Any Games or “Homework” useful?

@boppie Your homework seems like a great idea! but tell us, how did you get your husband to go along with your idea?

I bought my husband an IPad and he does various brain games on it. He spends about an hour a day. The only thing is, I think he makes it easy and the idea is to totally challenge himself. But it is important to feel successful, yet I tell him mistakes strengthen the brain and making it easy keeps things the same.

It started when neurologist sent him to speech therapy for the aphasia. He actually liked the exercise and sparing with the therapist who got him to realize he needs to work on the changes in him. That’s when we got his own iPad (which he has trouble using and doesn’t really like) and I started buying him these various books to work with. He dubbed the books his homework and I remind him he has to work on them so we can have fun together longer. He is an architect and sits at his drafting table to do his homework - I think part of it puts him in his work arena and it makes him comfortable. This work is far below his former capabilities but it is keeping him in the game, at least, as best as he can. What does your husband do on the iPad?

My husband and I play The NY Times Spelling Bee together on my IPad. We take turns finding words. He doesn’t have to negotiate finding the puzzle on the IPad - or using the IPad - and enjoys that we play this game together. He gives up after a while and I continue, but he doesn’t seem to feel bad about that.

My husband and I watch Wheel of Fortune every night and my husband sometimes comes up with the correct phrase before I or the contestants do.

Great idea, thank you!

Will check that out, thank you!

We had each done Lumosity online which has multiple games at multiple levels. We both loved it and I will try that again although he shys away from the iPad as he has trouble remembering how to use it. You should all try Lumosity.com as it has wonderful benefits and is fun.

My husband does Constantherapy.com the app his speech therapist recommended. I really need to work with him, because what he does is make it easy instead of challenging. I love that the architect does his homework at his drafting table.

My spouse has MCI. When we went through the Mayo Clinic's HABIT program, we were given subscriptions to BrainHQ (https://v4.brainhq.com/). My spouse doesn't enjoy online games and found these too challenging; she gave up on the program. I would still recommend it for anyone who's comfortable with online games, because these are grounded in neuroscience and they've been tested to prove their effectiveness. There are different games for different aspects of cognition--so everyone is better at some of them than others.