Jigsaw puzzles were invented back in the 18th century as a tool for teaching geography. They are still with us today because people of all ages enjoy putting them together. Senior citizens benefit from doing puzzles because it improves their cognitive abilities that aren't as sharp as they once were. Putting puzzles together helps them work on their small motor skills as well as helping with their mental dexterity because as one gets older the things they use to count on become worn out if they aren't kept active and sharp.
To improve your deductive abilities, doing crosswords and playing mind teasers such as Sudoku can help seniors regardless of their natural skill set. Manufacturers are creating more 500-piece puzzles than 1000-piece puzzles for their active senior clientele because they are aware of senior's loss of small motor skills as they age.
Puzzles can help to reawaken those cognitive skills that are possibly just laying dormant. Puzzles also help seniors develop social skills by putting them together to solve these often tricky teasers. Mosaics is a craft unlike jigsaw puzzles that take the same dexterity skill and good eyesight to put together the colorful pieces. Seniors can make up their own patterns and put the pieces together to design picture frames, garden stepping stones or even small table tops.
More and more seniors are purchasing computers so that they can keep in touch with their loved ones in other cities and states. Access to a computer helps seniors to also locate different sites where they can download crossword puzzles and different mind teasers for free. There are also websites where they can interact with other seniors while they work together doing different puzzles online.
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