{"id":260,"date":"2010-11-25T16:59:41","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T16:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=260"},"modified":"2015-06-12T16:20:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:20:02","slug":"10-mental-leisure-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"Mental leisure activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mental leisure activities can also be graded and may help as an alternative or to compliment therapeutic goals. For example, word searches can help with visual scanning to the affected side.<\/p>\n<table>\n<caption>Some examples of mental activities which can be adapted.<\/caption>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"33%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/activity_reading.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of books\" title=\"A pile of books\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2623\" \/>Reading\/listening to talking books.<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/activity_music.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Music\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2621\" \/>Music &#8211; listening, watching a live performance, playing an instrument, singing.<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/activity_films.jpg\" alt=\"Clapper board\" title=\"Clapper board\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2620\" \/>Films &#8211; cinema, DVD, family recordings.( this could help with memory or concentration)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"33%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/activity_sudoku.jpg\" alt=\"Sudoku puzzle\" title=\"Sudoku puzzle\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2618\" \/>Puzzles, sudoku, crosswords, electronic games (this could help with hand \/eye coordination, memory or sequencing tasks)<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/activity_painting.jpg\" alt=\"Paint palette\" title=\"Paint palette\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2622\" \/>Crafts, making cards, painting. (easy to do at home and can be stopped if the person gets fatigued)<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/activity_cardgames.jpg\" alt=\"Playing cards\" title=\"Playing cards\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2619\" \/>Board games\/card games ( easy to play with one hand)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental leisure activities can also be graded and may help as an alternative or to compliment therapeutic goals. For example, word searches can help with visual scanning to the affected side. Some examples of mental activities which can be adapted. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=260\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[142,141],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-self-help","tag-memory","tag-mental-leisure-activities"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6314,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions\/6314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}