(1) The life of the elderly is generally lonely.
For the elderly, when their children get married, they will be ignored in their busy lives. Just like a public service advertisement said, "Busy, busy! It's best to get busy ... "According to the survey," empty nest elderly families "in cities have accounted for more than half of the total number of urban families. Although old people don't worry about food and clothing, they may only watch TV all day. They are very lonely. Educational toys can bring great fun to the lives of the elderly and relieve their loneliness.
(2) The elderly generally think that physical exercise is more important.
In big cities, many organizations have become services for the elderly, such as morning exercises and dancing. These organizations overemphasized the importance of physical health in their propaganda, which led to the misunderstanding that "physical health = health". The World Health Organization puts forward that "health is not only the absence of physical diseases, but also mental health, good social adaptation and morality". Therefore, the health of modern people includes: physical health, mental health, mental health, social health, intellectual health, moral health, environmental health and so on. Here, good educational toys can comprehensively improve the health level of the elderly.
(3) The elderly need some spiritual satisfaction.
It is not difficult to understand that old people love toys. Psychologists say that old people are often very curious, and toys can meet their spiritual needs. Like us young people, there are computer games, forums, outdoor adventures and hiking and other colorful entertainment activities. But these activities are not suitable for the elderly. If the old people's interest in toys is cultivated, many spices will be added to their lives to satisfy their spirits.
(4) Prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
As an inevitable trend of an aging society, each of us may suffer from Alzheimer's disease-the incidence of Alzheimer's Harmo's disease is as high as 25% among the elderly aged 85-93. In 2005, the total number of patients with Alzheimer's disease in China ranked first in the world, and experts predicted that the future trend would not change. For us, this is an unavoidable topic. Experts say that Alzheimer's disease can be prevented and alleviated by the following measures: giving up drinking and smoking, paying attention to diet and eating more foods containing more vitamin C; Persist in learning new knowledge and maintain extensive contact with society; Regular outdoor activities and physical exercises suitable for the elderly. Among them, the best way to alleviate and delay memory decline is to study more and practice using your brain more. Undoubtedly, educational toys are a good means.
Next, I will give some examples of educational toys!
Let's give a traditional example: building blocks, books and cards, mechanical toys, audio-visual products. I believe that parents have bought a lot for their children, but there are few related toys specially designed for the elderly. Moreover, their appeal is indeed limited, and their educational function will naturally be greatly reduced. Let's take another modern example: How about the morning education machine and the point reading machine? But this is still designed for children, and the toys that the elderly need should be studied in leisure and entertainment. Obviously, the above machine can't achieve this goal.
Are there no games or toys suitable for the elderly to improve their intelligence? To tell the truth, there is indeed a shortage in this area in China, but it is not without it. It is reported that a new product named "Multiple Intelligence Development Machine" developed by a software company in Shanghai has done a good job in educational and interesting aspects. It not only collects all kinds of puzzle games, but also divides the games into seven categories according to the seven intelligent factors divided by the theory of multiple intelligences. Each game can at least develop an intelligence in a targeted way, realizing a scientific system and the above. This is not to help the company advertise, but the author has a lot of feelings about the existing educational toys for the elderly. There are too few constructive educational toys like this in China, which really have a good effect on the elderly. It is rare to find one now, I hope it will help everyone. It is reported that this product can be bought on large online shopping platforms such as Taobao. I sincerely wish this company bigger and better, and add more choices and bright colors to our poor old-age educational toys.