Some useful links - just click on the blue link under the description to go directly to the webpage
FaceBook:
Keep in touch with your friends with our FaceBook page - if you’re not already signed up, request and I will authorise as long as I know who you
are
Avanti Website:
Please also follow our website
where we are regularly posting links to our YouTube Channel with video based rehabilitation sessions and to other links and activities for you to be able to
continue your rehabilitation from home. Check in every day for updates.
Community help for people affected by Coronavirus who need assistance:
Diarists/Journalists required:
I thought this was an excellent idea - a way to contribute to the future and to record your thoughts, feelings and suggestions about the
difficulties/benefits/ways that you have found to cope with the current situation. Be your own historian and part of posterity. We are making history at this very moment!
Free online brain training exercises:
Games to play with others online:
Words with friends
Rummicub
Rummikub® - Apps on Google Play
Memory training:
Memory Games -
Play Online For Free | ImproveMemory.org
Free memory games
online for adults - Memozor
There are loads of free apps that you can install on your phone or tablet:
King of Math - What better way to improve your problem-solving skills than with math problems? Free app King of Math (Android, iOS) can help you with addition, subtraction, or both in a fast-paced yet fun math game. In the game, you'll play as a
farmer and level up across 10 levels by answering a series of math questions correctly
Vocabulary Builder from Magoosh - If nothing else, an improved vocabulary will help you sound smarter. Created by online test prep company
Magoosh's expert tutors, the Vocabulary Builder (Android, iOS) app helps you learn 1,200 important words with definitions
and example sentences.
TED Talks - from internationally renowned speakers are another way to increase your knowledge. Explore over three thousand of these in the TED
(Android, iOS) app, searchable by mood or topic, and
watch on your phone and tablet or cast to your TV.
Curiosity - (Android, iOS) makes you smarter with original articles and videos that provide answers to life's deepest mysteries in
addition to puzzles and quizzes. Share your findings with friends over social media.
Brainwell Mind Brain Training - (Android, iOS) challenges users to improve their problem-solving, attention, memory, language, and visual skills with a daily workout composed of three personalised
games a day from among 50-plus games developed by neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, and game designer experts. Users also get performance tracking that measures progress over time with quizzes and
tests. There are options to pay for more levels and challenges
Clockwork Brain Training - (Android, iOS)'s games improve your memory, attention, reasoning, dexterity, and language with 17 amusing yet challenging quick-to-play puzzle games that get
progressively difficult. Amass tokens as you train each day to unlock special Game Modes and Upgrades. Track your progress in detailed weekly and monthly graphs.
Lumosity - Developed by a team of scientists and experienced designers, Lumosity (Android, iOS)'s free daily brain training games make improving your cognitive abilities -- critical
thinking, memory, attention, speed, flexibility, and problem-solving skills -- fun yet challenging. With 40-plus quick and easy-to-pick-up mind games and activities in the free app to choose from,
you'll never get bored. There are options to pay for more levels and challenges
Elevate - (Android, iOS) app, with its 35-plus games, offers personalised brain training workouts to people to improve such things as focus, speaking abilities, processing
speed, memory, and math skills. Elevate's brain games, created by the world's leading neuroscience and cognitive learning experts, based on extensive scientific research, task users to complete
progressively difficult workouts every day or at least three times a week to see results. The app will track your performance to demonstrate your advancements.
Peak - (Android, iOS) app helps you achieve peak performance with 40-plus
games, devised by neuroscientists, educators, and game experts to improve your cognitive skills. Choose from progressively difficult workouts that promise to enhance short-term memory, attention,
problem-solving, mental agility, language, coordination, creativity, and emotion control. Or let the app's built-in "Coach" -- part advisor, part tracker, and part motivator -- help you reach your
goals
Lingraphica SmallTalk is a family of free apps for practicing speech and communicating on the go. Common
graphic icons, phrases, and videos help adults with aphasia communicate whatever they need. Platforms: iPod touch, iPhone, iPad
Lingraphica’s TalkPath Therapy platform provides more than 11,500 speech, language, and cognitive exercises and
a specialised news source for adults with aphasia. Designed by clinicians and backed by Lingraphica’s research, the site is free to use from the Web or the TalkPath Therapy app. Clinicians can also
link accounts with their clients and manage their plans of care straight from the app or computer. Platforms: Web, iPad
Word Puzzles:
Word searches
https://api.razzlepuzzles.com/wordsearch
https://lovattspuzzles.com/online-puzzles-competitions/play-daily-word-search-puzzle-online/
https://www.arkadium.com/gb/games/daily-word-search/
Categories
An online version of categories: Scattergories - can be played solo or with friends through facebook. Click here for Google Play
store for android phones/tablets or here app for i-phone or i-pad
Jigsaw puzzles:
An online selection of jigsaw puzzles can be found here. See if you can beat
your best. New puzzles added daily.
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