brings them back! Keep all
tops spinning by touching them and
talented players can even make tops
bump into each other.

Make the stars floating across the table make music by touching them. A fast player may even catch a comet!

The relaxing Space game works like a sort of music box and is full of little surprises. When the older people touch the stars, they play a melody. Occasionally a star explodes! This motivates the players to keep touching the stars.

Break all the paint-filled balls and together paint a masterpiece! The more balls you break, the closer you get to the real thing.

During the Masterpieces game, the players ‘paint’ landscapes and portraits of animals, without real paint being involved. The game has a high wow factor and gives immediate results. As more of the painting is continually revealed, the game keeps people’s attention.

Put all the puzzle pieces together and make the puzzle complete. The puzzles contain nostalgic images from the past.

The Nostalgia Puzzle game helps older people on the dementia journey to do a familiar action that no longer comes automatically to them. When the players ‘take’ the pieces, they move into the right place themselves. The games are as fun for the older people as they are for the grandchildren that come to visit them!

Give the beach ball a push and knock it back to your fellow players!

From when we were children, we have thrown balls to each other, and for older people with dementia this is a familiar action. The Beach Ball game leads to lots of social interaction and the players have a shared focus: the beach ball. The ball cannot fall off the table, as it bounces off the edges. So, nothing can ever go wrong!

Pop the soap bubbles one by one with your finger so that they burst, or use a large arm movement so loads of them splatter against each other.

The Soap Bubbles game stimulates lots of movement and moreover has a relaxing effect through the supporting sound. Popping soap bubbles is a familiar action for older people and gives a lot of results. Make more soap bubbles by touching the spinning wheel!

There are loads of butterflies fluttering across the table! Allow the butterflies to sit on your hand, or push them over to your fellow players.

The Butterflies game brings a relaxed atmosphere to the room. Furthermore, the game has a very social character as the various butterflies spark conversation at the table. The butterflies attract attention and stimulate movement.

From ‘Mary had a little lamb’’ to ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star’: complete familiar rhymes. Together you remember more!

Rhymes and songs from the past are stored in our long-term memory. That makes this game suitable for people at different stages of the dementia journey. Little by little, familiar rhymes appear on the table. Everyone uses their own qualities. One person can read the sentence aloud, while others can finish the sentences or sing along.

Transform the table into a well-filled pond and try to catch the fishes!

The Fishes game has an enchanting effect on the players, because nature is brought inside. Between the water lilies, fishes swim from one player to another. The game invites players to make big arm movements, but it is not a requirement: the Tovertafel also reacts to small finger movements!

Touch the floating rings to see the first part of a famous saying. Try to complete the saying together!

The Sayings game has a cognitive goal and works with the players’ long-term memory. But for those for whom the saying is not on the tip of their tongue, the game is also fun: if you touch the floating rings, a new part of the saying is revealed!

Allow yourself to be surprised by the beautiful flowers covering the table. You can leave them to grow by themselves!

The Flowers game fascinates the players through the intense colours and the joyful atmosphere of the light projections. The older people enjoy the flowers that they can make bigger by touching with their hands. Moreover, the game has a strong social character, as it provides lots of topics of conversation.

Through a ‘gust of wind’, the whole table is covered with leaves. Brush the leaves off the table, either on your own or with others: many hands make light work!

The Leaves game invites players to make big hand and arm movements. The game brings back memories of walking on the garden path. Brushing away leaves is a natural action for the older people that quickly happens automatically. Ladybirds between the leaves ensure that attention stays with the game.