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Gentle Puzzles for Seniors: 90 Easy Large Print Puzzles for Older Adults and People Living with Dementia

Puzzles that feel like a cup of tea, not a test.

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Most puzzle books are too hard, too small, or too busy for an older adult who just wants a pleasant half hour. This one was designed differently. Every one of its 90 puzzles is deliberately gentle, printed in great big type, with one puzzle per page and plenty of breathing room.

Five kinds of puzzle. Word searches where the words run across and down only, never backwards or diagonal. Gentle mazes with wide, friendly paths that always lead somewhere. Word scrambles of familiar words with helpful clues. Finish the Saying, completing the proverbs we all grew up with. Easy number grids, simple 4x4 and 6x6 in big clear boxes.

The themes are warm and familiar: Sunday dinners, the seaside, baking day, birds in the garden. For someone living with dementia these pages are not just puzzles, they are conversation starters and happy memories.

A short note at the front helps caregivers get the most from the book, and all the answers are at the back, though nobody is checking.

Who it is for

Older adults who want a pleasant half hour, and people living with dementia, for whom the familiar themes double as conversation starters. A thoughtful gift for a parent or grandparent, and a calm group activity for care homes and memory cafes. By Claire Bennett, author of The First 90 Days of Dementia Care.

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